Press Releases

Hoeven: FEMA Awards More Than $230,000 to Enhance Fire Safety in North Dakota

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on Homeland Security, today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)...

Hoeven: USDA Awards Nearly $1 Million Grant for City of Rolette, Approves Loan of More Than $1 Million

WASHINGTON — Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development program has awarded $929,000 in federal...

Hoeven: Department of Justice to Enhance Tribal Access to National Crime Information Databases

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched the initial phase of the...

Hoeven Presses EPA Administrator on New More Costly Carbon Emissions Rule

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today spoke with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy to press for an explanation into the agency’s new, more costly carbon emissions...

Hoeven: CDC Awards More Than $1 Million to North Dakota Department of Health

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $1,072,585 to the North...

Hoeven Announces $1,000,000 in Federal Funding for Grand Forks Regional Airport Authority

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $1,000,000 to the Grand Forks Regional Airport Authority to rehabilitate its runway and taxiway lighting...

Hoeven Announces USDA Funding for Central Power Cooperative

MANDAN, N.D. – Speaking at a press conference in Mandan, Senator John Hoeven, a member of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, today joined U.S. Department...

Hoeven Hosts FEMA Head in Minot, Presses for Affordable Flood Insurance Rates

MINOT, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today hosted Roy Wright, Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation at the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) for a meeting and tour of...

Hoeven Announces $400K Grant for Carbon Capture and Storage Research at UND’s EERC

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Energy and Appropriations Committees, today announced that the National Energy Technology Laboratory at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)...

Hoeven: FEMA Awards Nearly $6 Million to City of Minot Flood Water Treatment Plant for Flood Protection

MINOT, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded nearly $6 million to the City of Minot through...

Hoeven Statement on Administration Approval of Oil Exports to Mexico

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after reports that the U.S. Department of Commerce will approve applications to exchange light, sweet U.S. crude for heavier Mexican...

Hoeven Announces Nearly $385,000 Grant to Support Outdoor Recreation, Conservation in North Dakota

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Interior has awarded nearly $385,000 from the Land and Water Conservation...