Press Releases

FEMA Approves Temporary Housing Extension in Minot

BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Jack Dalrymple, Sen. Kent Conrad, Sen. John Hoeven and Congressman Rick Berg today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved Dalrymple’s request to...

Delegation Announces $11.6 Million to Improve Infrastructure at State Airports

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Kent Conrad and Congressman Rick Berg announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded federal grants totaling more than $11.6 million...

Hoeven Warns of Legal Action if Corps Proceeds with Plan to Charge For Missouri River Water

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today provided testimony at a public meeting in Bismarck of the Army Corps of Engineers, saying that he will fight aggressively their decision to...

Hoeven Announces Agenda for the State of Technology Conference in Fargo

FARGO, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today announced the agenda for The State of Technology: The Next Generation of Jobs in North Dakota, a business technology conference featuring keynote addresses...

Hoeven: Corps $2 Million Infrastructure Award Helping to Rebuild Minot

MINOT, N.D. – U.S. Senator John Hoeven today said the $1.9 million Section 594 grant allocated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Minot will help to restore essential...

Hoeven Presses FEMA for Infrastructure Upgrades to Virgil Workman Housing Site, Timely Determination on Flood Map

MINOT, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today said he’s working with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials to upgrade infrastructure at the Virgil Workman...

Hoeven Joins Minot Community to Break Ground on New Ramstad Middle School

MINOT, N.D. – U.S. Senator John Hoeven, along with Minot Mayor Curt Zimbelman, Superintendent Mark Vollmer and school officials, today broke ground for the new Erik Ramstad Middle School in...

Hoeven, Minot State Leaders Dedicate $13 Million State-of-the-Art Wellness Center at University

MINOT, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven, along with Minot State University (MSU) leaders and students, today dedicated a new, 60,000-square-foot, $12.8 million Student Wellness Center at the university. Hoeven said...

Hoeven: Romney Energy Independence Plan a Path to Jobs, A Vibrant Economy and a Brighter Future for America

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement in response to Gov. Mitt Romney’s Energy Independence plan for America: “Governor Mitt Romney’s true all-of-the-above Energy Independence plan blazes...

Hoeven: New $109 Million Minot Retail and Housing Development Project Important Milestone for City

MINOT, N.D. – U.S. Senator John Hoeven, along with city and state leaders, today participated in a groundbreaking ceremony to mark construction of a new residential and commercial development project,...

Delegation: FEMA Expects to Approve Request for Temporary Housing Program Extension, Housing Donations

WASHINGTON – Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate today assured Senators John Hoeven and Kent Conrad and Congressman Rick Berg that the agency plans to approve the state’s...

Hoeven Welcomes Home Members of the ND National Guard’s 188th Engineer Company

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today thanked members of the North Dakota National Guard’s 188th Engineer Company (Vertical) from a nearly 12-month deployment to Kuwait. The unit’s 160 deployed...