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Hoeven: FSA to Provide Additional Staff to Prevent Backlogs for Producers Facing Drought

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Farm Service Agency (FSA) is sending additional staff to prevent service backlogs for agriculture...

Hoeven: Energy & Water Funding Bill Supports Comprehensive Flood Protection in North Dakota

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Energy and Water, today announced that the committee has approved Fiscal Year 2018 funding legislation supporting comprehensive...

Hoeven: USDA Opens Additional Conservation Acres for Emergency Haying and Grazing

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...

Hoeven Secures Additional Support in Ag Funding Legislation to Help Drought Response

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today secured additional support in the Senate’s agriculture funding legislation for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 to aide farmers...

Hoeven Announces Nearly $150,000 to NDSU for Research on Biobased Fire Retardants

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has...

Hoeven: Senate Health Care Reform Legislation Preserves and Builds Upon the Indian Health Care Improvement Act

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today outlined provisions in the Senate’s draft health care reform legislation that preserve and build upon the...

Hoeven Statement on John McCain

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the announcement that Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer: “Senator McCain is not only a leader...

Hoeven Announces More Than $220,000 Grant to North Dakota PSC for Pipeline Safety Program

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has awarded $224,776 to the North...

Hoeven: FY18 Veterans Affairs Funding Bill Supports Hoeven Initiative to Provide Veterans with Long-Term Care Closer to Home

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (VA) Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Fiscal Year 2018 Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill provides record-level...

Hoeven Announces More Than $1 Million in Head Start Funding for Community Action Partnership in Dickinson

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Head Start has awarded $1,058,966 to Community...

Hoeven Announces Nearly $2.5 Million in Funding for Grand Forks and Northwood Airports

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the U.S. Senate Transportation Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded grants totaling $2,488,754 to the Grand...

Hoeven Secures $27 Million for Minot Air Force Base Firing Range in FY18 Military Construction Funding Bill

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (VA) Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Military Construction Appropriations bill includes...