Press Releases

Hoeven Meets with Top Corps Officials on North Dakota Flood Management Priorities

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today met with top officials from the Army Corps of Engineers to press for flood protections in the Bismarck-Mandan area, continued action on current flood...

Senate Passes Resolution Calling for Free and Fair Elections in Iran

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) released the following statements today after the Senate passed their resolution, S. Res. 386,...

Hoeven: Energy Innovations, Partnerships Key to Buildng North American Energy Security

FARGO, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today brought together leading experts from academia, the national laboratories, and the public and private sectors to advance energy innovation and development. Hoeven said...

EPA Approves Majority of North Dakota Clean Air Plan

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Kent Conrad, Congressman Rick Berg, and Governor Jack Dalrymple announced today that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has agreed to most of the state’s...

Hoeven: Haag, American NGO Workers on their Way Back to U.S.

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today welcomed the Egyptian government’s decision to lift the travel ban on seven American non-governmental organization (NGO) workers who were detained in that country, including...

Delegation, Task Force 21 Go to Bat for Minot AFB

Washington – In a meeting at the Pentagon today, North Dakota’s Congressional Delegation and members of Minot’s Task Force 21 urged Air Force leaders to remain committed to America’s nuclear...

Hoeven Works with Guard, Air Force Leaders to Ensure ND Defense Priorities

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today met with North Dakota National Guard leaders, Adj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, Brig. Gen. Al Dohrmann and Civil Engineer Steve Tabor, to continue working to...

Hoeven Announces Agenda for Energy Symposium

FARGO, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today announced the agenda for the North Dakota Energy Technology Symposium at North Dakota State University on March 5, 2012.  Hoeven and NDSU are...

Hoeven, Blumenthal, Lieberman, Graham, More Than 50 U.S. Senators Introduce Resolution Calling for Free and Fair Elections in Iran

WASHINGTON – In support of the Iranian people, Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and more than 50 senators today introduced a bipartisan...

Hoeven Asks Secretary of State Clinton for Help with Egyptian Detainees

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today emphasized to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the need to do everything possible to get the travel ban lifted on the American non-governmental...

Congress Needs To Approve The Keystone XL Pipeline Project

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today said he’s pleased that TransCanada is working to keep the Keystone XL pipeline project alive by beginning construction on a leg that will connect...

Hoeven Addresses American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials, Meets with NDDOT Director Francis Zeigler

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today addressed the annual conference of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) to stress the importance of reauthorizing the national highway...