Press Releases

Hoeven: USDA Implements Cattle Contract Library to Improve Transparency & Competition in Cattle Markets

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has issued a final rule implementing a cattle contract library pilot program to improve transparency...

Hoeven Joins Colleagues Warning China Against Violent Crackdown on Protesters

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven this week joined Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) in urging the Chinese ambassador to the United States to warn the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of the...

Hoeven Statement on Vote to Avert a Rail Strike

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after the Senate voted to avert a rail strike. The Senator supported an amendment to provide the parties with additional...

Hoeven Cosponsors Legislation to Protect Camp Lejeune Veterans from Excessive Legal Fees

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today cosponsored the Protect Camp Lejeune Victims Ensnared by Trial-lawyers’ Scams (VETS) Act, legislation introduced by Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) to cap the fees trial...

Hoeven Cosponsors Legislation to Allow Year-Round E15 Sales, Provide Certainty to Ethanol Producers

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today cosponsored the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2022, legislation introduced by Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) to allow the year-round...

Hoeven Statement on Burdensome & Duplicative BLM Methane Rule

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a proposed rule to impose burdensome and duplicative methane emission regulations on energy...

Hoeven Statement Observing Thanksgiving Day in North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement to wish all North Dakotans a safe and happy Thanksgiving: “Happy Thanksgiving, North Dakota. In all things we’re called...

Hoeven, Lummis Call on STB to Restore Coal Producer Representation on Energy Transportation Advisory Committee

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven joined Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) in calling on the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to fill the three vacant seats on the STB’s Rail Energy...

Hoeven Continuing Efforts to Advance Affordable Housing Redevelopment in Fargo

FARGO, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after the North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) awarded $3.4 million in federal funding for the demolition and redevelopment of the...

Hoeven, Colleagues Push Back on Burdensome EPA Regulations, Outline Impact on Nation’s Supply Chain

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven joined Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) in pressing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to avoid placing overly burdensome emissions regulations on...

Hoeven Addresses I-BAND Annual Meeting

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today addressed the Independent Beef Association of North Dakota’s (I-BAND) annual meeting, where he discussed his efforts as the Ranking Member of the Senate...

Hoeven Outlines Priorities for Next Farm Bill, Efforts to Protect Private Property Rights

BISMARCK, N.D. – At the North Dakota Farm Bureau annual convention today, Senator John Hoeven outlined his efforts as the lead Republican on the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a...