Press Releases

Hoeven Presses EPA Administrator to Withdraw Proposed Waters of the U.S. Rule

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, met last week with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy to press again for the agency to...

Hoeven Announces More Than $7 Million in FEMA Grants Awarded to North Dakota to Ensure Safety and Preparedness

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded North Dakota three grants totaling more than $7...

Hoeven, Heitkamp to Host Train Car Safety Training in October

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp today announced they will be hosting, in partnership with GATX Corporation and BNSF, a railcar safety training event this October in Fargo,...

Hoeven Announces Over $800,000 in Funds for Science Research, Education at NDSU, CCCC

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded two grants totaling $836,646 to North Dakota State University (NDSU) and Candeska Cikana Community College...

Hoeven Offers Compromise LNG Export Legislation

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the U.S. Senate Energy Committee, this week introduced S.2638, the LNG Certainty Act, compromise legislation to expedite permitting of liquefied natural gas...

Hoeven Meets with Veterans Affairs Secretary Nominee, Senator Expects Confirmation

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven this week met with Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Nominee Robert McDonald to press for his support to allow veterans more options for health care and...

Hoeven Announces $255,000 in Grant Funds for UTTC Minority Business Center

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, has awarded $255,000 in grant funds to the United Tribes...

Hoeven Announces $350,000 Grant for NDSU Nursing Program

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a $350,000 grant to the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Department...

Hoeven: Flexible School Nutrition Requirements Important as Work Begins to Reauthorize Programs

WASHINGTON – At a hearing of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee today, Senator John Hoeven pressed for greater flexibility in school nutrition programs as work begins to reauthorize child nutrition...

Hoeven Meets with Minot Air Force Base Leaders to Address Ongoing Priorities for Base Missions

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven met today with Minot Air Force Base leaders to review and work on priorities important to the base. The base is in a growth mode...

Hoeven Announces Grants for Park River Volunteer Fire Department

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that a grant totaling more than $195,000 has been awarded to the Park River Volunteer Fire Department. The grant will be used to...

Hoeven Statement on DOT’s Proposed Rail Tank Car Standards

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement in response to the Department of Transportation (DOT) release today of proposed rules for governing rail tanker cars. Since December 2012,...