WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK, N.D. - Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Congressman Kelly Armstrong today issued the following statement after the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Inspector General (IG) released its interim audit of facilities in Bismarck, Mandan and Minot. The audit, which is available here, found delayed mail and other operational deficiencies at each facility and recommended that district management:   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK -- The Department of the Interior issued a final rule on Wednesday from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to add burdensome, redundant regulations on oil and gas producers operating on federal and Tribal lands. U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the following statement: "This rule is another step backwards for Americ  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK - While potatoes have been classified as a vegetable since the inception of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), recent media reports speculate the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Dietary Guidelines) could recategorize them as a grain. The Dietary Guidelines, published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the USDA every five years, provides food-based  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK - U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced members of his staff will hold mobile office hours in Kindred and Lisbon on Tuesday, April 16. These hours were originally scheduled for Tuesday, February 28, but were postponed due to poor weather and no travel advisories. "Since it's not always possible for people to travel to my in-state offices, these mobile office opportunities help bring the   more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK - On Friday evening, a United States District Court rejected a lawsuit issued by Dakota Resource Council and other non-government organizations (NGOs) which would have forced a nationwide environmental impact statement (EIS) for each quarterly oil and gas lease sale. North Dakota intervened to defend quarterly lease sales of federal minerals in the state. The court found the Bureau of Land Ma  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK - The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Inspector General (IG) released its interim audit of facilities in Bismarck, Mandan, and Minot, which found delayed mail and other operational deficiencies at each facility. After the release of the interim audit, the North Dakota delegation issued the following statement: "The USPS's audit makes it clear that improvements are needed at postal facilities in Bi  more