Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced legislation this week to remove United States Armed Forces from Saudi Arabia. “Saudi Arabia has shown indifference, if not malintent, for American energy producers during its feud with Russia. These are not the actions of a supposed ally or friend, and they will not be tolerated,” said Senator Cramer. “U.S. troops are deployed to other countries to serve our... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $2,500,000 to the Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (NHSC) to support their Full-Circle Engineering Center of Excellence. The Full-Circle Engineering Center of Excellence serves the engineering needs of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation.  This investment is approved through the NSF Division of Human Resource Development and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources. Nueta... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded two grants totaling $2,135,227 to the Coal Country Community Health Center and the North Dakota Department of Insurance.   Coal Country Community Health Center received $1,894,175 through the Health Resources and Services Administration office under HHS. They provide health care services in rural North Dakota and have four practicing clinics serving the communities of... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement after the Senate passed its Coronavirus (COVID-19) Phase Three relief package: “The Phase Three package injects immediate help directly where it’s needed most. Our bipartisan plan bolsters the economy, protects American workers and families, assists small businesses, and increases funding for health care facilities and life-saving medical equipment as we work toward a cure for this... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement on Senate Democrats agreeing to a Phase Three COVID-19 relief package: “Better late than never. Democrats waited until Wednesday to accept a deal closely resembling what we had Sunday while playing politics and delaying help for the American people. I am reviewing the agreement and will provide details as they become available. While no major deal is ever perfect, the American people need relief immediately.” CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), along with Tina Smith (D-MN), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Steve Daines (R-MT), Doug Jones (D-AL), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jon Tester (D-MT), John Barrasso (R-WY), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Todd Young (R-IN), and Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced the Keeping Critical Connections Act to help small broadband providers ensure rural broadband connectivity for students and their families during... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) delivered the following remarks on the floor of the United States Senate today: “‘This is a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision.’ “’Opportunity to fit our version.’ That’s a quote, not from some communist activist leader somewhere in the United States, not from some third world general. That’s from the third-ranking Democrat in the United States House of Representatives. “Let that sink in for a minute. Read it again.... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement on Senate Democrats once again voting against debating the bipartisan Phase Three Coronavirus (COVID—19) relief package today: “Senator Schumer and his Democrat colleagues were given a second chance to begin considering the package we put together in a bipartisan fashion. Yet again, they all decided to prioritize Speaker Pelosi’s partisan wish list above the lives and wellbeing of the American people. These actions are... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement on Senate Democrats voting against proceeding to debate on the Phase Three Coronavirus (COVID—19) relief package tonight: “How pathetic. Tonight’s vote was not even on passing a bipartisan plan, it was merely to begin debating it. The American people are hurting, the clock is ticking, but Senate Democrats would rather cave to Speaker Pelosi’s eleventh-hour demands. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle should... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced temporary changes made for North Dakota and Standing Rock citizens by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Service (FNCS) to the Special Supplemental Nutrition for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “Thanks to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue quickly implementing requirements in the Phase Two legislation we passed, women and children relying on this... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) took action this week to protect cattlemen who are disproportionately harmed by the Coronavirus (COVID—19) pandemic. “COVID—19 is wreaking havoc in nearly every sector of our economy. We want to ensure the Administration uses every tool at its disposal and has Congressional authority to do so,” said Senator Cramer. “Our efforts would use existing Department of Agriculture (USDA) resources to protect our cattle producers from the... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Veterans Affairs (VA) Committee member, issued the following statement on President Trump signing into law S.3503, the “Emergency GI Fix for Coronavirus School Closures”: “I’m grateful to President Trump for signing this important legislation quickly. Schools moving to online classes because of the coronavirus exposed an obvious flaw in the GI Bill, which threatened to upend the education of many of our veterans simply because they could... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Rural Development (RD) awarded a $41,000 grant to the city of Finley in Steele County. This Rural Development investment will be used to purchase a payloader for the city of Finley. The equipment will be used for street maintenance, landfill maintenance, snow removal, and other miscellaneous city needs. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee member, announced today the Department of the Interior through the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has dispersed a grant totaling $12,807,752 to North Dakota. The funds are authorized by Congress through the Pittman-Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act and Dingell-Johnson/Wallop Breaux Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act. They are used to support critical state conservation... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) with U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) introduced an amendment to the American Energy Innovation Act repealing the extension of the wind production tax credit (PTC).“For years we have been promised the wind PTC would be phased out, yet some in Washington jammed it through despite our opposition,” the Senators said. “Instead of continuing the wind PTC, baseload coal should be fairly valued to ensure we have grid reliability and... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), announced today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a grant totaling $2,578,350 to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ). These funds are used by NDDEQ to perform delegated program activities, perform quality assurance activities, and maintain regional and national data bases associated with environmental programs. They address clean air, clean water, hazardous and solid waste, drinking water, underground... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introducing the ‘‘Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act” today: “Well done to Leader McConnell and Senate Republican chairmen. Phase Three is moving at warp speed, as it should. Now is not the time for slow walking or procedural purity. Today’s plan aims to stabilize the economy, help the American people with their finances, provide relief for small... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement on the Department of Energy (DOE) announcing a solicitation for the purchase oil to begin filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) today: “Thank you to Secretary Brouillette for moving quickly to follow President Trump’s order. This is an important initial step to combat the market manipulation our producers are facing from Saudi Arabia and Russia. I applaud the Administration for... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced S. 3533, the “Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic (SECURE) Notarization Act of 2020,” today. This bipartisan legislation, backed by North Dakota’s Governor Doug Burgum, permits immediate nationwide use of Remote Online Notarizations (RONs), a type of electronic notarization where the notary and signer are in different physical locations.  “Americans shouldn’t have to risk their health or... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the National Science Foundation awarded a grant of $193,872 to the University of North Dakota (UND) to perform collaborative research at UND’s main campus. This grant is approved through the Chemical Theory, Models and Computational Methods program in the NSF Division of Chemistry. The investment will specifically finance the project entitled “Rare-event Simulation, and Machine Learning as Routes to Predicting Molecular Crystal... CONTINUE READING