Press Releases

“You’re not talking to people who actually do this every single day.” ***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) questioned Joe Goffman, nominee to be Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), before the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee. Specifically, he pressed Mr. Goffman about his failure to contact North Dakota... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), during a Senate Banking Committee hearing, discussed CFIUS’ shortcoming in its review of Fufeng in Grand Forks, food supply chain security, and his approach to developing a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) to reward American production. Senator Cramer reflected on the former Fufeng proposal in Grand Forks and... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Fox Business’ Mornings with Maria to discuss how the Administration’s backwards energy policies drive inflation, as well as his Fair Access to Banking Act. Excerpts and full video are below. On High Oil Prices, Becoming a Price Maker: “Any time energy prices are high, inflation will be high. Energy goes into everything we produce,... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the National Park Service (NPS) awarded a total of $1,279,524 in historic preservation grants to the State of North Dakota, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, and the Spirit Lake Tribe of Fort Totten. CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Ladies of Another View on BEK News to discuss the Fufeng Group land purchase, the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS), and government transparency. Excerpts and full video are below. On the Fufeng Group Land Purchase: “The important point is [the Grand Forks City Council] finally made the right decision [to terminate the Fufeng project], albeit it... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Lori Hinz on BEK News to discuss the Fufeng Group’s purchase of Grand Forks land for a corn milling plant and the Chinese spy balloon. Excerpts and full video are below. On the Fufeng Group Land Purchase: “[Grand Forks residents] sounded the alarm. Even beyond that, the Air Force is a citizen of Grand Forks in many respects. They are partners with... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, issued the following statement after the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) updated its December 2021 policy memorandum, which contradicted the letter and the spirit of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). “The good news is, the Federal Highway Administration’s initial guidance – which essentially... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), along with 65 of their House and Senate colleagues, filed an amicus brief to support a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval and deregulation of chemical abortion drugs. The brief was authored by Americans United for Life and filed in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, a case before the Northern District of Texas. It contends the FDA failed to adhere to the drug approval... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded North Dakota $11,390,000 for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF).  These resources were allocated in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which authorized over $200 million for North Dakota State Revolving Fund... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video.*** BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss Russia’s high oil revenue and bolstering American energy production. Excerpts and full video are below.  On American Energy Production: “We often use the term ‘energy independence.’ President Trump used to talk about ‘energy dominance.’ I always like the term ‘energy security’ […] What would the difference... 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 hearing on “Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service” in April, BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway, and Union Pacific submitted service... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Mike Crapo (R-ID), and Angus King (I-ME) in reintroducing the Preventive Health Savings Act. The bipartisan, bicameral bill would direct the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to provide a more encompassing estimate of preventive health care impacts on the federal bottom line.  “Preventive health care measures allow Americans to live longer, healthier lives and substantially lower the... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Banking Committee, joined the Western Dakota Estate Planning Council at its monthly meeting, where he delivered remarks on fiscal policy and engaged in a Q&A session with attendees. “It was a pleasure to participate in such a productive conversation with members of the Western Dakota Estate Planning Council,” said Senator Cramer. “As we navigate an economy marked by high inflation, tight labor markets,... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Hoeven (R-ND) and Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) introduced S.461 to amend the Dakota Water Resources Act (DWRA) and allow more North Dakota irrigators to obtain project use power (PUP) rates through the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR). “When the Dakota Water Resources Act passed over 20 years ago, it provided North Dakota irrigators a pathway for lower rates, but these benefits have not been realized,” said Senator Cramer.... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined David Asman on Fox Business’ Kudlow to discuss the Biden Administration’s backwards energy policies. Excerpts and full video below. On Biden Administration’s Proposal to Tax Oil, Gas Producers: “In his State of the Union address, [President Biden] said, ‘we’re going to put [oil and gas producers] out of business in ten years. We only need oil for... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded $400,000 to the University of North Dakota (UND). The grant will support a university project to: study the microphysical structure of blowing snow layers and how terrain, the atmosphere, and sublimation impact winter storm events; develop affordable, ground-based, and balloon-borne microphysical imagers; and promote public outreach and... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded North Dakota $18,914,000 to address emerging contaminants in drinking water. These resources were allocated in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and will be administered as grants through the EPA’s Emerging... 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, joined Leland Vittert on NewsNation to discuss the unidentified objects struck down in U.S. airspace and U.S.-China relations. Excerpts and full video are below. On Unidentified Objects in U.S. Airspace: “When you don’t tell people facts, when you withhold information – even if it’s not very much information –... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced members of his staff will hold mobile office hours in Mandan and Wilton on Monday, February 27. “Since it’s not always possible for people to travel to my in-state offices, these mobile office opportunities help bring the services we offer closer to the constituents who need them,” said Senator Cramer. “Having members of my staff in Mandan and Wilton will give North Dakotans more chances... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for media resources.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Nick Sobczyk at the Axios Pro Energy Policy Launch Event for a fireside chat on carbon border adjustment mechanisms (CBAM), the Fair Access to Banking Act, and permitting reform. Excerpts below. On CBAM: “[My colleagues and I] have talked about a series of CBAM ideas… I believe we'll find enough common ground among all of [the CBAM proposals] to do one of them in a bipartisan... CONTINUE READING