Press Releases

***Click here for photos.*** GRAND FORKS – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), joined University of North Dakota (UND) President Dr. Andrew Armacost to celebrate the establishment of the Mark and Claudia Thompson Endowed Faculty Fellowship in National Security. The investiture ceremony recognized the endowment’s first recipient, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Jeremiah Neubert. During his time at UND, Dr. Neubert has conducted research... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a total of $600,211 to North Dakota State University (NDSU) for an aging research project which will examine a therapeutic strategy to treat Alzheimer’s disease. CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the following statement after the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), encouraging all North Dakotans to make their voices heard. “The Dakota Access Pipeline saga has gone on for nearly a decade, almost as long as I have been serving North Dakotans in Congress. I fundamentally disagree... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development awarded a total of $1,530,000 to the following programs and initiatives:  $30,000 to Anamoose, ND to conduct a study of the city’s sewer system in order to determine deficiencies and develop a plan for future improvements.   A loan of $1,500,000 to Northern Plains Electric Coop to assist Schmeichel Brothers Development Property, LLP in the expansion of its existing manufacturing... 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

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), introduced Eric Volk, Executive Director of the North Dakota Rural Water Systems Association, during a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) hearing. Panelists provided a variety of perspectives on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) which authorized $55 billion in funding for a range of water infrastructure programs, including grants for small and disadvantaged communities,... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for photos.*** WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Chris Coons (D-DE), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined the Climate Leadership Council in a panel to discuss their bipartisan Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act. This legislation directs the Department of Energy to conduct a comprehensive study comparing the emissions intensity... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the National Park Service, through the North Dakota Department of Parks and Recreation, awarded a total of $733,487 to the following projects through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF):  $72,000 to the Mandan Park District towards the replacement of an existing playground at the Legion Park in order to improve accessibility and update the exterior of the warming house. $191,515 to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians to... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a total of $120,036 to North Dakota State University (NDSU) to support cybersecurity education and training for Criminal Justice professionals. The project will focus on providing scenario-based offensive security and Web-based showcase labs with interactive simulations and case studies in three progressive courses. CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), joined Greta Van Susteren on Newsmax to discuss the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Defense tracking more than 100 incidents of Chinese nationals posing as tourists to attempt to breach U.S. military bases and other federal sites. Click Here to Watch On Chinese Nationals Posing as Tourists to Breach U.S. Military... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), penned an op-ed in the Washington Examiner highlighting the need to pass a strong Farm Bill. Its passage would provide stability for farmers and ranchers while strengthening U.S. national security and geopolitical influence. “The United States is a world leader in agricultural exports, and North Dakota is a net exporter, meaning we grow much more than our state of roughly 775,000 people consumes.... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a total of $1,213,931 to the following programs and initiatives:  $486,761 to the Spirit Lake Tribe for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Healthy Transitions grant project, which seeks to improve and expand access to appropriate services and supports for youth and young adults (ages 16-25) who either have, or are at risk for developing, serious mental... 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) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development awarded a total of $584,000 to the City of Elgin to replace and repair the water distribution and wastewater collection systems. USDA approved a loan of $322,000 and a grant of $262,000 through the Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants Program, which provides funding for clean and reliable drinking water systems, sanitary sewage disposal, sanitary solid waste disposal, and... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined several of his Republican Senate colleagues in a letter calling on U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to investigate Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence in America’s K-12 educational system. The senators expressed their concerns over a new report which shows millions of dollars of funding from the CCP have flowed into America’s K-12 classrooms. “The report found that programs vetted and managed by the Government of the... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for media resources*** GRAND FORKS– U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, celebrated the grand opening of the Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) Hangar at Grand Sky. TRMC provides robust and flexible testing and evaluation capabilities to develop, acquire, field, and sustain reliable and effective weapons systems to meet current and future needs of the warfighter. “I'd rather be positioned for the future of warfighting than the past.... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for media resources*** FT. YATES – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, met with Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Mike Connor and leadership from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to tour and discuss projects in the Cannon Ball District, Long Soldier District, and the Walker Bottom Marina. “One of the most incredible opportunities Standing Rock has identified is recreation. The beauty of the Missouri and... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, responded to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) and United States Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) release of a new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule following the Sackett v. EPA U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Specifically, today’s final rule declines to define the “relatively permanent” standard and subverts the standard notice and comment procedure for rulemaking. “The Supreme... CONTINUE READING

*** Click here for photos*** SCRANTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, participated in an Americans for Prosperity press conference and a guided tour through the Keystone XL Pipeline boneyard, which houses pipe segments originally intended for the pipeline. At the time of its closure, the project was under construction and employed more than 1,500 workers. By the end of 2021, it would... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded a total of $500,000 to McKenzie County, North Dakota, to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities of Brownfields, property which may be contaminated by hazardous substances and pollutants. McKenzie County has identified three target areas throughout the county to be the primary focus of the assessments: the City of Alexander,... CONTINUE READING