Press Releases

Hoeven Statement on USDA Trade Assistance

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

Hoeven: CBP To Maintain Williston’s International Airport Designation

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Homeland Security Appropriations Committee, today announced that U.S. Customs and Border Protection...

Hoeven Statement on Confirmation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven released the following statement after voting to confirm Robert Wilkie to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs. During the confirmation process, Hoeven met with Wilkie...

Hoeven Announces Funding To Protect Marmarth From Flooding

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 (USDA) Rural...

Hoeven: Federal Government Should Reimburse North Dakota for DAPL Protest Costs

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem filed a claim with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeking $38 million...

Hoeven Receives National Corn Growers President’s Award

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today received the National Corn Growers Association’s President’s Award for...

Hoeven Announces More Than $5.5 Million in Funding for North Dakota Water Infrastructure Projects

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 (USDA) Rural...

Hoeven Announces More Than $7.4 Million for North Dakota Airports

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Transportation Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded more than $7.4 million in grants...

Hoeven Outlines Need for Streamlined Permitting for Energy Infrastructure

WASHINGTON – At a recent hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Senator John Hoeven outlined the need to improve the permitting process for energy infrastructure, such as...

Hoeven Statement on Trump-Putin Summit

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.  “We know Russia meddled in our election...

Hoeven Announces Nearly $150,000 for NDSU Research to Improve Grazing Land

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 (USDA) has...

Hoeven Welcomes Summer Interns to His Offices in Washington, D.C., Bismarck & Fargo

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that six students – Chelsea Brandt, Paige Hill, Ian Kalil, Theodore Milk, Judson Mork and Isabella Sogard – are interning in his Washington,...