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Hoeven Advocates for Lifting Oil Export Ban at Hearing

WASHINGTON – At a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Terrorism and Global Oil Markets today, Senator John Hoeven advocated for lifting the crude oil export ban,...

Hoeven’s Veterans Access to Long-Term Care Legislation Passes Veterans Affairs Committee

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Veterans Affairs Committee has included provisions from two Hoeven bills that will allow veterans greater access to long term care (LTC)...

Hoeven: IRS, Treasury Agree to Increase Expensing Threshold on Purchase of Tangible Property From $500 to $2,500

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has agreed to raise the safe harbor threshold for expensing the purchase, acquisition or improvement of tangible...

Hoeven Announces Nearly $1.1 Million Grant for Head Start, Early Head Start at Cankdeska Cikana Community College

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded nearly $1.1 million...

Hoeven Continues Work on Grand Forks AFB Priorities

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven and members of the Grand Forks Base Realignment Impact Committee (BRIC) today met with top Air Force officials to further advance the region’s leadership as...

Hoeven: Congress Passes Education Bill Restoring Local Control, Bolstering STEM Education

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that Congress has passed the Every Student Succeeds Act, education authorization legislation to replace the No Child Left Behind Act. The bill restores...

Hoeven: Howard Dahl Honored by Kazakhstan for 25 Years of Service to the Country

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today congratulated Howard Dahl, who was honored by the country of Kazakhstan for doing business in the nation for 25 years. Dahl, the President and...

Hoeven: Congress Passes Five-Year Highway Bill; Measure Includes More Than $1.3 Billion for N.D. Infrastructure

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the new five-year highway bill that Congress approved today will provide North Dakota with more than $1.3 billion and enable more than...

Senate Passes National Bison Legacy Act Making Bison National Mammal; Hoeven Challenges Daines to Wager on Bison, Grizzlies Game

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the United States Senate unanimously passed the National Bison Legacy Act, legislation he introduced with Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) that designates the...

Hoeven Statement on the Senate Repealing Obamacare, Defunding Planned Parenthood

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement in response to Senate passage of a budget reconciliation bill that repeals Obamacare and defunds Planned Parenthood. “The Senate today...

Hoeven Honored at Boy Scouts of America’s Award Luncheon as 2015 Energy ‘Good Scout’

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven was today honored as the 2015 Energy ‘Good Scout’ by the Boy Scouts of America’s National Capital Area Council (NCAC) at their 5th annual Energy Awards...

Hoeven Announces Nearly $750K in Federal Funding to Support Research at University of North Dakota

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Energy and Appropriations Committees, today announced that the University of North Dakota (UND) has been selected by the U.S....