Press Releases

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

BISMARCK – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK), members of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, introduced the Protect Camp Lejeune Victims Ensnared by Trial-lawyers’ Scams (VETS) Act to cap the fees trial lawyers can charge in cases representing sick Marines and others impacted by water contamination at the North Carolina military base. “Our Camp Lejeune veterans deserve, at the very least, affordable legal... 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

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded $808,200 to the Dakota Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Inc., or Impact Dakota. These NIST MEP Program resources will help expand existing training services and support the development of new ones, including virtual programming to reach more North Dakota rural businesses. Focus areas for the allocated funds are as follows:... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) in reintroducing the Hearing Protection Act (HPA), which would reclassify suppressors to regulate them like a regular firearm. The measure would benefit America’s recreational gun users and provide them better access to hearing protection equipment.  “Anti-gun activists are weaponizing regulatory tactics to limit Americans’ abilities to exercise their Second Amendment rights, as... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) reintroduced the Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act. The bill invests in research and development efforts to identify, plug, repurpose, and remediate abandoned gas and oil wells, which can leak methane, pollute soil, harm groundwater, and limit productive land use.  “North Dakota has led by example remediating abandoned wells,... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for media resources.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) settled a wager they made ahead of the 2022 FCS Championship between North Dakota State University (NDSU) and South Dakota State University (SDSU). Following a Jackrabbits win, Senator Cramer upheld his end of the bet and supplied bison burgers and brats for Senator Rounds and his Washington, D.C. staff, who brought jackrabbit ice cream for everyone to enjoy. Senators John Hoeven... 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 Lauren Simonetti on Fox Business to discuss the U.S. military shooting down a foreign object in Alaska airspace and future U.S.-China relations. Excerpts and full video are below. On Foreign Objects in U.S. Airspace: “[President Biden] made the call [to strike the second object over Alaska] he probably should have made over a... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) awarded Base Utilities, Inc. (Minot Air Force Base) $26,046,639 for water and wastewater systems operations at Grand Forks Air Force Base and Cavalier Space Force Station. This new funding modifies an existing 50-year utilities contract. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) reintroduced the Protecting Our Wealth of Energy Resources (POWER) Act to prohibit the President or the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, or Energy from blocking mineral leasing and permitting on federal lands and waters without Congressional approval. “President Biden’s war on America’s energy producers has raised energy costs for all Americans, eliminated opportunities for... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to require Congress and the President submit and approve annual balanced budgets, as well as spending cap and tax guidelines. “Reckless, unfettered spending fuels inflation and Americans are feeling the pain,” said Senator Cramer. “If we don’t institutionalize fiscal discipline, we won’t exercise fiscal... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded Devils Lake Airport Authority $13,503,150 for a construction project to expand its terminal building. CONTINUE READING