Press Releases

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Labor awarded the following grants totaling $1,215,000 to North Dakota: $1,020,600 for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), and $194,400 for Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensations (PEUC).The funds will be used to combat fraud and recover improper payments in the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program, including those programs created under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of Rural Development awarded ten grants totaling $541,357 to the following rural North Dakota organizations and areas:$110,783 to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians to provide technical assistance to small businesses and entrepreneurs on the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa reservation and Rolette County;$100,000 to Maddock Opera House Association to construct additional... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Research and Development Program awarded $1.5 million to the University of North Dakota’s (UND) Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC). The funds will be used to support the engineering design of a hybrid capture system to benefit Red Trail Energy’s ethanol plant in Richardton.  CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded twelve grants totaling $32,396,017 to North Dakota airports:$10,798,333 to Dickinson - Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport;$6,381,630 to Bismarck Municipal Airport for miscellaneous airport improvements;$6,026,218 to Bismarck Municipal Airport to remove wetlands on the airport property;$4,873,758 to Hector International Airport for snow removal... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today he will participate in a roundtable hosted by the USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) Jim Hubbard tomorrow.Wednesday, September 2Oil & Gas RoundtableHeritage Center612 E Boulevard Ave., Bismarck9:00 amOpen PressThe event will be followed by media availability. CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women awarded $500,000 to the Community Violence Intervention Center (CVIC) in Grand Forks. The funds will be used to increase the availability of civil and criminal legal assistance programs to prevent adult and youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Grand Forks and Nelson counties.  CONTINUE READING

***Click here for photos.***BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Senate Veterans’ Affairs committees, participated in a dedication ceremony today for Heroes Park, which will honor 14 heroes of the North Dakota Army National Guard who lost their lives in the Global War on Terrorism.“Freedom is not free. These North Dakota heroes lost their lives fighting terrorism and protecting the United States from threats across the globe,” said Senator... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) conducting a lease sale on October 1 to award the 320-acres of federal coal adjacent to the Coyote Creek Mine:“I am glad to see the Bureau take this much-needed action to give Coyote Creek access to federal coal within their property. These lease sales support mining jobs and provide critical revenues and resources to the local community.... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $5,475,773 to the following North Dakota agencies, tribes, and organizations:$4,000,773 to North Dakota State Department of Human Services to address the opioid crisis through enhancement of prevention, treatment and recovery services;$700,000 to Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and $400,000 to Spirit Lake Tribe for the Tribal Opioid Response... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $185,330 to North Dakota State University (NDSU).The grant will used as part of an effort between six states in the western half of the United States to address the under representation of Native American students in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines and workforce. CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Commerce through the Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded $100,000 to the University of North Dakota (UND).The funds go toward technical assistance and applied research to help increase productivity, spur innovation and entrepreneurship, and increase long-term regional competitiveness and economic diversification. CONTINUE READING

MINOT, N.D. – Senators Kevin Cramer and Senator John Hoeven today announced they will host U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette in Minot on Tuesday, September 1. The senators and secretary will review ongoing efforts to modernize the nation’s nuclear forces, including the dual nuclear missions at the Minot Air Force Base, and hold roundtable discussions with the state’s electric utilities and coal, oil, and natural gas producers. Specific event details will be released in the coming... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) publishing its final rule today updating conservation provisions for highly erodible land and wetlands:“Although there is more work to be done, Secretary Perdue and Acting Chief Norton are making important improvements to the department’s previously published rule, no doubt influenced by our producers when they met with agency... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a preventative health and health services block grant totaling $403,556 to the North Dakota Department of Health.The funds come through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support. CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded four grants totaling$812,617 to the following North Dakota health facilities:$225,476 to Family Healthcare Center,$177,750 to the Coal Country Community Health Center,$218,269 to Spectra Health, and$191,122 to the Northland Health Partners Community Health Center. CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Labor awarded $828,016 to Motivation, Education and Training Inc’s operations in North Dakota.The funds are part of a nationwide investment through the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP), which provides career, training, housing, and youth services to eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents. CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the National Science Foundation (NSF) is awarding the following grants totaling $478,980 to North Dakota State University (NDSU):$279,502 for a project entitled, "Collaborative Research: Early Career Geoscience Faculty Development Workshop: A partnership between NAGT and NSF,” and$199,478 for a project entitled, "Collaborative Research: SaTC: CORE: Small: UAV-NetSAFE.COM: UAV Network Security Assessment and... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Banking Committee member, announced today 30 senators are now cosponsoring his bipartisan Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act.“The Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act would give our small businesses peace of mind and remove the anxiety placed on them by the bureaucracy’s cumbersome forgiveness process,” said Senator Cramer. “I am grateful to my colleagues for their support, and I look forward to... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, announced today the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $900,00 to Three Affiliated Tribes.These funds are authorized through the CARES Act and will be used to purchase and renovate a facility in Halliday, which will provide medical services to help in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined a bipartisan letter led by Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mark Calabria urging the agency to withdraw a market refinance fee of 0.5 percent recently announced by Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The surcharge the GSEs will begin imposing on mortgages as of September 1 would raise costs for borrowers and consumers.“That the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)... CONTINUE READING