Press Releases

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...

Hoeven Statement After Signing of U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement

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 held a formal...

Hoeven: WOTUS Replacement Should Respect Role of States, Not Exceed EPA Authority or Impose Unnecessary Costs

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today joined a roundtable with Senator Kevin Cramer and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator...

Hoeven: USDA Awards Funds for Rural Broadband Infrastructure Project

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Community Connect program has awarded $844,023 for BEK Communications...

Hoeven: New Williston Airport Will Enable Economic Growth Now and Into the Future

WILLISTON, N.D. – At the grand opening of the new Williston Basin International Airport (XWA), Senator John Hoeven outlined his work as a member of the Senate Transportation Appropriations Committee...

Hoeven Statement on President’s Biofuels Agreement

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven released the following statement after the Administration announced an agreement on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS):  “Throughout this process, we have encouraged the Administration...

Hoeven to Host EPA Administrator Wheeler at EmPower ND Conference, Discussion of Eastern ND Water Supply Project

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today announced that he, along with Senator Kevin Cramer and Governor Doug Burgum, will host Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler at the...

Hoeven: North Dakota Selected for Air National Guard Tuition Assistance Pilot Program

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven announced today that the National Guard Bureau has selected North Dakota as one of 14 states that will participate in a pilot program to...

Hoeven Advancing Legislation to Address NPS Maintenance Backlog, Works to Secure Support for Presidential Library

MEDORA, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven, along with Senator Kevin Cramer and Governor Doug Burgum, today highlighted to U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt the maintenance needs at the...

Hoeven Again Presses Corps on Missouri River Water Levels and Storage

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven again spoke with John Remus, Chief of Missouri River Water Management Division for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to ensure that the Corps...

Hoeven Announces USDA Grant for Canola Research at NDSU

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded...