Press Releases

Hoeven Encourages North Dakota Students to Apply for Library of Congress Fellowship

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Library of Congress is currently accepting nominations from college and graduate students interested in participating in the Library of Congress Junior...

Hoeven, Heitkamp: Senate Passes Resolution Commending National Championship NDSU Football Team

Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp today announced that the Senate has unanimously passed a resolution they authored to honor the NCAA Division I National Championship North Dakota State University...

Hoeven, Heller, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Fix Military Pension COLA Reductions

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven and Republican colleagues today introduced the Responsible Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014, legislation that will repeal the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) reduction for...

Hoeven Statement on Fiscal Year 2014 Omnibus Appropriations Bill

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that both the U.S. Senate and House have approved the Consolidated Appropriations Act, a bipartisan...

Hoeven, Heitkamp, Cramer Meet with DOT Sec. FOxx, PHMSA Admin. Quarterman, Industry Leaders to Improve Railway Safety

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp and Congressman Kevin Cramer met today with Transportation Department officials, railroad industry executives and shippers, specifically the oil industry, to follow up...

Hoeven Meets with Canadian Foreign Minister, Ambassador to Continue Push for Keystone XL Pipeline

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today met with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird and Canadian Ambassador to the United States Gary Doer to continue pressing for presidential approval of the...

Hoeven: DOT Must Issue Timely Standards on Tanker Car Construction

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement in response to the Department of Transportation’s disclosure today that it will not finalize rules governing the construction of rail...

Omnibus Appropriations Bill Includes North Dakota Priorities for Global Hawk, Missile Silos

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Fiscal Year 2014 omnibus bill includes provisions to maintain Global Hawk and missile silos, two important North Dakota priorities. “North Dakota’s...

Hoeven, Klobuchar Introduce Driver Privacy Act

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today introduced their Driver Privacy Act, legislation that protects a driver’s personal privacy by making it clear that the owner...

Hoeven Statement on the NTSB’s Preliminary Report on the Casselton Derailment

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven made the following statement in response to the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) preliminary report on the Casselton, N.D. derailment. “We have reviewed the National...

Hoeven Visits North Dakota Guard Members Deployed to Mission in Nation’s Capital

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today met with members of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery regiment, who are currently deployed on a mission...

Hoeven, Heitkamp Meet with DOT Sec. Anthony Foxx, PHMSA Administrator Cynthia Quarterman on Railway Safety

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp today met with Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) head Cynthia Quarterman to discuss...