News Releases
Hoeven Statement on Minnkota Power Cooperatives Advancement of Project Tundra
BISMARCK, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after Minnkota Power Cooperative announced new affiliates to advance Project Tundra, their carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project, into its final stages of development. Minnkota announced it is partnering with TC Energy, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kiewit to complete the project. "Minnkota's project is leading the nation and world in developing a major carbon capture and storage project on a tradition… Continue Reading
06.28.23
Hoeven Discusses Efforts to Secure North Dakota Ag Research Priorities, Establish NDSU Ag Policy Research Center
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today held a meeting with former House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson and North Dakota State University (NDSU) leadership to discuss efforts to: Ensure strong support for agriculture research in North Dakota. As ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, Hoeven advanced more than $50 million in agriculture research funding for North Dakota as part of the Senate's Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Agriculture Appropriations bill, … Continue Reading
06.27.23
Hoeven Congratulates Farm Rescue for Completing 1000th Farm Family Assist
BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today congratulated Farm Rescue on the completion of its 1,000th farm assistance case. Farm Rescue provides free planting, haying, harvesting, hauling and livestock feeding assistance for families challenged by major illness, injury or natural disaster in North Dakota and seven other states. Farm Rescue marked the milestone today … Continue Reading
06.27.23
Hoeven Discusses Efforts to Strengthen Support for Law Enforcement, Enhance Access to Training, Tools & Resources
FARGO, N.D. - At the North Dakota Chiefs of Police Association Conference today, Senator John Hoeven highlighted the essential work of North Dakota's law enforcement officers in responding to a range of emergencies and protecting their communities, and discussed his efforts to ensure they have the training, tools and resources they need to be safe and successful. To this end, Hoeven: Is working as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee to ensure strong support for programs like: T… Continue Reading
06.27.23
Hoeven Advances More Than $50 Million in Ag Research Funding for North Dakota in Senate’s FY24 Ag Appropriations Bill
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today announced that he: Has advanced more than $50 million in agriculture research funding for North Dakota as part of the Senate's Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Agriculture Appropriations bill, which was recently approved by the full Senate Appropriations Committee. This includes: More than $25 million for Agriculture Research Service (ARS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) re… Continue Reading
06.26.23
Hoeven Pushing Back on Biden Administration’s Harmful Regulatory Agenda
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven recently helped reintroduce legislation sponsored by Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) to push back on the Biden administration's harmful regulatory agenda and prevent the president from declaring a national emergency on the premise of climate change. Specifically, the bill would prohibit the president from using the three primary statutory authorities available (the National Emergencies Act, the Stafford Act, and section 319 of the Public Health Service Act… Continue Reading
06.23.23
Hoeven Works to Advance ND Guard, Air Force & Veteran Priorities through Senate Appropriations Committee
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after joining the Senate Appropriations Committee in approving the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (Milcon-VA) funding legislation for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. As a member of the Milcon-VA Appropriations Committee, Hoeven worked to ensure the bill supported key priorities for North Dakota's servicemembers and veterans, including: More than $5.4 million for the future National Guard Readiness Center in Dickinson. This … Continue Reading
06.23.23
Hoeven Addresses ND American Legion Annual Convention
BISMARCK, N.D. - At the North Dakota American Legion's Annual Department Convention today, Senator John Hoeven honored veterans' dedicated service in defense of the nation and discussed efforts to ensure they receive the health care, benefits and recognition they have earned. To this end, Hoeven worked as a member of the Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Committee to secure the following provisions in the Senate's Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 funding legislation benefitin… Continue Reading
06.22.23
Hoeven Votes for CRA to Stop Biden Administration’s Anti-Second Amendment Pistol Rule
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today voted in favor of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to prevent the Biden administration's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from enforcing a rule that would reclassify pistols as short-barreled rifles if stabilizing brace attachments are used. The CRA was blocked in 49-50 vote. Hoeven helped introduced the CRA with Senators John Kennedy (R-La.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) in March. Disabled veterans and othe… Continue Reading
06.22.23
Hoeven and Tester Introduce Legislation to Improve Livestock Disaster Programs
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Senator Jon Tester this week introduced the Livestock Disaster Relief Act, bipartisan legislation to improve the Livestock Forage Program (LFP) and Emergency Assistance for Livestock Program (ELAP) to better meet the needs of ranchers impacted by natural disasters. "Our legislation makes common-sense improvements to the Livestock Forage… Continue Reading
06.21.23
Hoeven Votes to Override Biden Veto and Overturn EPA’s Costly Regulation on Heavy-Duty Vehicles
