BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 9 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has awarded $124,053 to the CHI St. Alexius Health Dickinson Medical Center. This grant will be used to purchase equipment in order to support telemedicine services at the facility as they continue responding to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Tod  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 10 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and a member of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban DevelopmentAppropriations Committee, announced that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded $436,520 to Standing Rock Public Transit. Today's funding was made available through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and will s  more

FARGO, North Dakota, July 10 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement marking the official launch of the Rural Export Center (REC), which is based out of the U.S. Commercial Service (USCS) office in Fargo. The REC provides customized market research, analysis and planning to assist rural businesses across the country in offering their products and services internationally. Through his role on the Senate Appropria  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 9 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced a $27.1 million purchase of a foot-and-mouth-disease (FMD) vaccine for the National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeas  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement after a U.S. District Court Judge ruled that the Dakota Access Pipeline must be shutdown beginning Aug. 5 while the U.S. Army Corps completes an environmental impact statement: "The Dakota Access Pipeline is vital energy infrastructure for North Dakota and our nation. "The pipeline is equipped with the latest safeguards and technology, and after undergoing years of thorough state regulatory reviews and an ex  more

DICKINSON, North Dakota, July 11 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after the Department of Transportation renewed United Airlines' contract to provide air service to the Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport through September 30, 2022. "Dickinson Airport is an important travel hub in our state and we appreciate the Administration for extending United Airlines' contract," said Hoeven. "This will hel  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 11 -- 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 Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded $1,065,742 to the University of North Dakota (UND). This grant will support the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility program to strengthen Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and ru  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 9 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement after Mac McLennan, President and CEO of the Minnkota Power Cooperative, testified before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on the essential role of coal-fired electricity in the nation's grid. McLennan outlined how lignite coal remains the backbone of Minnkota  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 11 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on President Trump approving North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum's request for a major disaster declaration for spring flooding: Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Representative Kelly Armstrong issued the following statement on President Donald J. Trump approving Governor Doug Burgum's request for a major disaster declaration for spring flooding in North Dakota. "We appreciate the Trump Admini  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 9 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded $195,000 to North Dakota State University (NDSU). "This grant will support efforts to improve animal well-being practices by reducing the stress on hogs as they are being transported.  more