WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following statement: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) will file an Amicus Brief with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals supporting General Michael Flynn's Petition for a Writ of Mandamus. Senators Mike Braun (R-Indiana), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Rick Scott (R-Florida), and Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) joined Senator Cotton's brief. * * * "Judge Sullivan is abusing his judicial power   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) continued his push for infrastructure legislation at a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing. The hearing, entitled "Infrastructure: The Road to Recovery," focused on America's Transportation Infrastructure Act, a bipartisan highway bill EPW passed through committee last July. "I've been a strong advocate for including infrastructure legislation as   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following joint statement with Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, on Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issuing a decision to vacate the registrations of Xtendimax, FeXapan and Engenia, three dicamba herbicides: "As Commissioner Doug Goehring said, this ruling could not have come at a worse time. "The Ninth Circuit's decision presents a significant challenge for North Dakota's soybean producers who may have already put see  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency issuing a proposal to improve the rulemaking process under the Clean Air Act: "Administrator Wheeler is taking further action to improve the way the EPA writes federal regulations. "Today's proposal ensures the EPA considers the full economic impact of any potential Clean Air Act regulation and would hopefully prevent atrocities like the Clean Power Plan from happenin  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 6 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on the May Jobs Report: "Despite being told by experts and naysayers the opposite would happen, America's unemployment rate fell and our economy is adding jobs by the millions. "I agree with the New York Times: this is a testament to the success of the Paycheck Protection Program we crafted in the Senate. "Credit also goes to people in states like North Dakota who used common sense to begin r  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 1 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on protests in Fargo and across the country turning violent: "We must not let the unlawful actions of some detract from important discussions about race tensions in our nation. Nor should we allow the destructive actions of out-of-state professional rioters to define the civil activism of good people in our state and its communities. "Most importantly, we cannot allow the actions of a criminal c  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator Kevin Cramer joined a bipartisan letter urging Congress to support community health centers that provide Americans with critical health care, including testing and treatment of COVID-19. * * * Dear Chairman Blunt and Ranking Member Murray: We write to express our support for additional emergency funding for community health centers in the next COVID-19 relief package. Community health cen  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator Kevin Cramer joined a letter led by Senator James Lankford to Secretary Mike Pompeo to seek answers to why Americans' passport applications have not been completed since March 19, 2020. The lack of processing has resulted in a backlog of 1.6 million applications. The State Department has continued to receive applicants payments for passport fees even though the department is not reviewing applic  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) voiced support for the Trump Administration's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to help businesses utilize carbon capture tax credits at a Senate Budget hearing with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director nominee Russ Vought. Senator Cramer addressed the issue with Vought during a call about his nomination last month. "The current proposal is not perfect, but it's a   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the Department of Justice (DOJ) awarded a combined $96,694 to Grand Forks County and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. These funds were awarded through the COVID-19 Emergency Supplemental Funding Program. * Grand Forks County - $58,008 * Turtle Mountain Band of Cheppewa Indians - $38,686 The Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (CESF) Progra  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on the Justice Department demanding information from the country's four largest beef packing companies: "I am pleased to see Attorney General William Barr following through with President Trump's request to look into the meatpacking industry. "These four companies control 80 percent of our nation's beef packing plants, and the inverse price relationship from farm to store we have seen during COVID-19 is ca  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded $119,000 to The Dakota Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Inc., or Impact Dakota. These funds are awarded through the Emergency Appropriations for Coronavirus Health Response and Agency Operations as authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Econo  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $222,477 to North Dakota State University (NDSU) through the NSF Division of Earth Sciences Directorate for Geosciences. This investment will be used to finance NDSU's collaborative research project entitled "A Transparent-Middle-Layer Computational and Data Management Infrastructure for Synoptic Applications of Cos  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 2 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $650,000 to North Dakota State University (NDSU). These funds are approved through the NSF Division of Chemistry Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences. This investment will be used to finance NDSU's project entitled "Investigation of Laser-driven Chemical Reactions by Molecular Dynamics." Th  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 3 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $650,000 to North Dakota State University (NDSU). These funds are approved through the NSF Division of Chemistry Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences. This investment will be used to finance NDSU's project entitled "Investigation of Laser-driven Chemical Reactions by Molecular Dynamics." Th  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 2 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDOA) $304,400 as a Performance Partnership Grant (PPG). Grant funds are used to perform quality assurance and delegated program activities as well as maintain regional and national data bases associated with environmental programs. This PPG investmen  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 6 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following joint statement with Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, and Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issuing a decision to vacate the registrations of Xtendimax, FeXapan and Engenia, three dicamba herbicides: "As Commissioner Doug Goehring said, this ruling could not have come at a worse time. The Ninth Circuit's decision presents a significant challenge for N  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the Department of Justice (DOJ) awarded a combined $830,446 to hire additional police officers at 4 police and sheriff's departments in North Dakota. These funds are awarded through the DOJ Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program. The following departments received funds: * Lincoln Police Department - $250,000 * Mandan Police Department - $2  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded grants to three local airports in North Dakota. These funds are appropriated through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a bill crafted in the Senate which Senator Cramer helped pass. * Devils Lake Regional Airport - $1,352,800 * Crosby Municipal Airport - $20,000 * Beach Airport   more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 2 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water, issued the following statement on the Trump Administration finalizing its rule to rein in states' water veto authority. "Just as we expect the federal government to stay within the confines of the law, states must do the same. States like Washington and New York have abused their auth  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on June 4: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Committee, announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has released Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds to three additional airports. Today's grant was previously announced by Hoeven on April 14. * Devils Lake Regional Airport - $1,352,800 * Beach   more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded funding from the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program to four law enforcement departments in North Dakota. Today's funding will be used by each department to support the hiring of additional law enforcement officers. Details are as follows: * Lincoln   more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 2 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $304,400 to the North Dakota Department of Agriculture. This funding through the Performance Partnership Grant (PPG) will provide the state with additional resources to address environmental priorities and help strengthen the partnership between the   more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 1 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement after protests in Fargo: "The Constitution guarantees Americans with the right to peacefully protest. At the same time, our nation is founded on the rule of law and we must protect lives and property. It's unfortunate that the protests last night turned violent. "We appreciate the efforts of Mayor Mahoney and other local officials, Governor Burgum and law enforcement to protect lives and prevent  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate passed the Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act (S. 886) with a substitute amendment offered by Sens. Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, and Mitt Romney, R-Utah: "This package of four bills includes important priorities for Indian Tribes, including provisions to improve access to health care for tribal school employees and   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) formally requested information from meatpacking companies over potential antitrust violations. Hoeven has been pressing the administration, including Attorney General William Barr, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Under Secretary for Marketing an  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final rule to modernize and clarify the existing requirements for water quality certifications under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. This action comes as a result of the President's Executive Order 13868 "Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth," which was issued on April 10, 2019.  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after helping pass the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, legislation to enable small businesses to better benefit from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and support a stronger recovery from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Among other things, the bill would extend the PPP loan forgiveness period and allow a greater   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed reforming its cost-benefit analysis for new regulations issued under the Clean Air Act to provide more transparency and certainty. The agency is seeking to develop future analyses in a consistent manner that includes all relevant information, helping to ensure the agency's actions are justified and   more