Press Releases

Hoeven Announces COVID-19 Response Funding for ND Hospital Foundation

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the Department of Health...

Hoeven Statement on Agreement to Cut Oil Production

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement after Saudi Arabia, Russia and other oil-producing nations reached...

Hoeven Announces CARES Act Funding to ND Higher Education Institutions to Help Students Impacted By COVID-19

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Education will award a total of $11,438,044 to institutions of higher...

Hoeven Announces First Tranche of HHS CARES Act Funds to North Dakota Hospitals Responding to COVID-19

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has awarded the first tranche of HHS...

Hoeven & Thune Outline CARES Act Assistance to Help Small Business, Start-Ups Maintain Payroll & Overcome Pandemic Challenges

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senators John Hoeven and John Thune today held an online discussion with entrepreneurs and small business founders from North Dakota and South Dakota to outline the assistance...

Hoeven Statement After Reports OPEC+ Nations Agree to Cut Production by 10 Million BPD

BISMARCK – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement after reports that the teleconference between OPEC members and Russia,...

Hoeven: We Need to Support Small Businesses, Approve Additional Paycheck Protection Program Funding

BISMARCK – Senator John Hoeven released the following statement today after legislation to provide an additional $250 billion in funding for small businesses impacted by the coronavirus was blocked. The...

Hoeven: USDA to Initiate Oversight into Beef Price Disparities

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement after Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s...

Hoeven Urges Treasury Secretary to Provide Flexibility to States in Coronavirus Relief Fund

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today urged U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin to provide states with flexibility when implementing the Coronavirus Relief Fund. The fund was authorized under...

Hoeven Announces Funding for Turtle Mountain STEM Infusion Project

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has...

Hoeven Outlines Efforts to Support U.S. Oil & Gas Industry in Call With North Dakota Petroleum Council, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today hosted Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg and Small Business Administration (SBA)...

Hoeven Announces COVID-19 Funding for Community Health Centers From CARES Act

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has awarded $2,943,740 in funding to Community Health...