WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), and House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans sent a letter to Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm demanding answers and transparency following reports that the Secretary consulted with the Chinese Communist Party's top energy official, Zhang Jianhua, days before the Biden administration announced it would release oil from the Strategic  more

FARGO, North Dakota, Aug. 9 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: Senator John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today held a roundtable with Risk Management Agency (RMA) Administrator Marcia Bunger, agriculture commodity groups, agriculture lenders and crop insurance agents to gather feedback on priorities for the upcoming farm bill. In particular,   more

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota, Aug. 10 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2023: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, today joined General Atomics leaders to open their new hangar at Grand Sky, and highlighted how Grand Forks is leading the way in pilot training for the nation, with General Atomics' private sector unmanned aerial systems (UAS) training program and the University of North Dakota's (UND's) world-cl  more

FARGO, North Dakota, Aug. 9 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: Senator John Hoeven today highlighted the Milton Earl Apartments and the Lashkowitz Riverfront as examples of the kind of projects needed to address demand for affordable housing in the Fargo-Moorhead region and across North Dakota. The senator, along with Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney, Fargo City Commissioner John Strand and Beyond Shelter CEO Dan Madler, toured the Milton Earl develop  more

EMERADO, North Dakota, Aug. 8 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2023: Senator John Hoeven and Space Development Agency (SDA) Director Derek Tournear today announced an expansion of SDA's operations at the Grand Forks Air Force Base (GFAFB) through the construction of the Satellite Test and Checkout Center (TCC). The 25,000 sq. ft. facility will support the SDA low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite mission, which will serve as the backbone for all U.S. m  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 10 -- 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, joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss the "market corruption" of electric vehicles and the United States' emissions advantage compared to polluting countries like China. On Widespread Push for Electric Vehicles: "[The Democrats] say what they want is more energy efficient combustio  more

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2023: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), celebrated the grand opening of Hangar 2, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.'s (GA-ASI) new Flight Test and Training Center. The facility, located at Grand Sky, will help address the high demand for flight crew training and sensor system testing. "Today, as we celebrate General  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded $3,163,851 to the Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative. These resources will support repairs to its distribution system, which was damaged during a severe winter storm and flooding event from April 22-May 25, 2022. The storm's impact on electric infrast  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a total of $1,703,626 This grant will support researchers as they study how lungs may be changed during AD progression and how lung inflammatory stress may exacerbate the disease. * * * Background In 2022, Senator Cramer joined colleagues in a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and Ce  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 12 -- 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

FARGO, North Dakota, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) hosted a roundtable discussion with U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, to gather stakeholder input for the 2023 Farm Bill. U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, and North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring, also participated. With the au  more