Press Releases

Hoeven Statement on the Debt Ceiling

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement in response to the Senate vote to raise the U.S. debt ceiling: “I voted against the legislation to increase our...

Hoeven, Corker, GOP Senators to President: After Six Years, It’s Time to Approve Keystone XL

WASHINGTON – In light of the fifth and final environmental impact statement (EIS) that cleared the way for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, Senators John Hoeven of North Dakota...

Hoeven, Heitkamp, Cramer Work to Resolve Agriculture Shipping Delays

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp and Congressman Kevin Cramer today brought together BNSF Railway Executive Director Matt Rose and senior officials of American Crystal Sugar and Farmers...

Hoeven Arranges Meeting to Resolve Agriculture Rail Shipping Delays, Amtrak Service in N.D.

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that he will bring together senior officials of BNSF Railway, American Crystal Sugar and Farmers Union to help resolve agriculture shipping delays this...

Hoeven Working to Advance Permanent Flood Protection for Red River Valley

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven met with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations Maj. Gen. John Peabody last week to secure funding for...

Hoeven, Boozman, Pryor, Franken Lead Letter Urging President to Provide Relief During Propane Shortage

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) are leading a bipartisan coalition of senators in pushing the Obama administration to provide...

Hoeven: Farm Bill Signed Into Law

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the House/Senate farm bill conference committee and the Senate Agriculture Committee, today said that the farm bill signed into law this afternoon...

Hoeven Cosponsors Bipartisan Senate Sportsmen’s Act to Support North Dakota Hunting, Fishing, Outdoor Recreation

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven this week joined Senators Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in introducing the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2014, a comprehensive Senate sportsmen’s bill that...

Hoeven, Landrieu, Bipartisan, Bicameral Group of Legislators, Labor, Business, National Security Leaders Call for Approval of Keystone XL Pipeline

WASHINGTON – Following the release of the State Department’s fifth and final environmental impact statement (EIS) that again determined the Keystone XL pipeline poses no significant environmental risks, Senators John...

Hoeven: Congress Passes Long-Term Farm Bill

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Senate has approved the farm bill conference report, meaning Congress has passed a new five-year farm bill that will benefit...

Hoeven, Hamm Talk Energy Independence, Crude Transportation Safety, Energy Infrastructure

WASHINGTON – At a Senate Energy Committee hearing this week, Senator John Hoeven questioned Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm on the best ways for the federal government to help industry...

Hoeven Statement on Release of the State Department’s Final Environmental Review for the Keystone XL Pipeline Project

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. State Department’s fifth and final Keystone XL environmental impact statement (EIS). “The U.S. State...