Press Releases

***Click here to download audio.*** BISMARCK — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), spoke with Chief of Staff of the Air Force General David Allvin regarding Minot Air Force Base’s biased and misguided official communication warning Airmen against participating in the Dakota Patriot Rally held in Minot on Friday, November 17. The rally celebrated traditional conservative values, yet the Air Force message labeled the organizers as “alt-right” and... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download audio.*** BISMARCK — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), issued the following statement after Minot Air Force Base leadership sent a message to servicemembers warning them of the dangers associated with being near the Dakota Patriot Rally held at the state fairgrounds in Minot.  The message warned that “participation with groups such as Turning Point Action could jeopardize their continued service in the U.S.... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a total of $2,059,750 to the Southeastern North Dakota Community Action Agency (SENDCAA) for Head Start projects. The SENDCAA Head Start and Early Head Start programs provide comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to children from birth to five years of age and their families. CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined David Asman on Fox Business to discuss the climate agreement between the U.S. and China to reduce emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases. The agreement was announced following a meeting this week between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. Additionally, they discussed the administration’s recent move to reissue a... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a total of $410,409 to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality. This grant, through the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Program seeks to reduce diesel emissions and exposure throughout North Dakota. This project will support the replacement of highway vehicles and school buses with newer, cleaner vehicles to... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led a bicameral letter with U.S. Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) and U.S. Representative Mark Alford (R-MO-04) to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), regarding the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit’s recent ruling in Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association et al. v. Michael Regan. The Eighth Circuit’s ruling... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced BNSF Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) publicly filed weekly grain backlog status updates as required by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB). A summary of the reporting data specific to North Dakota from the last 10 weeks is below. Following STB’s April 2022 hearing on “Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service,” BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway, and Union Pacific submitted service recovery plans, which... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), was appointed to be a conferee to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Committee. The NDAA Conference Committee is tasked with reconciling the differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill authorizing the nation’s defense priorities for Fiscal Year 2024 before final passage. Senator Cramer was able to get several North Dakota priorities in the Senate’s bill... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Senate co-chairs of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption (CCA), introduced the Supporting Adopted Children and Families Act to enhance pre- and post- adoption support services. Senator Cramer also co-led a resolution recognizing November as National Adoption Month and November 18th as National Adoption Day.  “As adoptive parents, my wife Kris and I are keenly aware of the many blessings of adoption. It is crucial to pass... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement after the NFI Group, which is the parent company of Motor Coach Industries (MCI), announced it will continue operations at its facility in Pembina, North Dakota. “Reversing the previously-planned closure of the MCI plant is a significant win for the Pembina area. I am grateful the NFI Group recognized the value we provide in North Dakota and reconsidered their decision.” In September, the North Dakota delegation sent... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) applauded the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) award of $1,378,043.21 to Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative. The award will go towards permanent repairs as a result of a severe winter storm, snowstorm, and straight-line winds from November 9, 2022 through November 11, 2022. The Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative provides power service throughout parts of three counties in North Dakota. This severe weather caused damage to the power... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statements after voting for the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act. This continuing resolution (CR), which passed the Senate by a vote of 87 to 11, extends funding in the Agriculture, Energy and Water, Military-Construction/Veterans, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriation bills until January 19, 2024 and extends the remaining funding through February 4, 2024. “Passing this continuing... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) released the following statement after voting in favor of S.J.Res.43, a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval of the U.S. Department of Education’s final rule, which overhauled Income Driven Repayment (IDR) plans for student loan borrowers. Upon implementation, this rule will be the administration’s most expensive student loan repayment plan to date.  The resolution, introduced by U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), failed the... CONTINUE READING

“Looks to me like PROVE IT is sort of the low hanging fruit in this group.” ***Click here to download video. Click here to download audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), during a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing, questioned Dr. Abigail Regitsky, Senior Manager of U.S. Policy and Advocacy at Breakthrough Energy, Dr. Leah Ellis, CEO and Co-founder of Sublime Systems, Inc., and Shannon Angielski, President of the Clean Hydrogen Future Coalition, on his... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a total of $1,500,000 to the Spirit Lake Reservation to reduce waste collection, increase recycling, and improve transportation and disposal programs. This grant, funded under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), will support the hiring and training of transfer station staff, the acquisition of materials and equipment, and expand recycling opportunities. “Our lands and... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), penned an op-ed in the Forum emphasizing the need for merit-based immigration reform to better support rural states like North Dakota in hiring highly-skilled, foreign-trained doctors to help fill open positions in hospitals and clinics across the country after introducing the bipartisan Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act. This legislation makes a limited number of green cards available to qualified immigrant doctors and nurses to address critical... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for photos.*** WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, delivered remarks at the American Highway Users Alliance’s annual meeting. He spoke about the EPW Committee’s work developing the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act, which later became the foundation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), emphasizing the importance of this investment for our nation’s... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) introduced the Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act, legislation which would allow employers in the United States to focus on hiring immigrants based on their merits, rather than their birthplace. Most prospective employment-based immigrants currently live and work in America on temporary visas while waiting for a visa to become available. Some of these individuals remain in temporary status for... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) in co-leading the Safeguarding VA Dependent Education Benefits Act of 2023. This legislation protects the GI educational benefits of a spouse or dependent whose benefits would be terminated as a result of a servicemember being convicted or dishonorably discharged for domestic or sexual assault. Under current law, dependent victims may lose transferred education benefits if their servicemember perpetrator is... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, joined his colleagues in a letter regarding the recent Basel III Endgame proposal issued jointly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. In response to the financial crisis from 2007 to 2009, Basel III Endgame was created to set the standards for capital reserves,... CONTINUE READING