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Hoeven Encourages North Dakotans to Shop Local on Small Business Saturday

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven announced that the U.S. Senate unanimously passed S.Res.304, legislation that designates November 28, 2015 as Small Business Saturday. Hoeven was an original cosponsor of this...

Hoeven Holds Community Roundtable, Reviews Progress on Watford City’s New High School & Housing Developments

WATFORD CITY, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today held a community roundtable at Watford City High School to take questions from students and area residents. There were approximately 100 high...

Hoeven Announces More Than $1.5 Million in Federal Funding to Support ND Community Action Agency

WASHINGTON — Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $1,528,801 grant to...

Hoeven and Senate Energy Committee Pass Sportsmen’s Bill

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy Committee, today announced that the committee has passed bipartisan sportsmen’s legislation. The legislation reauthorizes important conservation programs, improves access to...

Hoeven Announces More Than $740K in USDA Grants to Expand Distance Learning Across Rural North Dakota

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee and Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development has approved...

Hoeven Statement on Highway Bill Extension and Work to Include Legislation Lifting the Ban on Crude Oil Exports in Long-Term Bill

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today released the following statement after the Senate passed a short-term highway bill extension through Dec. 4, which will ensure highway funding while the conference...

Hoeven Statement on Passage of Two Resolutions Repealing EPA’s Final Rules for New and Existing Power Plants

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations and Energy Committees, today issued the following statement in response to Senate passage of two resolutions of disapproval...

Hoeven Announces Nearly $28 Million in USDA Loans to Support Rural Health Care, Education Facilities

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee and Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development has approved...

Hoeven Working on Appropriations Committee to Ensure Funding, Authorization for Corps Minot Flood Study

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven Monday met with Minot Mayor Chuck Barney and City Manager Lee Staab to advance flood protection for Minot and the Souris River Basin. The Senator,...

Hoeven Meets With FAA Senior Advisor to Advance Effort to Develop Concurrent Airspace Use at Grand Forks Test Site

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven met last week with retired Major General Marke Gibson, Senior Advisor on Unmanned Aviation Systems (UAS) Integration at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), to develop...

Hoeven to North Dakota Farm Bureau: We’re Working to Rescind, Defund WOTUS, Restore $3 Billion Crop Insurance Cuts in Omnibus

FARGO, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today spoke at the North Dakota Farm Bureau’s annual meeting and highlighted recent efforts to stop the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Waters of the...

Hoeven Helps Dedicate New $33.5 Million NDSU Greenhouse Research Complex

FARGO, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today joined state, local and university leaders in dedicating the North Dakota Agriculture Experiment Station Research Greenhouse Complex, a $33.5 million state-of-the-art facility at...