Press Releases

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

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded $ 24,270,318.93 to the North Dakota Department of Health (NDDOH). The funds will be used to bolster North Dakota’s management, control, and reduction of the COVID-19 pandemic across the state. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Banking Committee member, announced today 27 senators are cosponsoring his Fair Access to Banking Act, a bill he introduced yesterday to prevent discrimination by banks and financial service providers against constitutionally-protected industries and law-abiding businesses.“Discrimination has no place in our society, and big banks are no exception,” said Senator Cramer. “I am grateful for my colleagues’ support in this... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) questioned Dr. Colin Kahl – President Joe Biden’s nominee for Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the third highest ranking position in the Defense Department – at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination today.Senator Cramer began his remarks by addressing the controversy surrounding Dr. Kahl’s nomination, which involves controversial statements he made... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded$1,165,923 to Community Action Partnership. The funds come through the Head Start and Early Head Start programs, which promote school readiness for young children and toddlers from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development as well as early learning, health, and family well-being. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $476,889 to North Dakota State University (NDSU) Fargo with an intended total of $1,162,262.The funds will go toward biodiversity research for a project entitled, “CAREER: Coffee fungi below and aboveground: agroecological experiments for teaching and learning about fungal diversity and ecosystem function.” CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Budget Committee member, joined Washington Watch with Tony Perkins yesterday to discuss the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion spending bill the Senate is expected to begin considering today, media coverage of President Biden, and the Administration’s approach to China, a conversation based off of the senator’s comments at a recent Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. Below are excerpts and a link to the full interview.On Democrats’... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) questioned Janet McCabe, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Administrator, during a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) hearing on her nomination today. Senator Cramer began his time with remarks on grid resiliency.“Winter is an annual event [in North Dakota], not a vortex. We don’t shut the lights off because it’s cold. We crank up... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – Following their conversation in January, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) questioned Brenda Mallory, President Joe Biden’s choice for Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), during her Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee nomination hearing today about whether she supports pipelines and how her current work at a legal environmental group which regularly takes on... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $1,828,290 to Southeastern North Dakota Community Action Agency. The funds come through the Head Start and Early Head Start programs, which promote school readiness for young children and toddlers from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development as well as early learning, health, and family well-being. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Banking Committee member, led his colleagues in introducing the “Fair Access to Banking Act” today, a bill to prevent discrimination by banks and financial service providers against constitutionally-protected industries and law-abiding businesses. The bill builds off the Trump Administration’s Fair Access Rule and expands on legislation Senator Cramer introduced last Congress.“Fairness matters,” said Senator Cramer. “There is no place in... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Budget Committee member, issued the following statement on the withdrawal of Neera Tanden’s nomination to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today:“Neera Tanden’s nomination failed just as it should have. She has a history of being a poor manager and of supporting toxic far-left policies which would be detrimental to the nation if implemented. She was the wrong choice for this position, and I hope the next nominee... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today he will serve as the Ranking Member on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure during the 117th Congress.“It is past time Congress stopped viewing infrastructure as a talking point and started treating it as the national priority it is,” said Senator Cramer. “I look forward to working with Chairman Cardin and my colleagues in both parties to use... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business today to discuss the impact of a carbon tax and Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of the Interior, Representative Deb Haaland (D-NM). Excerpts and a link to the full video are below.On a carbon tax:“A carbon tax will raise the price of everything we buy, everything we grow, everything we manufacture, everything we produce, everything we sell. It’s... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) member, issued the following statement after voting against Governor Gina Raimondo’s nomination to be U.S. Secretary of Commerce today:“President Biden and his Administration are too soft on the Chinese Communist Party. Huawei is its poorly-disguised vehicle to spy on Americans, which is why the Commerce Department under President Trump effectively blacklisted it, but during her confirmation... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON — At a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing on global security challenges today, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) outlined his support for the United States rejoining the Paris Climate Accord as a way to insert its leadership on the world stage and respond to the rise of adversaries like China.“When it comes to the Paris Accord, I am probably the oddest member of Congress from a fossil fuel producing... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) led a bipartisan letter to Senate leaders urging them to help businesses hit with major revenue losses because of the pandemic retain employees by improving access to the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC).“Through a narrow expansion of the ERTC tailored to the hardest-hit businesses with major revenue losses, Congress can provide urgently needed assistance that would... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Senate Banking committees, joined Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) in introducing the Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act, a bill to enable Congress to approve or block any effort by an administration to suspend or terminate U.S. sanctions against Iran.“If the Iranian regime wants to continue trying to build a nuclear weapon and supporting terrorism in the region, then the United States should keep... CONTINUE READING