Press Releases

Hoeven: Congress Passes Legislation to Improve Permitting Process for Energy Development, Grazing on Federal Lands

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that Congress has passed provisions to improve the federal permitting process for oil and gas wells and grazing on federal lands. The provisions...

Hoeven: Congress Passes Defense Authorization Legislation

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that Congress has passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes important provisions to benefit North Dakota and bolster the nation’s defense....

Hoeven Welcomes Home 2-285th Aviation Regiment at Freedom Salute

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today welcomed home the C Company, 2nd Battalion, 285th Aviation Regiment of the North Dakota National Guard (NDNG) at a Freedom Salute in Bismarck....

Hoeven Presses FERC Nominee to Build Energy Infrastructure, Ensure Efficient and Fair Application Process

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven this week pressed Collette D. Honorable, a nominee to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to help build the nation’s energy...

Hoeven Presses NRCS Chief to Work with Producers for Local Solutions to Conservation, Flooding Issues

WASHINGTON – At a hearing of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator John Hoeven this week urged Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Jason Weller to work closely with producers in...

Hoeven’s Minot Field Office Relocates to Federal Building

MINOT, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today announced that his Minot field office has relocated to the Judge Bruce Van Sickle Federal Building, 100 1st Street SW, Suite 107. The...

Hoeven Announces More Than $450,000 in Grants for NDSU, NDDOH

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is awarding nearly $435,000 to North Dakota State University (NDSU) in mental health...

Hoeven Statement on the Death of Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement upon news that Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker died Tuesday evening. The mayor had been fighting kidney cancer: “Denny Walaker truly...

Hoeven, Heitkamp Call on FEMA to Approve Fargo Basement Exception

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp today called on Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate to approve the City of Fargo’s application for the basement exception...

Hoeven Announces OPM Approves Pay Increases for Federal Workers at Minot Air Force Base

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has approved a Department of Defense request for special rate increase for federal civilian workers at...

Hoeven Donates 165 Books to New Liberty Elementary School in Bismarck

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today visited Liberty Elementary School in Bismarck to donate 165 books for the new school’s library. The senator presented the books, which include both...

Hoeven Celebrates Manvel Elementary School’s Designation as National Blue Ribbon School

MANVEL, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today congratulated the students, educators and families of Manvel Elementary School on their designation as a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School Award Winner. “The...