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Wyden, Hoeven Introduce Move America Program to Boost Infrastructure Investment

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, R-N.D. and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced legislation that would bring billions of dollars of investment to state and local...

Hoeven, King Introduce Healthy School Meals Flexibility Act

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven (R-ND) and Angus King (I-Maine) today introduced the bipartisan Healthy School Meals Flexibility Act in the Senate (S.1146). The Healthy School Meals Act would provide...

Hoeven Statement on DOT’s Release of New Oil Train Safety Regulations

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement in response to the Department of Transportation’s new oil train safety regulations: “This morning, the Department of Transportation issued new...

Hoeven Announces More Than $2.6 Million in USDA Grants, Loans for North Dakota Towns

WASHINGTON — Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a total of $2,637,000 in grants and loans to the towns of Harvey and...

Hoeven Outlines Priorities for Nuclear Triad to Defense Leaders

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven this week told an audience of Air Force personnel, defense industry professionals and congressional staff that maintaining a strong nuclear triad as a visible deterrent...

Hoeven Presses EPA Head to Rescind Waters of the U.S. Rule

WASHINGTON – At a hearing of the Appropriations Committee on Interior and the Environment, Senator John Hoeven Wednesday pressed Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy to withdraw agency’s proposed Waters...

Hoeven Announces More Than $1.4 Million in HUD Grants for North Dakota

WASHINGTON — Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded more than $1.4 million in housing grants to 15 housing authorities...

Hoeven, Klobuchar Water Heater Efficiency Legislation Signed Into Law

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) announced that President Obama this afternoon signed their Water Heater Efficiency legislation into law. The new law enables rural electric...

Hoeven Working to Reduce Cost of Flood Insurance

FARGO, N.D. – During a recent Senate hearing, Senator John Hoeven urged Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate to help control the cost of flood insurance by working...

Hoeven Urges Top General to Locate Air Force Training Center at Grand Sky

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today made the case for Grand Sky as an ideal site to locate a training program in a call with Gen. Herbert J. “Hawk” Carlisle,...

Hoeven: NRCS to Amend Contracts to Keep Conservation Compliance, Farm Program Enrollment Separate

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has agreed to amend its contract with conservation groups working in their offices to make sure...

Hoeven Announces $348,000 Research Grant for NDSU

WASHINGTON — Senator John Hoeven today announced that the National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded North Dakota State University (NDSU) a $348,000 academic research grant. The grant will...