Press Releases

Updated: Hoeven Announces More than $12.5 Million in Grants for Fargo, Devils Lake and Dickinson Airports

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 five grants totaling $12,542,907 to the...

Hoeven Announces More than $1 Million in Grants for North Dakota Airports, Aeronautics

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded three grants totaling $1,047,256 to the Standing Rock Tribe, Glen Ullin Municipal Airport Authority...

Hoeven Honors Fallen Soldiers at Memorial Dedication in Jamestown

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today spoke at the dedication of the Fallen Soldier Memorial in Jamestown. The event was hosted by the North Dakota Heroes Foundation, whose mission is...

Hoeven: Committee Approves FY16 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) today announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill. Hoeven, who chairs the DHS...

Hoeven Announces $2 Million FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant for Fargo Wastewater Treatment Plant

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a $2 million grant from its Hazard Mitigation...

Hoeven Announces More than $8.5 Million in Grants for Fargo, Devils Lake and Dickinson Airports

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 five grants totaling $8,570,000 to the...

Hoeven Announces More than $1.6 Million for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in North Dakota

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded the North Dakota State...

Hoeven Seeks Angels in Adoption Nominees

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that he is accepting nominations of North Dakota residents and organizations who have distinguished themselves through their work on behalf of adopted children,...

Hoeven Announces $100,000 Award for UND to Support R&D, Small Business Innovation

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has awarded the University of North Dakota (UND) a $100,000 grant to help UND assist North...

Hoeven Working to Promote Private-Sector UAS Flight Training for Air Force

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today said he is working to enable the Air Force to use private contractors to train pilots to fly remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). RPAs are...

Hoeven: Appropriations Committee Approves Defense Legislation

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee has passed the National Defense Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2016, which includes important provisions to benefit North...

Hoeven Presses Bureau of Indian Affairs Official to Ensure Protections are in Place for Children in Tribal Foster Care

WASHINGTON – At a U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing yesterday, Senator John Hoeven pressed Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Office of Justice Services Director Darren Cruzan to put protections...