WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: ***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** The U.S. Senate passed legislation today containing major victories for North Dakota and the nation, including a 14.5% pay raise for junior enlisted servicemembers and a 4.5% pay raise for all other servicemembers, at a time when recruitment is a vital concern. The annual bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Ye  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: ***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** Congress passed the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024. Following extensive support in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the package heads to the President for his signature. The package includes several bills to right size the federal government's real estate portfolio, including U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer's  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: ***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** The Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA) passed the Senate on Wednesday by a vote of 97 to 1. Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill on a broad bipartisan basis, with a vote of 399 to 18. WRDA is a biennial bill which authorizes flood control, navigation, and ecosystem restoration projects for the  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK, N.D. Senator John Hoeven today addressed the North Dakota Farmers Union state convention, where he outlined his efforts as a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee to provide relief and certainty to the state's farmers and ranchers. To this end, Hoeven has been working with his Senate colleagues and the incoming Tr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK, N.D. Senator John Hoeven today released the following statement regarding ongoing efforts to secure agriculture disaster assistance in the Continuing Resolution being prepared by the Senate Appropriations Committee. As Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, Hoeven is working with his colleagues to address producer losses resulting from natural disasters and challengi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Congressman August Pfluger (R-Texas) today introduced a bicameral Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to block implementation of the Biden administration's Natural Gas Tax, which was passed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, Democrats' reckless tax-and-spend legislation in 2022. "American households and businesses depend every day on access to a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today announced that $33.5 billion in agriculture disaster assistance has been included in the continuing resolution. Hoeven worked to secure the agriculture assistance to help address producer losses resulting from natural disasters and challenging markets. The package includes $10 billion to help farmers mitigate ec  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- 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 outlined North Dakota's leadership in developing and deploying clean coal technologies for the nation. The Senator spoke on the Senate floor following President-elect Donald Trump's remarks on the importance of clean coal, one of the nation's most reliable, affordable and abundant energy resources, and its role   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Senate has approved legislation he introduced to support the establishment of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. Hoeven's bipartisan, bicameral bill, which is cosponsored by Senators Kevin Cramer, Richard Blumenthal, Martin Heinrich and Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate and was sponsored by then-Congressman Kelly Armstrong in the U.S. House of Repr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate passed the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024. The legislation includes measures Hoeven worked to advance to benefit water management, flood control and recreation in North Dakota. Specifically, the bill: Empowers the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: The National Science Foundation announced an award of $250,000 to Turtle Mountain Community College. This award will increase the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instructional and research capacities. Specifically, this project will enhance the cyberinfrastructure and cybersecurity necessary to facilitate development of the institution in STEM fields and for the protection of se  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed their bipartisan Bridging Agency Data Gaps & Ensuring Safety (BADGES) for Native Communities Act. Specifically, the BADGES for Native Communities Act would support the recruitment and retention of Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) law enforcement officers, bolster federal missing p  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed the North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act, bicameral legislation he introduced with Senator Kevin Cramer and then-Congressman Kelly Armstrong to enable greater development of state-owned lands and minerals. Specifically, the bill would authorize the State of North Dakota to relinquish state-owned lands and minerals containe  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: ***Click here for audio*** Two bills cosponsored by U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) passed the Senate unanimously. Cramer joined fellow North Dakota delegation members U.S. Senator John Hoeven and then-Congressman Kelly Armstrong in introducing the North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act and the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Act. North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act ***Click here for au  more