Press Releases

Hoeven: USDA Issues Second Round of Disaster Assistance for Producers with Losses From 2023, 2024

Payments Come from Ag Disaster Assistance Funding Senator Secured in December 2024 WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced...

Hoeven: North Dakota Leading the Way in Space And Aeronautics

Senator Address ND Space Grant Consortium, Outlines New Space Operations Center Proposed for GFAFB, Drone & Counter-Drone, Hypersonic Initiatives BISMARCK, N.D. – At the Space Grant Consortium’s affiliates meeting today,...

Hoeven: President’s Budget Includes $250 Million to Expand Space Operations at Grand Forks Air Force Base

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, this week spoke with Space Force Chief of Operations General Chance Saltzman about the U.S. Space Force...

Hoeven Advances “Crack the Code 2.0” With Energy Secretary Wright to Double Oil Recovery & Life of Coal Plants

WASHINGTON – At a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this week, Senator John Hoeven and Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright discussed the importance of...

Hoeven: North Dakota Ag Research Leadership to Expand Under USDA Reorganization

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today said North Dakota will expand its agriculture research...

Hoeven: Senate Approves Budget Resolution To Fund Law Enforcement, Border Security

WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate approved a budget resolution that enables the Senate Judiciary and Senate...

Hoeven Advocates For All Military Reserves to Utilize Guard’s T-REX Site at Camp Grafton to Test Drone Defense

WASHINGTON — At a hearing of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee this week, Senator John Hoeven, advocated for all branches of the military reserves to utilize the National Guard’s Technology...

Hoeven Working to Expand Market Access With U.S. Trade Representative as Part of USMCA’s  Six-Year Review

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven joined Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) in urging expanded market access and certainty for American producers...

Hoeven, Duckworth Secure Senate Commerce Committee Approval for Mental Health in Aviation Act

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Tammy Duckworth today announced unanimous approval by the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee for the Mental Health in Aviation Act. This bipartisan legislation,...

Hoeven: North Dakota has Increasing Momentum in Counter-UAS

EMERADO, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today marked the formal beginning of the Point Defense Battle Lab at a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Grand Forks Air Force Base. As...

Senator Hoeven Statement on Two-Week Ceasefire With Iran

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire: “We appreciate that President Trump and his negotiating team...

Hoeven: Grand Farm to Manage Nationwide USDA AgTech Network, Placing North Dakota Precision Ag Ecosystem Front & Center

WHEATLAND, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today announced that Grand Farm will serve as the National Program Manager for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Proving Grounds Network for...