Press Releases

Hoeven Secures ELD Provision for Livestock Haulers in FY19 Transportation Funding Legislation

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), today secured a provision in the Fiscal Year 2019 THUD funding...

Hoeven: FCC Proposes Increased Funding for Rural Health Care Program

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a proposal to increase funding for the Rural Health Care (RHC) Program, which...

Hoeven Introduces NDAA Amendment to Add Names of 74 Service Members to Vietnam Veterans Memorial

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today introduced an amendment to honor service members who died in the sinking of the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans during the Vietnam War. The amendment...

Hoeven Announces More Than $5.4 Million For North Dakota Community Health Centers

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded three grants totaling more than $5.4...

Senate Indian Affairs Committee Advances Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Nominee Tara Sweeney to Full Senate

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today announced the committee voted to report favorably the nomination of Tara Mac Lean Sweeney, of...

Hoeven Joins President as VA MISSION Act is Signed Into Law

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today joined the president as he signed into law the VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (MISSION) Act. The legislation streamlines the...

Hoeven: Homeland Security Committee Holds Hearing on Preventing Emerging Threats Act

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) and the Senate Appropriations Committee on Homeland Security, today outlined the importance of...

Hoeven Announces More Than $1.5 Million To Improve Health Care In North Dakota

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) and the Administration for Community Living (ACL) respectively...

Klobuchar, Hoeven Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Help Rural Businesses Access International Markets and Increase Exports

WASHINGTON- U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and John Hoeven (R-ND) introduced the Promoting Rural Exports Act of 2018 to help rural businesses access international markets and increase exports. The bipartisan...

HOEVEN ANNOUNCES MORE THAN $2.1 MILLION IN EMERGENCY DISASTER FUNDING FOR HOUSING IN NELSON COUNTY

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has...

Hoeven Cosponsors National Guard Promotion Accountability Act

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that he is cosponsoring the National Guard Promotion Accountability Act, legislation to address delays in the federal recognition of promotions for National Guard...

Hoeven: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Eligible for USDA Rural Development Home Ownership Pilot Program

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, this week announced that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North...