Press Releases

Hoeven Reintroduces the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today reintroduced the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act (DEJA), a bipartisan, comprehensive package of energy legislation that will not only reduce the high energy costs...

Sens. Hoeven, Landrieu Submit Keystone Resolution: XL Pipeline IS in the National Interest

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and John Hoeven, R-N.D., today submitted a joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress that construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and the federal...

Hoeven Sets Record Straight on Comments by President Obama and Treasury Sec. Lew on the Keystone XL Project

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today addressed inaccurate comments about the Keystone XL Pipeline project made over the weekend by President Obama and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew. Following are portions...

Hoeven Statement in Response to Comments Made Sunday by President Obama and Treasury Sec. Lew on Keystone XL Project

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement in response to comments made Sunday by President Obama and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Keystone XL Project: “After...

Hoeven Welcomes House Passage of Coal Ash Recycling Bill

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today said House passage of Coal Ash legislation this week is a good first step in ensuring the safe and efficient recycling of coal ash....

Hoeven Presses USDA Nominees on Prevented Plant, Grazing, Wetlands Maps

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven pressed U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary nominee Krysta Harden and USDA Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and the Environment nominee Robert Bonnie...

Hoeven: Senate Passes Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that in a bipartisan show of support, the Student Loan Certainty Act that he is cosponsoring has passed the U.S. Senate. The new...

Hoeven Announces Bipartisan Compromise on Student Loan Certainty Act

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that a compromise has been struck on the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act that he is cosponsoring. The amended legislation will incorporates caps...

Hoeven Postmaster General to Visit North Dakota in August

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe will visit North Dakota in August to ensure mail service is adequately serving rural communities, including western North...

Hoeven: Senate Agrees To Go To Conference on Farm Bill

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Senate has agreed to take its farm bill to conference committee and urged the House, which passed its version last...

Hoeven, Heitkamp, Cramer: Funds Will Help Support Much-Needed Housing, Provide for Least Fortunate

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp and Congressman Kevin Cramer announced today that North Dakota will receive four awards from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development...

Hoeven Announces Permitting Approval of Vantage Pipeline

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Administration has approved a Presidential permit to build an 80-mile-long leg of the Vantage Pipeline in North Dakota. The completed pipeline...