Press Releases

Hoeven Statement After Vote to Uphold Tax Relief Legislation

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today released the following statement after voting against a resolution that would have undermined the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), tax relief legislation passed...

Hoeven, Baldwin Reintroduce Legislation to Support Commercial Pilot Training for Veterans

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) recently reintroduced the American Aviator Act, bipartisan legislation that would authorize grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to expand flight training services for veterans who want to become commercial airline pilots. This would help...

Hoeven Outlines Impacts of Early Blizzard, Agriculture Disaster Assistance Needs in North Dakota to USDA Deputy Secretary

WASHINGTON – At a hearing of the Senate Agriculture Committee this week, Senator John Hoeven outlined the challenges facing North Dakota producers impacted by the early blizzard to U.S. Department...

Hoeven: Senate Upholds the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today released the following statement after voting against a resolution of disapproval that, had it...

Hoeven Advances Role for Grand Forks in NORTHCOM’S Arctic & Counter-UAS Missions

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, this week met with Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy, Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and...

Hoeven Statement on Confirmation of Air Force Secretary Barrett

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after the Senate confirmed former Ambassador Barbara Barrett as the Secretary of the...

Hoeven: EPA’s Final Proposal Should Ensure RFS Obligations Are Met

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began seeking public comment on the administration’s proposal to ensure that 15 billion gallons of...

Hoeven: We Worked to Provide Ag Coverage in Disaster Supplemental for Blizzard

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today outlined disaster assistance coverage for North Dakota producers impacted by the early blizzard. As chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, Hoeven worked to...

Hoeven Statement After President Announces Phase One Trade Agreement with China, Deal Includes $40-50 Billion Purchase of U.S. Agriculture Products

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Agriculture Committee, issued the following statement after the President announced that he...

Hoeven Convenes Roundtable to Outline Next Steps for WIFIA Loan for Comprehensive Flood Protection in the Red River Valley

FARGO, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today convened a roundtable with the city leaders and the governor to determine the next steps now that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has...

ND Delegation, Governor: EPA Selects Fargo-Moorhead Region Flood Protection for $510 Million in Low-Cost Financing

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer, Congressman Kelly Armstrong and Governor Doug Burgum today joined Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler in announcing that the Fargo-Moorhead region’s...

Hoeven Working to Advance Commercially-Viable CCUS Technology, True Path Forward for Coal

BISMARCK, N.D. – At the Great Plains and EmPower ND Energy Conference today, Senator John Hoeven highlighted his efforts to advance commercially-viable carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies to...