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Hoeven: FMCSA Grants Waiver from Hours of Service Regulations for ND to Help Address Propane Shortage

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced the head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has answered his request that she declare an emergency in the Western Service...

Hoeven: Senate-House Conference Committee Agree on Long-Term Farm Bill

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that he and his colleagues on the House-Senate farm bill conference committee approved the farm bill conference report after arriving at a bipartisan...

Hoeven: Bill Preventing Flood Insurance Rate Hikes Moves to Senate Floor, Hoeven Continues Push for Passage

WASHINGTON- Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Senate voted this afternoon to bring the bipartisan Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act to the floor for debate, moving it one...

Hoeven: Postal Service Postpones Consolidation of Minot Area Mail Processing Center

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Postal Service has postponed its scheduled second round of mail processing center closures and consolidations, meaning it has postponed consolidation...

Hoeven: Xcel Energy to Resume Normal Operations in North Dakota

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today said his office has contacted Xcel Energy to offer assistance and ensure people have heat following a recent natural gas outage. Senior company officials...

Hoeven Presses for Action To Alleviate Propane Shortage

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today wrote to the head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to urge action to help alleviate propane shortages in the region. Hoeven...

Hoeven: Federal Railway Administration Strengthens Inspection Standards, Procedures

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued new rules to improve track inspections and enhance railway safety. The FRA has amended...

Hoeven, Barrasso Lead GOP Letter Before State of the Union Pressing President Obama to Deliver Answer on Keystone

WASHINGTON – In advance of President Obama’s State of the Union Address, Senators John Hoeven of North Dakota and John Barrasso of Wyoming led a letter signed by all Republican...

Hoeven: Bill to Avert Flood Insurance Rate Increases, Retain Basement Exception Provision Pending in Senate

GRAFTON, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today told a gathering of community and business leaders in Grafton that the first piece of legislation the Senate plans to take up when...

Hoeven Hosts Roundtable with North Dakota UAS Leaders to Continue Advancing State’s Growing UAS Industry

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today convened a roundtable with North Dakota’s unmanned aerial systems (UAS) industry leaders to continue work to advance the UAS industry in North...

Hoeven Touts Permanent Flexibility in School Lunch Program at Century Elementary

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today joined students, school officials and school nutritionists for lunch at Century Elementary to discuss new permanent changes to the school lunch program...

Hoeven: NTSB, Canadian TSB Issue Recommendations to Improve Rail Tank Car Safety

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today spoke with National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Administrator Deborah Hersman and was notified of new recommendations the agency is making to the Pipeline and...