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***Click here for media resources.***BISMARCK – At the North Dakota State Capitol today, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) delivered remarks before the North Dakota House of Representatives on American exceptionalism and the intersection of state and federal policies. Senator Cramer was invited to speak in the House Chamber by North Dakota House Speaker Kim Koppelman. Excerpts and a link to the full remarks as delivered are below.“I consider it a really high honor to be able... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement on the nomination of Representative Deb Haaland to be U.S. Secretary of the Interior:“Add Congresswoman Haaland to the growing list of nominees from President Biden whose views are radical and out of touch with North Dakotans. From wanting to ban fracking to cosponsoring the Green New Deal, Congresswoman Haaland’s vision for America would destroy the economy and ruin our energy security. Her refusal to recuse herself... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) in introducing the English Language Unity Act of 2021, legislation which establishes English as the official language of the United States.“An overwhelming majority of Americans support making English the official language of the United States,” said Senator Cramer. “Our bill recognizes this desire and provides clarity to those who wish to emigrate to our country.”The legislation would require the federal... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Budget Committee member, joined a bicameral letter led by Senator John Thune (R-SD) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) urging the acting director to reject recommendations that would increase the population threshold for communities to be classified as metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). Doing so could cause certain communities with populations less than 100,000, like Bismarck, Minot, or Grand Forks in North Dakota, to be... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, joined Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and John Cornyn (R-TX) in introducing the Ports-to-Plains Highway Act, legislation that would designate a portion of the Ports-To-Plains Corridor as a future addition to the interstate highway system. “Establishing the ports to plains corridor in the heartland of our nation would lift all American... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) member, joined Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in introducing the Sister City Transparency Act, legislation to shed light on the 157 sister city partnerships between United States and Chinese communities.“The Chinese Communist Party regularly exploits its sister city partnerships around the world to aggressively advance its own agenda,” said Senator Cramer. “Our bill would give us a better... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – At a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing yesterday, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the SASC Seapower Subcommittee, questioned Admiral Philip S. Davidson, Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), on the impact of lifting sanctions on Iran following reports that the regime is moving record amounts of oil to China, and India’s refiners have added Iranian oil to... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement after voting against the confirmation of Judge Merrick Garland for U.S. Attorney General:“The United States needs an Attorney General ready to rise above the fray, follow the rule of law, and uphold the Constitution. That is not Merrick Garland. His anti-Second Amendment record combined with his obvious disinterest in protecting our nation from criminals entering the country illegally paints the picture of a person too... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after voting to confirm Congresswoman Marcia Fudge as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today:“A roof over our heads is something we often take for granted, but many people in North Dakota – including Native Americans both on and off the reservations – face unique housing challenges that require... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – At a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on responding to climate change in the electricity sector, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) delivered remarks on the importance of grid resiliency and highlighted the failed Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) resiliency docket, which closed last month with zero recommendations for federal resiliency policy.“I spent nearly ten years as a... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee member, issued the following statement today on Michael Regan’s nomination to be U.S. Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator:“The EPA succeeds when it follows a cooperative federalism approach and works closely with those most impacted by the agency’s decisions. The Obama Administration’s failure to do this led to overreaching and unworkable environmental policies, and while the Trump... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) in introducing the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act, legislation to protect child welfare providers from being discriminated against for acting in accordance with their deeply held religious beliefs.“Anyone trying to improve the lives of struggling children should never have to choose between helping kids and violating their personal religious beliefs in order to comply with... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) highlighted the importance of letting individuals have direct market access and control over their own assets during a Senate Banking Committee hearing today on recent stock market volatility caused by incidents involving companies GameStop and Robinhood.“This whole hearing is fundamentally about the level of access that retail investors should have to own shares of companies. Some of... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee member, encouraged North Dakotans today to participate in the public comment period the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending for 60 days on its rules under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) aimed at reducing exposures to certain persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemicals.“As written, the EPA’s rules would have unintended consequences on the ability of American... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has selected the following four projects at the Dakota Prairie Grasslands to receive funding for maintenance:Civilian Conservation Corps Campground Updates near Maah-Daah-Hey Trail, Theodore National Park, and Bakken Oil Formation;This project will update the campground to accommodate increased visitation and create dedicated loops for equestrians, tent and RV users; expand the main trailhead,... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee member, joined Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) in introducing the bipartisan Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) for Veterans Therapy Act, bipartisan legislation authorizing the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to create a pilot program on dog training therapy and provide service dogs to veterans with mental illnesses, regardless of whether they have... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Banking Committee member, today highlighted the support from outside groups for the Fair Access to Banking Act, a bill with 27 cosponsors he introduced last week to prevent discrimination by banks and financial service providers against constitutionally-protected industries and law-abiding businesses.“I appreciate the strong support from a wide array of stakeholders for the Fair Access to Banking Act,” said Senator... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the PROTECT Electoral College Act, a bill to protect the Electoral College process and the authority it commits to state legislatures to set election laws by prohibiting federal election security grants from being awarded to states unconstitutionally disregarding state election laws.“Instead of working with Republicans to craft reasonable election security improvements, Democrats have taken a... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download audio***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Budget Committee member, issued the following statement today after voting against final passage of H.R. 1319, the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Reconciliation being used as a legislative vehicle for Democrats’ $1.9 trillion spending package: “Democrats are using a global health pandemic to go on a shopping spree with taxpayer dollars, buying as many items off their liberal wish-list as they can get... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Budget Committee member, introduced nine amendments today to H.R. 1319, the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Reconciliation which serves as the legislative vehicle for the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion spending package.“Democrats are embarking on a liberal wish-list shopping spree poorly disguised as COVID-19 relief,” said Senator Cramer. “Today Senate Republicans are offering a series of amendments to hold Democrats accountable and... CONTINUE READING