Press Releases

Hoeven: DOT Awards More than $290,000 to Enhance Highway Safety in North Dakota

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded more than $290,000 to the North Dakota Department of Transportation to boost highway safety....

Hoeven Statement on Today’s Supreme Court Opinion on Obamacare

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling today on King v. Burwell, which addressed Obamacare: “Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling...

Hoeven: We Need A Solution for Cool that Prevents Export Tariffs

WASHINGTON – At a hearing of the Senate Agriculture Committee today, Senator John Hoeven said we can’t put ourselves in a position where Canada and Mexico can retaliate against us...

Hoeven, Cramer Push for Mobile Health-Care Clinics to Serve Veterans in Rural Areas

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven and Congressman Kevin Cramer today pressed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use more mobile health-care clinics to help address their challenges with remote...

Hoeven: Appropriations Bill Supports Tribal Colleges, Public Safety on Reservations

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today announced that the full Appropriations Committee has approved the...

Hoeven Announces More than $7 Million in Housing Grants for North Dakota

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is awarding $7,057,254 in formula funding to the North Dakota Department of Commerce,...

Hoeven: New Interior Appropriations Bill Supports Domestic Energy Development with Good Environmental Stewardship

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today said the new appropriations bill for the Department of Interior (DOI) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supports domestic energy development with good environmental...

Hoeven Announces $200K Grant to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to Address Veteran Unemployment, Homelessness

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has awarded a $200,000 competitive grant to the Standing...

Hoeven: DHS Appropriations Bill Provides Honey Producers with Long-Overdue Compensation for Unfair Foreign Trade

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Bill includes a provision he wrote and included to provide the nation’s honey producers,...

Hoeven Makes Case for Grand Forks Global Hawk Role in Military’s Arctic Operations

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven this week spoke with Admiral Bill Gortney, commander of the U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), to make the case for using Grand Forks Air Force Base...

Hoeven Announces More than $300K Grant for UND Center on Native Aging

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $314,455 to the University...

Hoeven: Interior Appropriations Bill Blocks Funding for EPA Implementation of Waters of the U.S. Rule

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced that the full Appropriations Committee has approved the Fiscal Year 2016 Interior and Environment Appropriations...