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Hoeven’s National Day of the Deployed Resolution Passes in Senate

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Senate has passed a resolution to honor the nation’s deployed servicemembers and their families by designating October 26, 2014 as...

Hoeven, McConnell, GOP Leadership Mark Sixth Anniversary of Inaction on Keystone XL Permit

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senators John Thune (R-S.D.), Ranking Energy Committee member Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today marked...

Hoeven Announces Nearly $850K in DOJ Funds to Prevent Crimes, Violence Against Children

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has awarded two grants totaling nearly $850,000 to...

Hoeven Continues to Press FBI Director James Comey for Permanent Office in Williston

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven this week spoke with FBI Director James Comey to press again for more FBI agents in Williston on a permanent basis. The call was a...

Hoeven: North Dakota Attorney General Receives $200K DOJ Grant to Address Forensic DNA Backlogs

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has awarded $200,000 to the North Dakota Office of the Attorney...

Hoeven, Donnelly, Murkowski, Manchin Introduce Measure to Streamline Cross-Border Permitting Process, Preventing Long Delays to Projects Like Keystone XL

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) today introduced the North American Energy Infrastructure Act, a measure that will prevent unnecessarily...

Hoeven Announces More Than $6.8 Million in Grants for North Dakota Airports

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded grants totaling $6,802,755 to North Dakota airports including more than $4.4 million for Minot...

Hoeven Announces Nearly $400K in DOJ Funds to Raise Awareness of Violence Against Native Women, Enhance Public Policy

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) has awarded nearly $400,000 to First Nations Women’s Alliance in...

Record of Decision for Basin Transmission Line Follows Hoeven Effort to Bring Parties Together in March

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today said the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has signed the record of decision (ROD) enabling Basin Electric Power Cooperative to...

Hoeven to Celebrate ESPN GameDay in Fargo, Cheer on the Bison

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven and Mikey today congratulated the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Bison for being selected as a host campus for ESPN’s popular College GameDay broadcast. Tomorrow,...

Hoeven Announces More Than $560K in USDA Rural Development Grants to North Dakota

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding more than $560,000 in rural development grants to seven North Dakota organizations. The funds...

Hoeven Secures Commitment from USDA Rural Development Nominee to Provide Housing Assistance in North Dakota

WASHINGTON – At a hearing of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator John Hoeven secured a commitment from Lisa Mensah, the nominee to be U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary...