MINOT, North Dakota, Aug. 18 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2023: Senator John Hoeven today marked the completion of Souris Heights, a 100 percent affordable housing facility for low-income tenants age 55 and up in Minot. The $14 million project, which was developed by Beyond Shelter and the Minot Housing Authority, includes 54 units all with rents set at affordable levels and amenities such as dishwashers, air conditioning and in-unit washer   more

MINOT, North Dakota, Aug. 17 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2023: Senator John Hoeven today marked a major milestone in the efforts to modernize the nation's nuclear forces as he helped break ground on the new helicopter facility at Minot Air Force Base. The new facility comes as the culmination of eight years of work, which Hoeven began after discussing the need for new helicopters to secure the missile fields in 2015 with then-Commander of t  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 17 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2023: At the Basin Electric Power Cooperative's annual meeting today, Senator John Hoeven outlined efforts to ensure access to affordable and reliable baseload power and push back on the Biden administration's burdensome Green New Deal agenda. Hoeven delivered the remarks as part of a panel discussion with Senators Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.). Specifically, Hoe  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 18 -- 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, participated in a congressional panel with U.S. Senators John Hoeven (R-ND) and Steve Daines (R-MT) as part of Basin Electric Power Cooperative's annual meeting. Basin Electric is a not-for-profit generation and transmission cooperative based in North Dakota, providing electricity to 3 millio  more

MINOT, North Dakota, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2023: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), gave remarks at the groundbreaking of the Minot Helicopter and Tactical Response Force Team Building which will be used to support new MH-139 Grey Wolf Helicopters. The MH-139 will replace the Bell UH-1N Huey helicopters currently in use at Minot Air Force Base in 2027. First developed in 1  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), joined a bipartisan, bicameral letter to President Joe Biden regarding allegations of threats and intimidation by Iran against U.S. citizens and corporations which have prevented the transfer of oil from the Suez Rajan, a seized oil tanker anchored outside of Galveston, Texas. The 800,000 barrels of oil on the Suez   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), John Cornyn (R-TX), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mike Lee (R-UT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and James Lankford (R-OK), in introducing the Safer Supervision Act, which will ensure the federal supervised release system is directing its resources to reduce recidivism and promote public safety, rehabilitation  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 18 -- 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, announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a total of $1,000,000 from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians for the Turtle Mountain Brownfields San Haven Clean Up Project. The EPA funds will be used to conduct   more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 18 -- 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, announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded a total of $204,142 to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe for the continuation of environmental programs. Specifically, the funds will go towards the following programs: * The General Assistance Program which will help develop environmen  more