Press Releases

Hoeven Statement on Texas Judge’s Obamacare Ruling

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement regarding a ruling on Obamacare by a federal judge in Texas: “As part of tax relief legislation, Congress removed the...

Hoeven Welcomes Second Round of Trade Assistance for Agriculture Producers Impacted by Ongoing Trade Negotiations

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of...

President Signs Hoeven’s Legislation Enabling Homeowners Around Patterson Lake & Jamestown Reservoir to Purchase Lots

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven announced that the President has signed into law S. 440 and S. 2074, legislation that Hoeven authored to enable homeowners around Patterson Lake and the...

Hoeven: Farm Bill Passage an Important Step in Providing Certainty for Farmers and Ranchers

BISMARCK, N.D. – At the North Dakota Farmers Union state convention today, Senator John Hoeven outlined his efforts to provide certainty for farmers and ranchers. This includes passing a strong...

Hoeven Urges President to Advance Keystone XL Pipeline Project in Bicameral Letter

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven and Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) today led a bicameral letter with of 42 Senators and Representatives urging the President to take immediate action to advance...

Hoeven Presses for Trade Assistance to Continue Helping Producers Impacted by Trade Negotiations

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, spoke this week with Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...

Hoeven and Udall Introduce Legislation to Improve Hiring Process for Bureau of Indian Affairs Law Enforcement

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven (R-ND), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and Tom Udall (D-NM), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs introduced legislation this...

Hoeven Leads Bipartisan, Bicameral Group in Pressing to Modernize Tax Credit to Help Advance the Use of CCS Technology

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven this week led a bipartisan group of Senators and Congressmen in urging the leaders of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means...

Hoeven: Congress Sends Farm Bill to the President

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) today released the following statement after Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, sending it to the President to be signed into law. The Senate...

Hoeven Announces More Than $290,000 Grant to Expand All Nations Veterans Cemetery in Fort Yates

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a...

Hoeven Statement on Senate Passage of Farm Bill Conference Committee Report

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) today released the following statement after the Senate passed the conference committee’s report to the 2018 Farm Bill by a vote of 87 to...

Hoeven Joins EPA and Army Corps in Announcing Regulatory Relief Under Waters of the U.S. Rule

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today joined administration officials, including Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil...