Press Releases

Hoeven Welcomes Summer Interns to Washington, State Offices

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced five North Dakota students are interning with his Washington, D.C., Bismarck and Fargo offices this summer. The interns are working with the senator...

Hoeven Announces New Support for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced the implementation of new Farm Bill measures and other policy changes to improve the financial security of new and beginning farmers and ranchers....

Hoeven Briefs Base Realignment Impact Committee on Effort to Bring Manned Mission to Grand Forks

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today provided details to the Grand Forks Base Realignment Impact Committee (BRIC) about the effort he initiated this week to get the manned...

Hoeven: Energy and Water Bill Provision Makes Fargo Flood Protection Project More Competitive for Corps Construction Funds

FARGO, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today updated Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker on the Fiscal Year 2015 Energy and Water legislation that allows the Army Corps of Engineers to select,...

Hoeven Announces $8 Million in USDA Honey Bee Conservation Incentives for Farmers and Ranchers in Upper Midwest

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing $8 million in incentives through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) for farmers and ranchers...

Hoeven Praises Return of Commercial Air Service to Jamestown, Devils Lake

JAMESTOWN, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today praised the restoration of commercial jet service to Jamestown Regional Airport and Devils Lake Regional Airport. Hoeven, who had planned to attend the...

Hoeven Announces $3 Million DOT Grant for Bismarck Municipal Airport

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a $3 million grant to Bismarck Municipal Airport to mitigate wetlands and create protection...

Hoeven Supports Measure to Block EPA “Waters of the U.S.” Rules

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Hoeven joined a number of his GOP colleagues in cosponsoring Senator John Barrasso’s (R-Wyoming) legislation to block a proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency...

Hoeven Presses VA Secretary to Allow Veterans Greater Access to Local Long Term Care Services

FARGO, N.D. – At a press conference at Elim Rehab and Care Center in Fargo today, Senator John Hoeven announced that he is pressing Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA)...

Hoeven Announces $7 Million in HUD Grants to North Dakota

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

Hoeven Statement on North Dakota Producing One Million Barrels of Oil a Day, a New Record

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement regarding news that North Dakota is producing one million barrel of oil a day mark. In 2000, North Dakota produced less...

Hoeven: Energy and Water Bill Allows Construction of Corps’ Projects

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, today worked to include language in the Fiscal Year 2015 Energy and Water Appropriations...