Press Releases

Hoeven: Senate Passes Key Vote on National Defense Legislation

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Senate passed a key vote on the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The vote was 73 to...

Hoeven Statement on Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today released the following statement after the U.S. and 11 other nations reached an agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). “We will review the details...

Hoeven: Air Force to Study Options to Train Remotely Piloted Aircraft Pilots

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven told General Herbert J. “Hawk” Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, that he backs a new Air Force study to review options to train pilots...

Hoeven Speaks at U.S. Cattlemen’s Association & I-BAND Annual Meeting

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee, today told members of the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) and the Independent Beef Association of North...

Hoeven, Thune Place Friendly Wager on Outcome of this Weekend’s NDSU VS SDSU Football Game

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and John Thune (R-S.D.) today agreed to a friendly wager for this weekend’s football game between North Dakota State University (NDSU) and South Dakota State...

Hoeven Statement on the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the Senate failed to break a filibuster of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill, which the Senate...

Hoeven Announces More Than $2 Million in HHS Grants to Provide Job Training, Strengthen Family Relationships

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations and Indian Affairs Committees, today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded...

Hoeven Holds Oversight Hearing on TSA to Address Security Lapses Identified in Inspector General’s Report

WASHINGTON – At a hearing Tuesday, Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee overseeing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), called on the new administrator of the Transportation...

Hoeven Statement on a Wyoming Federal Judge’s Preliminary Injunction Against DOI Fracking Regulations

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement in response to a Wyoming federal judge’s preliminary injunction against the Interior Department’s new fracking regulations: “The Department of the...

Hoeven and Governor Meet with EPA, Call for Answers on New Carbon Dioxide Rule

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp, Governor Jack Dalrymple and a representative from Congressman Kevin Cramer’s office, along with leaders from North Dakota’s coal industry, met today with...

Hoeven: PHMSA Awards North Dakota Universities Nearly $400K to Support Pipeline Safety Research

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has awarded a total of $399,607 to North Dakota...

Hoeven Announces Nearly $300K Grant to Minot State University in Support of Students with Intellectual Disabilities

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $289,518 grant to Minot State University...