Press Releases

Statement of Sen. John Hoeven on the President’s Signing of the South Korean, Colombian, and Panamanian Free Trade Agreements

BISMARCK – Senator John Hoeven today issued the statement below following the President’s signing of the long-pending U.S. free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. Hoeven worked with...

Hoeven, Conrad Press FEMA for Comprehensive Flood Protection Plan, Flexible Home Buyout Policy

MINOT – Senator John Hoeven and Senator Kent Conrad today met in Minot with David Miller, FEMA’s Associate Administrator for Federal Insurance and Mitigation, and state and county officials to...

Delegation Announces More than $3.4 Million in FEMA Grants to Help Electric Co-ops Recover From Flood Damage

Washington – Senators Kent Conrad and John Hoeven and Congressman Rick Berg today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a total of $3,427,376 in federal funding...

ND Senators Continue to Push for CDBG Disaster Relief

Washington – Senators Kent Conrad and John Hoeven today urged U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan to support additional Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for those impacted...

Hoeven, Conrad Introduce Coal Ash Recycling Legislation

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Kent Conrad today introduced the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2011, legislation that will ensure the safe and effective disposal of coal...

Statement of Sen. John Hoeven on the Death of Libyan Dictator Moammar Gadhafi

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement on news that Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi has been killed:   “The death of Libyan dictator Col. Moammar Gadhafi brings...

Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Coal Ash Recycling Legislation

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), and John Boozman (R-Ark.) today introduced the Coal...

Hoeven Calls on Corps Division Commander To Follow State Water Commission Recommendations for Lake Sakakawea

WASHINGTON – In a meeting today with Gen. John McMahon, the Army Corps of Engineers’ Northwest Division Commander, Senator John Hoeven reiterated his call for the agency to follow the...

Conrad-Hoeven Bill Boosts Support for Disaster Aid

Washington – Senators Kent Conrad and John Hoeven introduced legislation last night calling for an additional $600 million in emergency Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) bringing the total amount of...

Hoeven Statement on Phoenix International’s Fargo Expansion

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven released the following statement today regarding the expansion of Phoenix International, a John Deere Company, in Fargo. The company broke ground today on a new...

Hoeven’s National Day of the Deployed Resolution Passes in the Senate

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven announced today that a resolution he introduced to continue honoring the nation’s deployed service men and women with a Day of the Deployed has unanimously...

Hoeven: FEMA To Replace Minot’s Lincoln Elementary School

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has determined that Lincoln Elementary School in Minot is eligible for replacement. FEMA has notified School...