WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN), Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), introduced the Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2023. This legislation will end the unjust practice of judges increasing sentences based on conduct for which a defendant has been acquitted.  "The current practice of allowing federal judges to sentence  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2023: Senator John Hoeven this week joined Senator Ted Cruz in introducing the Secure the Border Act of 2023. The legislation will resume construction on the border wall, tighten asylum standards, criminalize visa overstays, increase the number of Border Patrol Agents, prohibit DHS from using its CBP One app to send migrants into the country more quickly, and more. The bill is the Senate com  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2023: At the Task Force 21 Nuclear Triad Symposium on Capitol Hill, Senator John Hoeven today made the case for continuing to modernize our nation's nuclear triad. Hoeven outlined the importance of a strong nuclear deterrent as the most effective strategy to preserve peace and stability. "Our nuclear weapons provide the foundation on which all of our other capabilities are built. We need st  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Sept. 15 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2023: Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after advancing more than $73 million in federal funding to support flood protections in the Bismarck area as well as wastewater projects in Lincoln and Fessenden. Under the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) advanced the following projects: * South Bismarck Floo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: ***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), joined Joe Gumm on Trinity Broadcast Network's Centerpoint to discuss the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Defense tracking more than 100 incidents of Chinese nationals posing as tourists and attempting to breach U.S. military bases and othe  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and former North Dakota Public Service Commissioner for nearly 10 years, wrote a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding its ongoing rulemakings on transmission planning, cost allocation, and federal backstop siting authority. This letter is a rebuttal to U.S. Senate Majority Leader  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: ***Click here to download video. Click here to download audio.*** U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), during a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing, questioned Admiral Lisa Franchetti, who was nominated to be Chief of Naval Operations. If confirmed, Admiral Franchetti will be the first woman to serve as the Chief of Naval Operations and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Se  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) questioned General David W. Allvin, nominee to be Chief of Staff of the Air Force (CSAF), about intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities during a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) confirmation hearing. General Allvin commanded the 905th Air Refueling Squadron in Grand Forks, ND, from 2001 to 2003, and led efforts to improve air and space IS  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded $73 million in federal funds to the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services. These funds will support North Dakota's hazard mitigation projects under the agency's Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a total of $1,250,000 to the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services. This Partnership for Success (PFS) grant will go towards preventing underage drinking among individuals between the ages of 12 to 20. The goals of PFS grants are to: Prevent the onset and reduce the progres  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK - U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a total of $769,488 to the following programs and initiatives: $125,000 to Grand Forks Public Schools for Project Drug Free Communities, which supports the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth, and addresses the community risk factors relate  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK - 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