Press Releases

Congressional Delegation Presses DOT Secretary for Federal Aid for ND’s Flooded Transportation System

Washington – Senators Kent Conrad and John Hoeven and Congressman Rick Berg met today with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to highlight the devastation floodwaters have caused to North Dakota’s ...

Hoeven Backs Minot Air Force Base Construction Projects

WASHINGTON– Senator John Hoeven today worked to ensure the Fiscal Year 2012 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act includes the almost $68 million requested by the Air Force for...

Delegaion Welcomes IA Designation For Morton, Renville, McHenry Counties

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Kent Conrad and Congressman Rick Berg today welcomed notification by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that Morton, Renville and McHenry counties will now...

Hoeven Speaks In Support Of U.S. Balanced Budget Amendment on Senate Floor

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate in support of the Balanced Budget Amendment he is cosponsoring, saying high spending and debt impedes...

Hoeven: DHS Secretary Napolitano Agrees to Review Additional Counties For Individual Assistance

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today spoke with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who has agreed to review additional counties for inclusion in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s...

Hoeven: Hess Corp. $1 Million Donation Puts Flood Recovery Fund-Raising Effort Well Underway

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today spoke with Hess Corp. CEO and Board Chairman John Hess, who said the company is donating $1 million to North Dakota’s flood relief effort....

Delegation, Governor Call on Napolitano, Fugate To Make IA Available To All Flood-Impacted Individuals

WASHINGTON –Senators John Hoeven and Kent Conrad, Congressman Rick Berg and Governor Jack Dalrymple today sent a letter to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Federal Emergency Management Agency...

Delegation Announces $5 Million in Emergency Funding to Repair Roadways

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Kent Conrad and Congressman Rick Berg today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation will provide $5 million in quick release emergency funds to...

Hoeven: Thank You To Josh Duhamel For Leading Flood Fund Recovery Effort

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven this evening thanked Josh Duhamel, a Minot native, for stepping up to serve as  honorary chairman of a fund established by the Minot Area Community...

Hoeven: Small Business Administration to Open Help Center in Minot

MINOT, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven announced this afternoon that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will begin operations in Minot tomorrow at the Federal Disaster Center, along with FEMA,...

Congressional Delegation Commends Approval Of Individual Disaster Assistance for Burleigh and Ward Counties

Washington – Senators Kent Conrad and John Hoeven and Congressman Rick Berg commend the approval by President Obama of the State of North Dakota’s request for Individual Assistance (IA) for...

Hoeven Again Presses Risk Management For More Flexible Disaster Assistance For North Dakota Producers

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today again pressed USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) Administrator William Murphy to make the agency’s crop insurance rules for Prevented Planting more flexible to...