Press Releases

Hoeven Joins Senate Colleagues in Amicus Brief to Support Religious Freedom

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven recently joined Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and more than 30 additional senators, in signing an amicus brief supporting Capitol Hill Baptist Church’s lawsuit against Washington,...

Hoeven Helps Break Ground on Magic City Discovery Center

MINOT, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today helped break ground on the Magic City Discovery Center, an interactive children’s museum that will provide science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM)...

Hoeven Announces USDA Funding to North Dakota Entities

WASHINGTON – 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) has...

Hoeven Thanks North Dakota Medical Providers, Outlines Efforts to Address COVID-19 Pandemic

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven this week spoke to the members of the North Dakota Medical Association (NDMA), thanking them for their essential service in combatting the coronavirus disease...

Hoeven Statement on Passing of Former Senator Mark Andrews

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven released the following statement on the passing of former Senator Mark Andrews, who represented North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1981-1987 and...

Hoeven Announces Funding to UND to Extract Critical Minerals from Coal

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has...

Hoeven Encourages North Dakotans to Give Input on FEMA’s Draft Policy for Inundated Road Assistance

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement encouraging North Dakotans to submit input to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on its draft policy regarding assistance...

ND Congressional Delegation: President Approves North Dakota Disaster Declaration Request for Severe Summer Weather

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Congressman Kelly Armstrong today issued the following statement after President Donald Trump approved Governor Doug Burgum’s request for a major...

Hoeven: EPA Finalizes Rule to Remove Barriers to Reducing Emissions and Encourage Investment in New Technology

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule that better enables businesses to invest in new technologies to reduce...

Hoeven Reviews CFAP 2 With North Dakota Producers & FSA Administrator

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today held a virtual roundtable with North Dakota producers, commodity...

To Combat Growing Threat of Cyber Attacks, Hoeven and Rosen Introduce Bipartisan Electric Grid Security Legislation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) and U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV)  announced their introduction of S.4795, the Cyber Sense Act. This bipartisan legislation would create a voluntary Cyber Sense program...

North Dakota Senators Introduce Legislation to Reform USDA’s NRCS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators and John Hoeven (R-ND) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) in introducing legislation to reform the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation...