Press Releases

Hoeven: Senate Passes Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Committee, today voted to approve the bipartisan Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act, legislation he...

Hoeven Introduces Grand Farm Director at Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee Hearing

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today introduced Brian Carroll, Director of the Grand Farm Research and Education Initiative, at a hearing of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee on opportunities to...

Hoeven Announces $1.5 Million Grant to UND EERC to Advance Lignite Coal Research

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today announced that the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has awarded $1.5...

Hoeven, Cramer Help Introduce Legislation to Eliminate Wind Tax Credit

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer this week helped introduce legislation, led by Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) and joined by Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), to completely phase out the federal production...

Hoeven Presses Corps to Support Continued Operation of DAPL

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven this week pressed Brigadier General Peter Helmlinger, Commander of the Northwestern Division for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to help ensure the continued operation of...

Hoeven, Wyden Introduce Move America Act to Provide Innovative Financing Sources for Local Infrastructure

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) this week reintroduced the Move America Act, bipartisan legislation that will bring billions of dollars of investment...

Hoeven Statement on President’s Address to Congress

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after President Biden addressed a joint session of Congress: “President Biden tonight outlined more spending and higher taxes. With the nearly...

Hoeven Statement on Reinstating Duplicative, Costly Methane Rule

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate approved a Democrat-led effort to reinstate Obama-era methane...

Hoeven Announces Two Ag Research Grants to NDSU

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has...

Hoeven: North Dakota’s Growth a Result of Good Economic Opportunities, A High Quality of Life

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the U.S. Census Bureau released the results of the 2020 Census, showing a record high population for North Dakota...

Hoeven Announces Conservation Funding to Little Missouri Grazing Association

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has awarded $648,131...

Hoeven Secures Commitment From Deputy Agriculture Secretary Nominee to Visit North Dakota, See Grand Farm Firsthand

WASHINGTON – At a recent hearing of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator John Hoeven secured a commitment from Dr. Jewel Bronaugh, the nominee to be Deputy Secretary of the U.S....