Press Releases

Hoeven Announces $132,000 in Grants for Economic Development Strategies For Dickinson and Minot Areas

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded a $66,000 grant each to the...

Hoeven: Congress Passes Pro-Business Legislation to Ensure Fair Treatment for U.S. Companies, Producers

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that Congress has passed pro-business legislation to ensure that U.S. companies and producers are treated fairly under international trade agreements. Hoeven worked to...

Hoeven Statement on the Death of Officer Jason Moszer

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven extended his condolences today to the family and friends of Officer Jason Moszer, who was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance in...

Hoeven Announces More Than $1 Million in Federal Funding to Improve Railway Safety in North Dakota

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded more than $1 million to the...

Hoeven: HUD Awards $2.1 Million to Support Public Housing Across North Dakota

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded 15 grants totaling $2.1 million to public housing authorities across North...

Hoeven Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision to Stay President Obama’s New Rules on CO2 Emissions

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after being informed that the Supreme Court has stayed enforcement of President Obama’s plan to severely reduce the nation’s use...

Hoeven: Congress Passes Strong Sanctions on North Korea

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today spoke on the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to support pending legislation imposing sanctions on North Korea in the wake of that country’s...

Hoeven: LaMoure to Receive Nearly $4 Million for Sanitary Sewer Upgrade

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will provide $3.9 million pursuant to a congressional appropriation to upgrade the LaMoure sanitary sewer system....

Hoeven Announces an Additional $17.4 Million in Bureau of Reclamation Funding for Rural Water Projects

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Bureau of Reclamation has awarded the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Garrison Diversion Unit in North Dakota an additional $17.4 million in...

Hoeven: Corps Work Plan Includes Funding to Begin Construction on Permanent Flood Protection Project for the Red River Valley

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected the permanent flood protection‎ project for the Red River Valley as one of six...

Hoeven: Corps Chooses Minot for New Permanent Flood Protection Study

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected the city of Minot and the Souris River Basin for one of its new...

Hoeven Announces $900,000 HUD Grant for Spirit Lake Tribe

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations and Indian Affairs Committees, today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded...