Press Releases

Hoeven Meets with Statoil CEO Helge Lund

WASHINGTON – In his ongoing effort to build energy infrastructure and reduce natural gas flaring, Senator John Hoeven Tuesday met in Washington with Statoil CEO Helge Lund and other senior...

Hoeven Invites U.S. Agriculture Secretary to North Dakota to Gather Input on Farm Bill Implementation

WASHINGTON – At an Agriculture Committee meeting today Senator John Hoeven invited U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to North Dakota to gather input from farmers and ranchers on implementation of...

Hoeven Statement on NDNG’s 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Returning Home to North Dakota

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement as the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery regiment returns home to North Dakota following a...

Hoeven: USDA Accepting Applications to Help Rural Businesses, Farmers and Ranchers Cut Energy Costs

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting applications for the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) to help rural...

Hoeven Presses Moniz to Support ND Fertilizer Plant

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today met with U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz to seek support in securing a more than $1 billion Advanced Fossil Energy loan...

Hoeven Presses Indian Affairs Secretary on Child Safety

WASHINGTON – At a hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee this week, Senator John Hoeven pressed Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn to do everything in the agency’s...

Hoeven Files Updated Version of His Bipartisan Legislation to Approve Keystone XL Pipeline

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) today filed an updated version of his legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project under Congress’s authority enumerated in the Commerce Clause...

Hoeven Cosponsors Legislation Providing Strategic U.S. Response to Russian Aggression in Europe

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today cosponsored the Russian Aggression Act, legislation introduced by ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) that would deter further...

Hoeven Joins Students at TGU Granville for Lunch

GRANVILLE, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today jointed students, teachers and school officials at TGU Granville to learn about the school’s community garden and lunch program firsthand. The senator spoke...

Hoeven Honors Service of Four North Dakota Veterans

MINOT, N.D. – At a ceremony in Minot today, Senator John Hoeven honored the military service of four North Dakota veterans. The senator presented military awards to Ernest Hoelscher of...

Hoeven, Heitkamp, Cramer Host Transportation Secretary Foxx in Casselton and West Fargo

CASSELTON, WEST FARGO, N.D. – Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp and Congressman Kevin Cramer today hosted U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx in Casselton at a community...

Hoeven Calls on EPA to Withdraw Proposed Regulations Under “Waters of the United States”

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today again pressed his opposition to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed “Waters of the United States” rule, which was published in the federal...