WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced an adjustment in hours of operation at 38 ports of entry (POE) along the U.S. northern border. These adjustments will be implemented beginning Jan. 6, 2025, and formalize operating hours which have been in effect for more than four years at 13 POEs across the northern border. "As a northern border state  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: The Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), which was signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2020, established the National Parks and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF) and included $1.9 billion over 5 years to address the maintenance backlog across public land agencies, including the National Parks Service (NPS), Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service (USFS), and others. Since the p  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: During remarks delivered on the floor of the U.S. Senate this week, Senator John Hoeven outlined solutions he and his colleagues will work to advance in the 119th Congress and under the incoming administration to restore U.S. energy security. To this end, Hoeven discussed the need to rescind burdensome federal rules imposed during the Biden administration, which have locked away taxpayer-owned lands and   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, this week secured committee passage of his legislation to reauthorize and amend the Dakota Water Resources Act (DWRA). The legislation supports more reliable, drought-resistant water supplies in North Dakota, while helping to fulfill federal compensation that was promised to the state and tribes upon the construction of t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Due to the anticipated winter storm forecasted by the National Weather Service for tomorrow, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced mobile office hours in Cando and Towner have been postponed to ensure the safety of constituents and staff. Mobile office hours were originally scheduled for Tuesday, November 19 at 10:00 a.m. CST in Cando and at 1:00 p.m. CST in Towner. The mobile office will be resch  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: At a meeting of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee today, Senator John Hoeven secured committee approval of legislation he introduced to support the preservation and display of materials at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. Hoeven's bipartisan, bicameral bill, which is cosponsored by Senators Kevin Cramer, Richard Blumenthal and Martin Heinrich in the U.S. Senate and spons  more