Press Releases

Hoeven Works to Protect Small Business Employees From Healthcare Premium Increases

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today cosponsored bipartisan legislation to protect small businesses from potential health care premium increases under the Affordable Care Act. The Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees...

Hoeven: DOT Awards More than $355,000 to Enhance Safety at Kenmare Municipal Airport

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 $355,997 to the Kenmare Municipal Airport...

Klobuchar, Hoeven STEM Legislation Included in Every Child Achieves Act

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) today announced that legislation they introduced to bolster Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education has been included as...

Hoeven Encourages North Dakota High School Marching Bands to Apply for 2016 National Independence Day Parade

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the 2016 National Independence Day Parade is seeking applications from high school marching bands interested in representing the State of North Dakota...

Hoeven Announces $400,000 in Grants for North Dakota Airports

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded two grants totaling $400,000 to the Ellendale Municipal Airport Authority and Jamestown Regional Airport...

Hoeven Announces Nearly $1.5 Million for Seven Tribes, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to Improve Education Curriculum, Restructure School Governance

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Committees on Appropriations and Indian Affairs, today announced that the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)...

Hoeven Statement on North Dakota Native Dr. Mary Wakefield’s Nomination to Be Deputy Secretary of HHS

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today released the following statement after Dr. Mary Wakefield, a native of Devils Lake, North Dakota, was nominated to be Deputy Secretary of the U.S....

Hoeven: HHS Awards More than $1.6 Million to North Dakota for Cancer Prevention and Control Programs

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that they Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Hoeven: University of North Dakota Receives More than $200,000 in Federal Funding

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services has authorized a $207,750.00 federal grant to the...

Hoeven, Cramer: General Atomics, County Arrive at Tentative Agreement on UAS Training Academy at Grand Sky

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven and Congressman Kevin Cramer today announced that aviation technology leader General Atomics and Grand Forks have arrived at a tentative agreement to establish...

Hoeven Brings High-Tech Leader General Atomics to Grand Forks for Site Visit

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven hosted senior officials from high-tech leader General Atomics (GA) in Grand Forks today to make the case for siting a new unmanned aerial...

Hoeven Presses Army Corps Major General to Help Minot Move Forward with Permanent Flood Protection

MINOT, N.D. – At a meeting today in Minot with state, local and federal officials, Senator John Hoeven pressed Maj. Gen. Michael C. Wehr, Commander for the Mississippi Valley Division...