Press Releases

Hoeven Joins Naval Officials to Commission USS North Dakota

GROTON, CONN. – Senator John Hoeven today joined U.S. Navy officials, congressional and state leaders and North Dakota residents to celebrate the commissioning of the USS North Dakota, an advanced...

Hoeven Announces $400,000 in Cooperative Development Grants to Upgrade Technology in Rural Areas

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $400,000 to develop or expand rural businesses, especially cooperatives and mutually-owned businesses. Rural Cooperative Development...

Hoeven Encourages North Dakotans to Celebrate Day of the Deployed by Honoring Servicemembers

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today encouraged North Dakotans to honor the nation’s deployed servicemembers by marking October 26, 2014, as Day of the Deployed. Hoeven introduced a resolution...

Hoeven Announces More Than $7 Million in USDA Grants and Loans to Improve Rural Water Systems

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded funding to improve rural water systems and upgrade water infrastructure in rural North Dakota...

Hoeven Announces $4.5 Million in USDA Rural Telecom Loans to Establish, Expand Broadband Service

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded Telecommunications Infrastructure loans totaling more than $4.5 million to North Dakota rural telecommunications providers...

Hoeven Working to Expand Grand Forks Global Hawk Mission, Arctic Creates Opportunities for Base

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven and members of the Grand Forks Base Realignment Impact Committee (BRIC) Wednesday met with top officials at Northern Command (NORTHCOM) headquarters at Peterson...

Hoeven: HHS Provides $23 Million in Heating Assistance for North Dakotans

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded more than $23 million in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program...

Hoeven Working to Build a True All-of-the-Above National Energy Plan That Puts States First

BISMARCK, N.D. – At the eighth annual Great Plains & EmPower ND Energy Conference today, Senator John Hoeven drove home the importance of building a true states-first, all-of-the-above national energy...

Hoeven Statement on Today’s Announcement that Badlands NGL Will Build a New $4 Billion Facility in ND

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement in response to Badland’s NGL’s announcement today that it will proceed with the development, construction, start-up and operation of a...

Hoeven: New UND Building Strengthens Grand Forks Region as UAS Leader, Embodies Commitment to the Future

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – At a groundbreaking ceremony today, Senator John Hoeven drove home the significance of the University of North Dakota’s new Aerospace and UAS Research, Training and Education...

Hoeven Announces STB Decision to Improve Rail Service Reporting, Help Address Shipping

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) issued a decision requiring all Class I railroads, including Canadian Pacific (CP) and BNSF Railway, to...

Hoeven: Corps Finalizing Work on Devils Lake Embankment Project

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven has worked for more than a decade to help stabilize Devils Lake with an outlet and mitigation measures, and as a senator has...