Press Releases

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the Corporation for National Community Service (CNCS) awarded Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates $114,027 as a result of the FY2020 AmeriCorps State and National Grant Competition. CNCS is the federal agency responsible for AmeriCorps and other national service programs. Sitting Bull College will use these funds to provide GED preparation, tutoring, and testing services. Click here to learn more. CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Wireline Competition Bureau awarded $124,053 to CHI St. Alexius Health in Dickinson through the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. These funds come as part of a $10.7 million investment into 25 institutions across America to provide telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic.CHI St. Alexius Health will use the awarded funds for telemedicine carts, tablets, and remote monitoring devices.... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded $94,125 to the Cass County Sheriff’s Department to finance the Cass County Officer Safety and Wellness Project.These funds come as part of a $2.2 million investment across America through the COPS Community Policing Development (CPD) Microgrants Program. The funds provided through this program are used to develop the capacity of local,... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Senate Banking Committee members, today introduced the “Payment Choice Act,” a bipartisan bill to provide customers the freedom to choose how to pay for goods or services by prohibiting businesses from refusing to accept cash, posting signs that cash is not accepted, or charging a higher price for using cash.“Businesses who prohibit cash payments discriminate against the millions of Americans who do not have bank accounts... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today ordering the Dakota Access Pipeline to shut down by August 5:“Shutting down the Dakota Access Pipeline would have devastating consequences to North Dakota and to America’s energy security. This terrible ruling should be promptly appealed.” CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) released the following Independence Day video: Click Here to Watch CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Banking Committee member, announced today the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $32,213 to the Housing Authority of Cass County. These funds come as a Tenant Protection Voucher for Demolition/Disposition made to Cass County.The housing choice voucher program is the federal government’s major program for assisting low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled to afford decent and safe housing in the private... CONTINUE READING

Senator Kevin Cramer joined a bipartisan group of his colleagues in writing a letter to Senate leadership “expressing serious concern with a ‘maximum allotment’ provision that is significantly limiting the amount of Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act relief funds that can be awarded to smaller states through the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program.” Please see the release from Senator Shaheen’s office for more information and text of the letter. CONTINUE READING

Senator Kevin Cramer cosponsored the Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards a Recovery in Twenty-twenty (RESTART) Act, bipartisan legislation “to support the small- and mid-sized businesses most affected by the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis.” Please see the release from Senator Bennet’s office for more information. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – Senator Kevin, along with Senator John Hoeven and Representative Kelly Armstrong, today announced that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) has notified Congress of its intent to transfer the title of the Oakes Test Area to the Dickey-Sargent Irrigation District (DSID). This begins the 90-day Congressional review period, after which the transfer will be final and the facility will be owned and operated by the DSID. Hoeven hosted a call with the delegation and officials from the U.S.... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement on the June jobs report released today:“The experts were wrong again. Nearly five million new jobs were added in June, far outperforming the experts’ prediction of under three million. The best attempts to spin good news into bad will not dampen the spirit of economic freedom.“To employees and workers: Go out. Build things. Buy things. Demonstrate the U.S. will not be governed by fear.” CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Head Start awarded two grants totaling $2,267,452 to support Head Start and Early Head Start programs in Dickinson and Devils Lake.$1,153,419 to TGU School District #60 in Devils Lake.$1,114,033 to Community Action Partnership, Inc. in Dickinson.Head Start and Early Head Start programs promote school readiness for young children... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded two grants totaling $82,097 to North Dakota State University (NDSU). The first AFRI competitive grant of $49,250 was awarded to fund the project entitled “Indirect calorimetry equipment to enhance multidisciplinary research, teaching, and extension programs on beef cattle production systems.” Read details here.The second AFRI... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Your World with Neil Cavuto on Fox News this afternoon to discuss potential COVID-19 relief packages and the Defund the Police movement. Click Here to Watch CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) selected SkyWest Airlines, Inc. to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Devils Lake and Jamestown for the next three years from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023.  SkyWest is required to provide the communities of Devils Lake and Jamestown with air service of 12 round trips per week to Denver International Airport using a 50-seat aircraft. Find details about today’s announcement here. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON — Senator Kevin Cramer cosponsored Senator Josh Hawley’s “amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to remove the congressionally-mandated renaming of names of military bases and installations, instead creating a one-year commission with public input to determine the best path forward.”Please see the release from Senator Hawley’s office for more information. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Chairman of the Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife Subcommittee on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, announced today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $176,800 to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ). This EPA grant will fund the Brownfield State Response Program. Specifically, the funds will be used for timely surveys and inventory of brownfield sites to investigate expansion, redevelopment,... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) awarded $437,709 to the North Dakota Department of Career and Technical Education through DOL’s Employment and Training Administration. The funding announcement comes as part of a $80 million investment.The “Building State Capacity to Expand Apprenticeship through Innovation” grants support activities that improve and expand statewide Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP) models by strengthening... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today theU.S. Department of Labor awarded $889,285 to the North Dakota Department of Human Services for demonstration projects to provide work-based job training for low-income, unemployed older Americans as part of the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). The funding announcement comes as part of a $6.2 million nationwide investment.These funds, authorized by the Older Americans Act of 1965, support innovative approaches to... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) today praised the U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule establishing a system to advance high quality, Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs). “I strongly support finding new, innovative ways to help the next generation enter the workforce equipped with both knowledge gained in a classroom and skills learned from on-the-job experience. This rule is an excellent step in that direction,” Senator Cramer said. “This... CONTINUE READING