WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) led Senators Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Rick Scott (R-Florida) and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) in sending a letter to Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray, and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf expressing concern over the   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded funding to two North Dakota schools: * Turtle Mountain Community College - $2,582,453 to fund Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) studies. * North Dakota State University - $333,574 to support collaborative biology research. $166,494 to research the transfo  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $360,847 to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. This grant will support the tribes' efforts to manage and continue environmental programs, as well as help strengthen water quality management priorities.   more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- 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) has awarded $172,293 to Fargo-Moorhead Ambulance Service Inc. This funding was made available through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) at HHS and will support rural emergency medical services (EMS) response efforts. "Rural area  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on July 28: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Committee, announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), has awarded funding to five airports in North Dakota. Today's funding comes with an additional match granted from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CAR  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on July 31: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has awarded $195,922 to the State of North Dakota. Today's grant was made available through the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program at DOL and will be used to support job training as well as employment and case management services to eligible workers affected by foreign trade.  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- 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 Administration for Community Living, has awarded $225,480 to the Spirit Lake Tribe. This grant will support expanded home and community-based services for those suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. "This grant will support S  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: At a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this week, Senator John Hoeven advocated for enhancements to the 45Q tax credit to further advance carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies. The senator, along with Assistant Secretary of Fossil Energy Steven Winberg, Carbon Utilization Research Center Executive Director Shannon Angielski and Dr. Julio Friedman with the C  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: In remarks delivered on the Senate floor, Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, outlined the agriculture assistance he worked to include in the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools (HEALS) Act. The HEALS Act provides $20 billion in direct funding, which combined with the $14 billion replenishment of the Commodity Credit Corporation (  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, released the following statement regarding assistance for farmers and ranchers that he worked to secure in the Senate's HEALS Act, COVID-19 relief legislation announced. Under the Senate proposal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) would provide $34 billion in agriculture assistance. The legislation provides $20 bil  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- 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) has awarded funding to the North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) and to North Dakota State University (NDSU). Details are as follows. * North Dakota State University - $433,934 awarded from the National Cancer Institute to support cancer treatment research. * N  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Representative Kelly Armstrong urged the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division to open an investigation into the acquisition of Mountain States Rosen (MSR), a lamb processing facility in Greeley, Colo. by the American subsidiary of Brazilian JBS. The delegation raised concerns with reported plans by JBS to close the facility and destroy its equipm  more