Press Releases

Hoeven: HUD Awards $3 Million to North Dakota Housing Finance Agency

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency has received a $3 million grant from the...

U.S. Congress Recognizes Bison as National Mammal of the United States

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Representatives Wm. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.), Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.), Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) and José Serrano (D-N.Y.) today announced that both...

Hoeven: DOT Awards More Than $1 Million to Address Transportation Safety Issues

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded four grants totaling $1,074,732 to address...

Hoeven: Senate Passes Legislation to Enhance Tourism Industry, Spur Economic Development in Native Communities

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Indian Affairs Committee, today announced that legislation he cosponsored, the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience (NATIVE) Act, has unanimously...

Hoeven: HHS Awards More Than $2.8 Million to Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations and Indian Affairs Committees, today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Children...

Hoeven: CJS Funding Bill Supports STEM Education, Research & Economic Development in North Dakota

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Act, which the Senate Appropriations Committee approved last...

Hoeven, Klobuchar Provision to Help Nonprofits Save Money on Energy Efficiency Upgrades Passes Senate as Part of Bipartisan Senate Energy Bill

WASHINGTON, DC – John Hoeven (R-ND) and U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) announced that a provision based on their Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act to help nonprofit organizations save money on...

Hoeven: Appropriations Committee Approves Funding Bill to Enhance Local Law Enforcement, Victim Services

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Act. As...

Hoeven Statement Following Meeting with President Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today met with Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama’s nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. “After meeting with Judge Merrick Garland, my...

Hoeven Continues Efforts to Repeal WOTUS

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today spoke on the Senate floor ahead of a vote on his legislation to defund the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Waters of the U.S. rule,...

Hoeven: Senate Transportation, HUD Appropriations Bill Approved by Committee Includes Hoeven Amendment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee, on which he serves, has approved the $56.5 billion Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act (THUD)....

Hoeven Worked to Pass Key Elements of Sportsmen’s Act as Part of Energy Bill Passed Today

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Senate has passed the bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act. Hoeven, who serves on the Senate Energy Committee and the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, worked...