DICKINSON, North Dakota, Aug. 5 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2023: Senator John Hoeven today helped break ground on the new North Dakota Army National Guard Readiness Center in Dickinson. The more than 40,000 sq. ft. facility will provide the space and infrastructure needed to support the training and operations of the 816th Military Police (MP) Company, a unit of more than 80 soldiers, 40 vehicles and related equipment. Construction is expec  more

DICKINSON, North Dakota, Aug. 3 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2023: Senator John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today met with North Dakota livestock producers to discuss and gather feedback on: * The new cattle contract library pilot program that he worked to establish under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Se  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023: Senator John Hoeven today announced that, following his efforts, the Department of the Interior (DOI) has approved a new federal mine plan at the Center Mine. The new plan was needed to allow mining of federal coal under a lease awarded in January 2021 and to provide certainty for BNI Coal and Minnkota Power Cooperative's continued operations. Without its approval, BNI and Minnkota would h  more

DICKINSON, North Dakota, Aug. 3 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2023: Senator John Hoeven today helped dedicate the newly expanded runway at the Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport, highlighting the importance of the larger runway in growing the local economy and supporting the safe and efficient travel of both passengers and cargo. As a member of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Committee, Hoeven  more

OAKES, North Dakota, Aug. 4 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: Senator John Hoeven today helped break ground on the new headquarters for the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Oakes Irrigation Research Site. The facility is being developed in partnership between the Garrison Diversion and the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center to support high-impact research benefitting producers, irrigators and communities in south-central  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement: * * * Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement after the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued a proposed rule to impose new restrictions under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on fossil fuel and related infrastructure projects. The proposal runs counter to the law passed by Congress earlier this  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following commentary to the Bismarck Tribune on Aug. 1, 2023: * * * House Republicans Uncovering the Truth on Hunter Biden's Special Treatment Under the Law A fundamental principle of American democracy is equal justice under the law. The Constitution holds that everyone, no matter their background or last name, will receive the same legal treatment. Recently uncovered information shakes our trust in this constitutional c  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, applauded the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) for approving a new federal mine plan for BNI Coal to support the continued operation of Center Mine. The Center Mine supplies coal to the Milton R. Young Station which consumes virtually all of the coal produced at the mine under agreements in   more

DICKINSON, North Dakota, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on Aug. 4, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs Committees, participated in the groundbreaking of the North Dakota Army National Guard Readiness Center. The new facility will support the training and operations of the 816th Military Police Company, which was activated on September 1, 2017. "I don't think it can be overstressed   more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) participated in a roundtable hosted and sponsored by the Bismarck Mandan Chamber EDC where participants discussed issues impacting their businesses such as interest rates and inflation, permitting reform, the EPA Methane ruling, healthcare affordability, and more. Senator Cramer also provided attendees with an update on some of his legislative priorities, hig  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) was awarded the Eagle Award from the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), which recognizes legislators' exemplary support for the American construction industry. Senator Cramer received a 100 percent on ABC's 117th Congress scorecard. The award was presented at the construction site of Lakewood Elementary, Mandan's newest school project, which highlight  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 1, 2023: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined nearly 40 of his Senate colleagues in a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asking for the withdrawal of the "Clean Power Plan 2.0," a proposed rule which will force the closure of coal and gas-fire power plants. The senators said the proposal  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release and a letter: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Mike Braun (R-IN) in writing a letter to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) demanding an investigation into the American Library Association's (ALA) active religious discrimination against Brave Books, a Christian children's book publisher. As part of their Library 2023 Worldwide Virtua  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), joined his Senate colleagues in a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) highlighting their concerns with proposals to diminish crucial reforms to the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The senators sent this le  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a total of $7,640,000 to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) program. The DWSRF supports a number of North Dako  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a total of $11,897,000 to the following programs and initiatives: * $162,000 to North Dakota for reducing lead in drinking water at schools and childcare facilities across the stat  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 5 -- 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 Transp  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following testimony by Joel Paulsen, executive director of the Metro Flood Diversion Authority, involving a hearing on July 20, 2023, entitled "The Water Resources Development Act of 2024: Non-Federal Stakeholder Views": * * * Good morning, Chairman Carper, Ranking Member Capito and Members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. I am Joel Paulsen, Executive Director of the Metro Flood Diversio  more