WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on June 21, 2023: * * * Today, Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) released the following statement after voting to censure Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA). "House Republicans just held Adam Schiff accountable. "I fought against him during two impeachments, voted to remove him from the Intel committee, and today censured and referred him to Ethics. "I support accountability done the right way," said Co  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Today, Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) and Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH) introduced the Promoting Rural Exports Act. This bill formally establishes the Rural Export Center under U.S. Commercial Services, which will help rural businesses access international markets and work to increase their exports. "Rural businesses are critical to communities across North Dakota,"said Congre  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: 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 disa  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: 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 wi  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: 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 vetoe  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: 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  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the National Telecommunications and Information Administration awarded Dakota Carrier Network (DCN) $19,710,574 through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act's Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program. This funding will add middle mile fiber routes to facilitate additional redundancy, resiliency, and network survivability. It will also upgrade el  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following commentary to the Washington Times on June 22, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, penned an op-ed in the Washington Times outlining a comprehensive America First production and manufacturing policy to counter Chinese economic aggression. "Enhancing our economic security is necessary to deter any aggression from Beijing, and achieving this  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), during a Banking Committee hearing on the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, questioned Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on increasing capital and reevaluating existing liquidity requirements should another bank failure occur. "I can't fathom why the Fed would want to raise capital requirements when we could be facing what's a 'credit crunch.' Does that   more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 24 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced BNSF Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) publicly filed weekly grain backlog status updates as required by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB). A summary of the reporting data specific to North Dakota from the last 10 weeks is below. Following STB's April 2022 hearing on "Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service," BNSF Railway, CSX Trans  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 24 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement today after he and his Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) colleagues voted to advance the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) out of committee. "The National Defense Authorization Act is a critical part of Congress' first Constitutional duty to protect and defend the nation  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the Exposing China's Belt and Road Investment in America Act to put Chinese greenfield initiatives within the purview of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). China routinely makes "greenfield" investments while buying land, building factories, and taking advantage of state and local tax breaks in America to  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Angus King (I-ME), northern border senators and members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), announced they will be leading the American Canadian Economy and Security (ACES) Caucus, a bipartisan, bicameral caucus dedicated to strengthening the economic and national security relationship between the United States and Canada. "As anyone in North Dakota know  more