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19 Senators Call for Focus on Emitters like China When Working to Decrease Global Greenhouse Gas EmissionsWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee member, led a letter signed by 19 senators to President Biden this week urging the Administration to oppose the European Union’s (EU) unilateral implementation of a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) and to instead work with developed countries on climate and trade policies... CONTINUE READING

Senator Cramer Repeatedly Made the Case for America’s Newest Military Branch to Choose UND for This Program***Click here for photos.***GRAND FORKS, ND – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Co-Chair of the Senate Space Force Caucus and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), joined University of North Dakota (UND) and U.S. Space Force (USSF) leaders in Grand Forks today for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing, which officially made UND the first school to sign a... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded $3,965,216.85 to the University of Mary.The funds will be used for the University of Mary Slope Stability Project, a project to install a soldier pile retaining wall and re-grading earthwork to stabilize the slopes, which are adjacent to buildings at the university’s campus, to help avoid landslides.  CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) delivered remarks on the Senate floor today on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the bipartisan infrastructure legislation the Senate has been working on and is expected to vote on soon. The senator highlighted the broad support the bill has received, outlined the benefits it will deliver for North Dakota, explained why investing in infrastructure is counter-inflationary,... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures on Fox News this morning to discuss the details of the bipartisan infrastructure package. Excerpts and a link to the full video are below.On its Contents: “It's roads and bridges, specifically. In addition to that, there's ports,... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Seapower Subcommittee, issued the following statement today on the Senate confirming Carlos Del Toro as Secretary of the Navy by unanimous consent:“A strong Navy is critical to our national security and global trade. The free flow of North Dakota’s exports to global markets is dependent on our Navy, and the Navy is dependent on the people from states like ours that sign up to serve as Sailors and Marines.... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today members of his staff will hold mobile office hours in Minnewaukan and Rugby on Tuesday, August 17. “Since it’s not always possible for people to travel to my in-state offices, these mobile office opportunities help bring the services we offer closer to the constituents who need them,” said Senator Cramer. “Having members of my staff in Minnewaukan and Rugby will give North Dakotans more chances to explore solutions to the problems... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Fox and Friends on Fox News this morning to discuss the legislation he plans to introduce for states and local governments to require voter ID if they also require vaccine passports. He also reacted to the latest developments on the Senate working to pass a bipartisan infrastructure package, including the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Ashley Webster on Fox Business this morning to discuss legislation he plans to introduce for states and local governments to require voter ID if they also require vaccine passports.“It seems just logical. If I have to show [New York City] Mayor [Bill] DeBlasio something as personal and private as my health care records just in order to have a steak dinner in New York City, the least we... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, delivered remarks on the Senate floor today on the bipartisan infrastructure package being considered on in the Senate, called the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.“Infrastructure has been a priority for Congress because it is a priority for our constituents. America... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a member of the Senate Budget Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, delivered the following remarks at a Senate Republican press conference today on how President Biden’s proposals like step-up in basis would raise taxes on middle-income families and rural Americans:“It would not be unusual for a great-great-grandfather to have... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined all Republican members on the Senate Banking Committee on a letter to President Joe Biden calling on him to withdraw the nominations of all individuals who have espoused disparaging views on law enforcement or advocated for defunding the police.“If your Administration is truly serious about distancing itself from radical anti-police movements championed by far-left activists … you should strongly consider withdrawing any of your pending... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the Greater Insight into Foreign Transactions (GIFTs) in Higher Education Act, a bill to target gifts and donations from designated foreign adversaries to American colleges and universities. “If a university accepts foreign money or gifts, their students, donors, and taxpayers deserve to know,” said Senator Cramer. “Our bill would improve oversight of foreign... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today he will introduce legislation to require states where there are vaccine passport mandates to also enact voter identification laws.“If states that take federal money for elections feel the need to make residents verify a piece of information as private as their vaccination status just to return to normalcy, then they should have no problem requiring people to prove they are who they say they are when they go... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Center for Flex Grants awarded $799,682 to the Spirit Lake Tribe. The funds come through the CARES Act and will be used for the Spirit Lake Tribe’s COVID-19 emergency response for suicide prevention. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Education has awarded a grant totaling $538,664 to the University of North Dakota (UND).The funding has been awarded under the Talent Search program, which aims to increase the number of youth from disadvantaged backgrounds who complete high school and enroll in and complete their postsecondary education. UND will use the funds to provide educational services for low-income and first-generation... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Budget Committee member and Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, joined Charles Payne on Fox Business this afternoon to discuss the bipartisan infrastructure package, Democrats’ tax-and-spend agenda, and the debt ceiling. Excerpts and the full video are below.On Next Steps for Infrastructure:“We're... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) member, joined Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) in introducing the Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands (FRESH) Act, a bill to give states full authority to regulate fracking on any land within their borders.“North Dakota is a leader in the clean and safe production of oil and gas. While our foreign adversaries increase their energy production, our energy producers have been stalled by an... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee member, joined Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) in introducing the Federal Land Freedom Act, a bill to give states the right to develop all of the energy resources on the federal lands located within the state’s borders.“Since he came into office, President Biden has worked to hamstring American energy production, starting with the abundant natural resources on America’s publicly owned lands which were... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Banking Committee member, joined Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and John Kennedy (R-LA) on a letter to Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Gary Gensler demanding the SEC implement and enforce the unanimously-passed Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, a bill Senator Cramer cosponsored last Congress which ensures foreign companies traded in the United States are subject to the same independent audit requirements... CONTINUE READING