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Hoeven Joins Colleagues In Pressing OMB to Reject MSA Minimum Population Standard Increase

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today joined Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) and others in urging the Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Robert Fairweather to reject recommendations that would...

Hoeven Statement on Vote Opposing Confirmation of EPA Administrator

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after voting to oppose the confirmation of Michael Regan as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “The Biden administration’s executive...

Hoeven Statement on Voting Against Garland’s Nomination as U.S. Attorney General

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after voting to oppose the confirmation of Merrick Garland as U.S. Attorney General. “Based on his judicial record and his responses...

Hoeven Statement on Confirmation of HUD Secretary

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after joining the Senate in confirming Representative Marcia...

Senators Hoeven, Smith & Representative McKinley Introduce Legislation to Modernize 48A Tax Credit for CCUS Retrofit Projects

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Representative David McKinley (R-W.Va.) today reintroduced the Carbon Capture Modernization Act, bicameral, bipartisan legislation to modernize the Section 48A tax...

Hoeven Urges OMB to Reject Proposed Changes to Metropolitan Statistical Area Minimum Population Definition

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven this week urged Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Robert Fairweather to reject a recent proposal to change the definition of Metropolitan Statistical...

Hoeven Joins Thune, Colleagues in Reintroducing Legislation to Repeal Death Tax

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today joined Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) in reintroducing legislation to permanently repeal the federal...

Hoeven Statement on USDA Extending Free Meals to Children Through Summer 2021

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department...

Hoeven Statement on Democrats’ $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Spending Bill

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after opposing the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion stimulus spending bill, which was approved along party lines in the Senate. The $1.9...

Hoeven Announces Nearly $3 Million in Head Start Funding to Two ND Groups

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of Head Start,...

Hoeven Joins Thune, Klobuchar in Urging Investigation of Ocean Carrier Violations

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven this week joined Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) in urging the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to continue to investigate reports of unreasonable...

Hoeven Helps Introduce Legislation to Ensure Congressional Review of Future Deal with Iran, Easing of Sanctions

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven recently helped introduce the Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act of 2021, legislation sponsored by Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) that would enable Congress to approve or block...