Press Releases

Hoeven: North Dakotan Mike Clemens Selected for Farm Crop Insurance Corporation Board

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today announced that North Dakota farmer Michael Clemens has been selected...

Hoeven Outlines North Dakota Priorities with USAF Secretary, Chief of Staff

WASHINGTON – At a recent hearing of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, Senator John Hoeven reviewed North Dakota’s priorities in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 U.S. Air Force (USAF) budget...

Hoeven Continues Work To Advance New Detention Facility For Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA) and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, this week joined a bipartisan group of senators in...

Hoeven Helps Introduce Legislation to Honor Law Enforcement

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Law Enforcement Caucus, this week helped introduce the National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act. The bipartisan bill, which is...

Hoeven: Fargo VA Selected as Whole Health Design Site

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Military Construction and Veteran Affairs, today announced that the Fargo Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center has been...

Hoeven: Department of Education Issues Waiver Preserving Pell Grant Eligibility for UTTC

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Education has issued a waiver, authorized by legislation Hoeven secured, to...

Hoeven Statement on Confirmation of Gina Haspel as CIA Director

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Gina Haspel as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA): “Gina Haspel is...

Hoeven Secures Energy Committee Approval for Legislation to Enable Homeowners Around Jamestown Reservoir, Patterson Lake to Purchase Lots

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has approved his legislation to enable homeowners around the Jamestown Reservoir and Patterson Lake...

Hoeven Statement on Net Neutrality

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven released the following statement on net neutrality legislation: “We want open, transparent and fair access to the internet. That means net neutrality in a generic...

Hoeven, Udall Announce Committee Passage of CROPS for Indian Country Act

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven (R-ND) and Tom Udall (D-NM), chairman and vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, respectively, today announced committee passage of their bipartisan legislation...

Hoeven Convenes Hearing On School Safety In Indian Country

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven (R-ND), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today convened an oversight hearing titled “Protecting the Next Generation: Safety and Security at Bureau of...

Hoeven: DHS Should Rely on North Dakota, Private Sector Expertise to Counter UAS Security Risks

WASHINGTON – At a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) this week, Senator John Hoeven urged Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security...