Press Releases

Hoeven: USDA Extends Deadline for North Dakota Farmers to Report Spring-Seeded Crops to July 22

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture extended the Farm Service Agency (FSA) deadline...

Hoeven Announces Nearly $9.8 Million in Grants for North Dakota Airports

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded grants totaling $9,783,498...

Hoeven Statement on U.S.-China Agreement to Resume Trade Negotiations & Delay Tariff Increases

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached an agreement at the G20 Summit to resume trade negotiations and...

Hoeven: Senate Passes Legislation to Promote CCUS Technology & Infrastructure

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy Committee and the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate passed the Utilizing...

Hoeven Advancing Implementation of VA MISSION Act & LTC Legislation to Ensure Veterans Can Access Local Providers

MINOT, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today brought together officials from the Fargo Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System, veteran service organizations and local veterans for a roundtable, where he...

Hoeven Statement on Re-Designation of Grand Forks Air Force Base

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement marking the re-designation of the Grand Forks Air Force Base (GFAFB) as an Air Reconnaissance Wing, establishing it...

Senate Passes FY2020 NDAA with Hoeven-Sponsored Legislation to Support ICBM Modernization

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, today joined the Senate in passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020....

Corps Informs Hoeven Missouri River Should Stabilize at Current Level

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven spoke with John Remus, Chief of Missouri River Water Management Division for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who informed the senator that the Corps...

Hoeven Announces Funding for Water Infrastructure Projects in Three North Dakota Cities

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development has awarded a total of $1,340,000 in...

Hoeven Statement After Senate Passes Funding to Help Address Border Security Needs

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Committee, today released the following statement after working to secure nearly $4.6 billion in funding requested by...

Hoeven: BOR Agrees to Plan for Transfer of Oakes Test Site to Dickey-Sargent Irrigation District

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) has agreed to a plan to enable the transfer of the Oakes Test Area to the Dickey-Sargent...

Hoeven: FAA Issues Waiver Under Integration Pilot Program to Allow UAS Operations Over People in North Dakota

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a four-year waiver to the North Dakota Department of Transportation to allow the...