WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) released the following statement on the election of Congressman Mike Johnson (R-LA) of Speaker of the House. "Congratulations to my friend Mike Johnson on being elected Speaker of the House. I served with him on the Judiciary Committee through impeachment. He is a thoughtful conservative who has given his all to the conference and his district. I look forward to pa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: ***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** BISMARCK -- U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss President Biden's address to the nation and the administration's lack of a plan to counter Iran. On President Biden's Oval Office Address: "Joe Biden could get up and recite Lincoln's second inaugur  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, joined his colleagues in a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai, requesting the administration confront the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) growing footprint in the U.S. financial system and global payments market. The senators called on th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- 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, co-led a bipartisan letter expressing several concerns regarding a potential critical mineral free trade agreement between the United States and Indonesia. The letter follows reports that the Biden administration is in negotiations with Indonesia on a limited free trade agreement for critical minerals,  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK - U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) in introducing the Further Strengthening America's Supply Chains and National Security Act. This bill seeks to address the growing impacts of generic drug shortages and strengthen the supply chain of high-quality, domestically produced pharmaceuticals. "Just like energy and critical minerals, we h  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- 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 U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and colleagues in introducing a resolution opposing a carbon tax. The resolution urges Congress and the president to focus on pro-growth solutions that encourage increased development of domestic resources. "American businesses already pay a de facto carbon   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined his colleagues in reintroducing the Water Quality Certification Improvement Act of 2023. This legislation amends section 401 of the Clean Water Act and makes several key clarifications to existing law about the appropriate scope of review for a water quality certification. Additionally, it p  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK - U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Grid Deployment Office announced North Dakota will receive funding for three projects from the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program. "These awards will help North Dakota write another one of the Infra  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: ***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** BISMARCK - U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced its approval of WBI Energy's Wahpeton Expansion Project, consisting of 60.5 miles of new pipeline which will deliver up to 20.6 million c  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK - The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a total of $6,756,103 to the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services through the Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five Program (PDG B-5). This program, funded through the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), provides competitive grants for states to improve early childhood education, quality, and access.   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- 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 Transp  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on Oct. 25, 2023: * * * Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after voting to confirm Michael Whitaker as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). "Michael Whitaker brings a depth of experience to this important position, both in the private sector and in prior roles at the FAA," said Hoeven. "We look forward to working with him to meet the demand for safe and efficient air   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: During remarks delivered on the floor of the U.S. Senate this week, Senator John Hoeven outlined the threat that Hamas and other Iranian-backed terrorist groups pose to Israel as well as to Americans, both abroad and here at home. The senator: * Affirmed the United States' commitment to the security of its ally Israel as it works to both secure the release of hostages held by Hamas and remove Hamas from  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Oct. 23, 2023: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a nearly $465 million grant for grid infrastructure investments in North Dakota and the surrounding region. The grant is being awarded to the Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue (JTIQ) Transmission Project, a collaboration between Midcontinent Independent Se  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Development, released the following statement after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency jointly finalized principles to prod banks into defunding fossil fuels in the name of climate change. "Banks were n  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- 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, and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), introduced legislation to reauthorize the National Dam Safety Program (NDSP). The program is the primary source of federal support for dam safety programs managed at the state level. The NDSP, led by the Federal Emerge  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy Committee, today introduced a resolution, led by Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), opposing a carbon tax. The resolution outlines the negative impacts of a carbon tax, including discouraging domestic manufacturing and energy production, more jobs and businesses moving overseas, and lower economic growth. "Imposing a carbon tax on U.S. producers would t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2023: Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) recently called on the Air Force to establish a permanent federal tuition assistance (FTA) program benefitting Air National Guard members, consistent with the program available to the Army National Guard. In a letter to Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, the senators highlighted the success of the Air Guard FTA pilot program and t  more