WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on July 14, 2023: * * * Today, Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). "We must ensure our armed forces have the resources and assurances they need to fulfill their mission. This year's NDAA does just that. It promotes essential missions in North Dakota, including Grand Forks Air Force   more

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota, July 11 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on July 10, 2023: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a $2.5 million grant to the University of North Dakota's (UND) Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), along with partners Marathon Petroleum Corporation and TC Energy, to advance the implementation of carbon capture, uti  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 15 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on July 14, 2023: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $1,156,685 combined to support the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance Program. The funds will be distributed as follows: * $406,685 to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe for tribal opioid treatment and prevention progra  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) questioned General Charles Q. Brown Jr., President Biden's nominee for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on the continual need for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities across the combatant commands and the importance of private sector telecommunications advancements to the military. Senator Cramer began by highlighting the department's r  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment Public Works (EPW) Committee, delivered remarks at the Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) Forum where he highlighted the need to combat the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) economic aggression by reorienting American manufacturing and trade policy. "China is a pacing threat, but it's not all about hypersoni  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Banking Committee, joined his colleagues in introducing the Middle Class Borrower Protection Act to reverse a harmful Biden administration provision which will increase mortgage rates for many middle class Americans. In May, the Biden administration implemented changes to the Loan-Level Price Adjustment (LLPA) which punishes responsible home buyers  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on July 14, 2023, and a letter: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined his colleagues in sending a letter to Acting Inspector General Diana Shaw calling for an independent investigation into whether State Department officials complied with all appropriate laws and regulations with respect to the suspension of Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley's access to classified information. "Given the role and r  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 15 -- 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

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Chris Coons (D-DE) joined Brett Baier on Fox News' Common Ground Series to discuss their bipartisan PROVE IT Act, which would direct the Department of Energy (DOE) to study the emissions intensity of certain goods. * * * On the PROVE IT Act: "[The legislation] demonstrates what I think we already suspect, if not know, and that is American businesses are put at a   more