WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced its intention to implement further changes to its processing and delivery network under the "Delivering for America" plan. U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and their colleagues in sending a letter to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors and Postmaster Gen  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: JAMESTOWN, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today presented a flag flown over the U.S. Capitol to the students, educators and families of William S. Gussner Elementary School in honor of their designation as a 2023 National Blue Ribbon School. As a special symbol representing the school's exemplary teaching and learning, the National Blue Ribbon School flag will be displayed along with the U.S. flag presented by  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, pressed U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Interior Department officials to stop locking up federal lands and blocking energy development and other uses. Specifically, Hoeven pushed back on the Interior Department's draft North Dakota Resource Management Plan (RMP) and the Bureau of Land Management's   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Committee, secured a commitment from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough for the VA to continue working with stakeholders in the region to build a Veterans Cemetery Center on the newly purchased land that expands the Fargo National Cemetery from 5 to 35 acres. Hoeven pressed   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, alongside 81 bipartisan, bicameral colleagues, sent a letter led by Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and U.S. Representative Jason Crow calling on the U.S. Senate and House Armed Service Committees to reject a flawed proposal from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) intended for the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY2025) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The proposal would ignore preced  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven today joined an effort led by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) calling on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to pause the implementation of the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) Mail Processing Facility Review (MPFR). The senators outlined the potential impact of movin  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven this week spoke on the Senate floor to call out anti-Semitic protests taking place around the country. Hoeven joined Senator Tim Scott in a colloquy to call for passage of their resolution condemning anti-Semitism on U.S. college campuses and pressing officials to take action to protect Jewish students. "The rise of anti-Semitism in our society and particularly what we are seeing on co  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK - U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Hoeven (R-ND) and U.S. Representative Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) penned a letter to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regarding the draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the state of North Dakota. These plans, as established by the BLM, serve as a guide for managing the agency's land and resources. The State of North Dakota and several industry grou  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK - On Monday, the National Park Service (NPS) announced the distribution of $1,373,867 to historic preservation offices in North Dakota. Specifically, the NPS awarded $869,584 to the State Historic Preservation Office and $504,283 to the following Tribal historic preservation offices: $144,260 to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe $132,771 to the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservat  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement on May 8, 2024: * * * Today, Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), released the following statement after the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced it will transfer operations of the North Platte, NE Mail Processing and Distribution Center to Denver, CO and convert the North Platte facility to a Local Processing Center. "This decision--leaving the entire Third District, more land area than the state of North Dakota  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK - The U.S. Department of Education announced an award of $239,904 to support United Tribes Technical College's Meadowlark Project, a plan designed to enhance educational opportunities for future American Indian teachers serving young children with disabilities. Additionally, the project will recruit, enroll, and support 12 scholars from traditionally underrepresented groups to graduate as teacher  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) through 2028. The legislation passed by a vote of 88-4. U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement after voting in favor of the bill: "The FAA has to be authorized to operate, and every five years, we have a responsibility to ensure i  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: With Mother's Day around the corner, a group of senators is introducing legislation to help address the challenges many mothers face throughout their pregnancy journeys, and the expensive endeavor of raising a family. This comes at a critical moment as the number of U.S. births in 2023 was the lowest since 1979, according to provisional CDC data. Last year, the total fertility rate in America hit an all-t  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: "Economically, competitively...we need to be more realistic." ***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) questioned U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan at a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing on Tuesday. He first questioned Administrator Regan on the EPA's emissions standards for coal-fired power pla  more