Press Releases

Hoeven Congratulates Sweetwater Elementary School on Second National Blue Ribbon Award

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today joined a virtual celebration to congratulate students and staff at Sweetwater Elementary School in Devils Lake on being designated as a 2020...

Hoeven Announces Loan Guarantee to I.O.O.F. Retirement Village Group

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

Hoeven Announces Funding to North Dakota Department of Health

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and...

Hoeven: North Dakota IPP to Become Permanent, Working Toward First Statewide UAS Flights Without Visual Observers

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced that the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Integration Pilot Program (IPP),...

Hoeven: We Built North Dakota’s Pro-Business Environment to Attract Investments Like New Amazon Fulfillment Center

FARGO, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today joined Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney, Governor Doug Burgum and representatives from private industry groups in outlining Project Force, the new Amazon fulfillment center...

Hoeven: USDA Rural Development Awards $6.9 Million to Reservation Telephone Cooperative to Build Broadband Infrastructure in Western North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today joined U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director Clare Carlson, Dakota Carrier Network (DCN) CEO Seth Arndorfer and Reservation Telephone Cooperative...

ND Delegation: EPA Approves Three Dicamba Registrations Through 2025

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Congressman Kelly Armstrong today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved new five-year registrations for two...

ND Delegation to FEMA: Accept Minot’s Appeal of Flood Insurance Rate Map

MINOT, N.D. – Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Congressman Kelly Armstrong this week pressed Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials to grant the City of Minot’s appeal of...

Hoeven Announces USDA Rural Development Investments in North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),...

Hoeven Outlines Way Forward for State’s Leadership in UAS Efforts to Update Reaper & Global Hawk Aircraft Based In North Dakota

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today kicked off the 14th annual Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Summit and led a virtual panel discussion with Commander of the Air Force...

Hoeven Announces Rural Development Funding Awarded to Three North Dakota Cities

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through the Office of Rural Development, has awarded three...

Hoeven Statement After Senate Confirms Justice Amy Coney Barrett

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven released the following statement after the Senate approved the nomination of U.S. Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an Associate Justice on...