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today voted to overturn President Biden's veto and stop the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) costly regulation on heavy-duty vehicles. Hoeven helped introduce a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to end the burdensome regulation on heavy-duty vehicle emissions, which was approved by the Senate in a vote of 50-49 in April. However, President Biden vetoed the bill, and today Senate Democrats upheld his veto. "We introduced and passed this CRA wi… Continue Reading
06.16.23
Hoeven Helps Introduce Legislation to Repeal Costly Energy Tax, Bring Down Prices at The Pump
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven this week helped introduce the Pay Less at the Pump Act, legislation sponsored by Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) to lower energy prices for American families by repealing the $10.5 billion "Superfund Tax" on American energy production. This long-expired tax on crude oil and imported petroleum products was reinstated in the Democrats' reckless tax and spend bill and raised from 9.7 cents per barrel to 16.4 cents per barrel. Reinstating the tax not only leads to hi… Continue Reading
06.15.23
Hoeven Helps Introduce Legislation to Expand Telehealth Access, Make Permanent Telehealth Flexibilities
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today helped reintroduce the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act. The legislation, sponsored by Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), will expand coverage of telehealth services through Medicare and make permanent telehealth flexibilities that were provided in recent years. Doing so will help improve health outcomes and make it easier for patients to connect with their doctors. H… Continue Reading
06.14.23
Hoeven, Blackburn Introduce Legislation Requiring Familial DNA Testing at Southern Border
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven and Senator Marsha Blackburn this week introduced the End Child Trafficking Now Act, legislation to require a DNA test to determine the relationship between illegal immigrants coming across the border and any accompanying children. "I've traveled to the southern border repeatedly over the last few years, and we need to stop the illegal immigration crisis," said Senator Hoeven. "Children are being trafficked at the border by individuals claiming to have family ti… Continue Reading
06.09.23
Hoeven Secures Treasury Approval of North Dakota's $68 Million CTE Centers Application
WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that he has secured approval of North Dakota’s application for more than $68 million in funding for Career and Technical Education (CTE) Centers from the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Hoeven has been working with Treasury officials, including Assistant Secretary Jonathan Davidson, to move the application forward and provide certainty for the state’s CTE Center projects. In particular, the senator has been working to advance th… Continue Reading
06.08.23
ND Delegation to President: Approve ND Disaster Declaration Request for Spring Flooding
BISMARCK, N.D. – Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Congressman Kelly Armstrong called on the President to approve a major disaster declaration request submitted by Governor Doug Burgum for spring flooding that occurred April 10-May 6, 2023. The request would unlock federal resources to support recovery in 21 North Dakota counties, including Barnes, Burke, Dickey, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grand Forks, Hettinger, LaMoure, McHenry, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail, Nelson, Pembina, Ransom, Richl… Continue Reading
06.07.23
Hoeven, Risch & Bipartisan Group to CBP: Return Northern Ports of Entry to Pre-Pandemic Hours
WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven and Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) this week led a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers in calling on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to restore normal operating hours at northern ports of entry or, at minimum, match the operating hours with their adjacent Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) ports. Hoeven and Risch were joined on the letter by Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)… Continue Reading
06.04.23
Hoeven: DOT Awards $30 Million for 42nd Street Grade Separation Project in Grand Forks
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded a $30 million grant for the 42nd Street Grade Separation Project in Grand Forks. The award is being made under the FRA’s Railroad Crossing Elimination grant program and will support the final design and construction of a grade separation and walking path to improve mobility and safety for both motorized traffic and pedestri… Continue Reading
06.02.23
Hoeven, Colleagues Push Back on Biden Administration Rule that Threatens Reliability of Electric Grid
WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven this week joined 46 of his colleagues, led by Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), in pressing Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm to rescind a proposed rule that increases efficiency standards on distribution transformers at a time when the availability of essential grid components remains a significant challenge for the electric power industry. Specifically, the proposed rule requires a shift from the industry standard grain oriented electri… Continue Reading
06.01.23
Hoeven Statement on Debt Ceiling Agreement That Reduces Spending, Enacts Permitting Reform
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement on the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement that reduces spending. "According to the CBO, this is the largest spending cut in history, reducing the deficit by $2.1 trillion. The agreement reduces future discretionary spending to 1% growth while also clawing back COVID funds and strengthening work requirements for food assistance programs. The agreement enacts real permitting reforms and sets clear timelines for federal reviews … Continue Reading
