Press Releases

Hoeven Cosponsors Senate-Passed Resolution Designating June 27 as National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Senate has passed a bipartisan resolution he cosponsored and helped introduce designating June 27 as “National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day” and...

Hoeven Announces Economic Development Funds for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded...

Hoeven: FSA Begins Accepting Ag Assistance Applications Online

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm...

Hoeven: USDA Awards Research Funding to NDSU

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman 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 awarded...

Hoeven Honors Sister Thomas Welder on U.S. Senate Floor

WASHINGTON, D.C – Senator John Hoeven today spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate to honor Sister Thomas Welder, the former president of the University of Mary, who passed...

Hoeven Announces Economic Development Funds for Lewis and Clark Regional Development Council

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded $400,000 to the Lewis and Clark Regional Development...

Hoeven: Senate Should Debate JUSTICE Act

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven released the following statement after the Just and Unifying Solutions to Invigorate Communities Everywhere (JUSTICE) Act was blocked from debate in the Senate. Hoeven is...

Hoeven Advances North Dakota Flood Protection, Water Infrastructure Priorities With Army Corps Chief Nominee

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Committee, this week advanced North Dakota’s flood protection priorities with Maj. Gen. Scott Spellmon, the...

ND Congressional Delegation Urges FEMA to Accredit Williston Levee

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Congressman Kelly Armstrong this week urged Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Peter Gaynor to follow the Army Corps of Engineers’...

Hoeven Statement on Passing of Sister Thomas Welder

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven released the following statement on the passing of Sister Thomas Welder, who formerly served as president of the University of Mary. As governor, Hoeven...

Hoeven Announces Funding to North Dakota Department of Health

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Hoeven Announces USDA Infrastructure Loan to Capital Electric Cooperative

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of Rural Development has awarded a $12,750,000 loan...