WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: The Supreme Court of the United States is set to weigh in on Joseph Fischer v. United States, a critical case challenging the Biden administration's interpretation of Section 1512(c)(2) of the Corporate Fraud Accountability Act of 2002, which was originally established in the aftermath of the Enron scandal to address financial crimes cases and evidence tampering. This administration's interpretation of S  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, introduced legislation, led by Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), to reverse the Biden administration's ban on new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export authorizations. The Unlocking Domestic LNG Potential Act would eliminate the requirement for the Department of Energy (DOE) to authorize LNG exports and instead give the Federal  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, penned an op-ed in the Epoch Times emphasizing the Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act protects American workers from harmful foreign carbon taxes. The PROVE IT Act would require the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: In light of the ongoing postal challenges across North Dakota, Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) and Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) this week called for the U.S. Postal Service Inspector General to expand an ongoing postal audit of the Minnesota-North Dakota district to include communities statewide, as well as to audit proposed changes to mail processing for the Bismarck and  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: On January 26, 2024, Governor Doug Burgum submitted a request for a presidential major disaster declaration due to damages caused by a severe winter ice storm that occurred across North Dakota from December 25, 2023 to December 27, 2023. The ice storm, which affected 13 counties, destroyed over 2,000 electrical poles and left more than 20,000 North Dakota residents without power for multiple days. The a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK - In light of the ongoing postal challenges across North Dakota, U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Hoeven (R-ND) and U.S. Representative Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) called for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Inspector General to expand an ongoing postal audit of the North Dakota-Minnesota district to include communities statewide and to inspect proposed changes to mail processing for the Bism  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families announced a total of $1,095,580 to the Community Action Region VI in Jamestown for Head Start and Early Head Start. These programs provide services for low-income families with young children and encourage communities to support the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of infants and toddlers  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2024: * * * Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a new regulation imposing unworkable mandates and greater costs on manufacturers and energy producers, contributing to higher prices for American consumers. Last year, Hoeven joined his colleagues in pressing the EPA to rescind the changes to the particulate matter (P  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement opposing the Senate's border and security supplemental. The legislation does not include strong enforcement provisions to force the Biden administration to uphold our immigration laws, while spending nearly $120 billion. "The Biden administration has failed to enforce existing immigration laws and  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Nearly Half the Senate Cosponsors the Resolution WASHINGTON - The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) finalized a rule in November 2023, imposing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions performance measures on state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations despite lacking the authority from Congress to do so. This misguided regulation is another case of gross federal overreach from  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: ***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Amna Nawaz on PBS NewsHour to discuss the Senate's national security supplemental package, which would provide $118.28 billion in funding for Ukraine, Israel, and U.S. border security. Earlier today, Senator Cramer released an official statement on the Senate border security bill,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement regarding the Senate border security and supplemental funding bill. "After reading the text, there are some really good policies I wish we could have, and I'm sure Donald Trump would love to have, but this bill provides too many openings for bad behavior from an administration unconcerned with the threats we face at the southern border. Of   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: ***Click here for photos.*** BISMARCK - U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Committees, welcomed home members of the 1st Battalion 112th Aviation Regiment (1-112) "Rough Riders" at a ceremony at Bismarck's Army Aviation Support Facility. The unit returned home from deployment to secure the southwest border, stop illegal immigration, and interdict dr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement after voting against the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed on H.R. 815, the legislative vehicle for the national security supplemental bill. "I voted against proceeding to the bill because Leader Schumer has not guaranteed a thorough amendment process to improve the bill. Nobody believes this bill is perfect. The Senate is t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: In light of the ongoing postal challenges across North Dakota, Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Congressman Kelly Armstrong this week called for the U.S. Postal Service Inspector General to expand an ongoing postal audit of the Minnesota-North Dakota district to include communities statewide, as well as to audit proposed changes to mail processing for the Bismarck and Grand Forks regions. "We wr  more