Press Releases

Hoeven Expresses Support for Corn Growers New Venture

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today expressed his support for a new $1.5 billion fertilizer plant being planned by the North Dakota Corn Growers and their partners. He said the...

Delegation to FAA Administrator: New FAA Bill Gives Agency Flexibility to Maintain Midnight Shift for Fargo Air Traffic Control Tower

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp and Congressman Kevin Cramer yesterday sent a letter to the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Michael Huerta, calling for the...

Hoeven to Interior Secretary: Approve Red River Valley Water Supply Project, Improve Social Services at Spirit Lake

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven this week pressed new Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to work with him to move forward North Dakota priorities, including issuing a Record of...

Hoeven: Full Senate Agrees to Take Up WRDA Bill

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Senate has reached agreement to bring the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) to the Senate floor today. This is important,...

Hoeven, Heitkamp, Cramer Call on Defense Secretary Hagel to Locate Ground Based Interceptors in Grand Forks

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp and Congressman Kevin Cramer today urged Department of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to consider Grand Forks Air Force Base (GFAFB) as a...

Hoeven: Minot Making Progress With CDBG Recovery Funds

MINOT, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today was joined by local leaders to review the strides Minot is making to help get residents back in their homes and rebuild the...

Hoeven Honors Two Minot Veterans with Military Honors

MINOT, N.D. – At a ceremony in Minot today, Senator John Hoeven presented two local veterans with military awards to honor their service in the U.S. Army. Hoeven presented Vietnam...

Senator Hoeven Working to Ensure Safe, Credible Nuclear Deterrent

MINOT, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today spoke at a symposium on the enduring need for the nuclear triad and deterrence hosted by Minot’s Task Force 21, a group of...

Hoeven Hosts RMA Administrator, Provides Farm Bill, Prevented Planting Update with Fargo, Bismarck Ag Leaders

FARGO, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today hosted USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) Acting Administrator Brandon Willis at roundtable meetings held in Fargo and Bismarck with a broad range of...

Hoeven: Grand Forks Submitting UAS Test Site Application This Week

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today met with representatives from the North Dakota Airspace Integration Team (AIT) and the Grand Forks Base Realignment Impact Committee (BRIC) to advance...

Hoeven, Klobuchar, Dalrymple Review Flood Prevention Efforts in Fargo-Moorhead

FARGO-MOORHEAD – U.S. Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple today met with Army Corps of Engineers Maj. Gen. John Peabody and Fargo-Moorhead...

Delegation Announces New Fair Market Rents for Ward, Mountrail, and Williams Counties

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp and Congressman Kevin Cramer today announced that new Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for North Dakota, which are overseen by the Department of...