Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, issued the following statement after voting against Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) “permitting reform” legislation: “I am in favor of permitting reform and I appreciate Chairman Manchin’s fervor, but the electricity transmission section is particularly troubling. It expands federal influence over the grid and allows the cost socialization of very... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Rural Development has awarded the following:  $30,400,000 Electric Infrastructure Loan to Minnkota Power Coop to finance transmission system improvement projects.  $150,000 Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants to the City of Bisbee. This investment will be used to ensure the City of Bisbee does not have another emergency freezing situation by... 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 Greta Van Susteren on Newsmax to discuss the outcome of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) review of the Fufeng Group’s purchase of farmland near Grand Forks Air Force Base. Excerpts and full video are below.  On the CFIUS Review of Fufeng: “I’ve come to expect so little from... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) in sending a bipartisan letter to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) expressing concern over Mexico’s efforts to ban importation of genetically engineered (GE) corn. Mexican President Lopez Obrador issued a decree in 2020 to phase out GE corn by 2024, an order unsupported by science and threatens to run the... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, penned an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal commenting on the European Union’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) agreement. A proponent of an approach to trade and energy production which aligns climate and national security policy, Senator Cramer warns the EU of the inherent dangers of moving forward with this action unilaterally on the global stage. “Despite an... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Richard Burr (R-NC), and John Thune (R-SD) and Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC-05) on a bicameral letter urging the Department of Labor (DOL) not to move forward with its proposed rule for determining independent contractor classification due to the negative impact on workers and business, the test’s lack of clarity, and the devastating consequences for the U.S. economy. “The independent... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Edward Markey (D-MA) sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure requesting reconsideration of the 2013 national coverage determination (NCD) brain imaging procedures used for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease. Specifically, the NCD restricts brain imaging for Medicare recipients to a single scan during a... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – 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. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Mike Braun (R-IN) wrote a letter to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Chairman Lauren M. McFerran to oppose the Board’s proposed joint employer rule. The proposed rule creates a new expanded standard which is inconsistent with the common law, circumvents Congressional authority, and will negatively impact our nation's economy. “The Board’s joint-employer proposed rule would have immediate and long-term negative... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $564,692 to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. These funds will be used to assist the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in remediating and reusing brownfields sites throughout the reservation. The tribe will oversee and perform planning, assessment, and cleanup of brownfields sites at the San Haven medical... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-WV) sent a letter to the Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), urging them to begin financing nuclear energy projects and support the continued development and deployment of advanced nuclear technology. “Bipartisan support for advanced nuclear is based not only on its promise to reduce emissions and potential to deliver... CONTINUE READING

“As our nation continues to grapple with record-high inflation, administrative actions that increase prices should be the last thing on your agenda.” WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Thune (R-SD) called out President Biden and his Administration for forcing their radical environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies onto the American economy in pursuit of their unrealistic environmental agenda. The letter highlights various actions by... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) announced the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the Senate resolution reaffirming the United States’ support for the Iranian citizens who have taken to the streets in peaceful protest for their fundamental human rights, and condemning the Iranian security forces for their violent response. “Every day, we learn more about the Iranian regime and the lengths they will go to... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss permitting reform and how the divided 118th Congress should pass permitting or regulatory reform to unleash American energy. Excerpts and full video are below. On Permitting Reform: “I think it would be great if Kevin McCarthy’s very narrow House Majority takes up an... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) introduced the Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act (AWRRDA). The bill invests in research and development efforts to identify and remediate abandoned gas and oil wells, which can leak methane, contaminate groundwater, create community safety risks, and limit productive use of land. Last year, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law included Senator Cramer and... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement after McLain “Mac” Schneider was confirmed to be the U.S. Attorney for North Dakota:“Congratulations to Mac on his confirmation to be the U.S. Attorney for North Dakota. Mac loves our great state, and I know he will serve North Dakota well.” CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a Performance Partnership Grant (PPG) of $969,309 to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality. The funds will be used by North Dakota to perform delegated program activities, perform quality assurance activities, and maintain regional and national data bases associated with environmental programs. These address clean air, clean water, hazardous and... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Service Committee, announced NASA’s Space Technology Research Grant program awarded a $650,000 grant to the University of North Dakota. The funds will be used for the development of deterministic high bandwidth onboard wireless networks. This project will build tools to manage data and traffic for space-based wireless communications systems, which will expand their capability for real-time and safety-critical... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $2,702,873 to Northland Health Partners Community in Turtle Lake, North Dakota.  This award is continuing funding from a previously approved project entitled, “Health Center Cluster.”  CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), sent a bipartisan letter to the Chinese ambassador to the United States warning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime of the consequences of a violent crackdown on peaceful protesters. Demonstrations have erupted across China in response to the CCP’s severe measures restricting freedoms to contain rising COVID-19 infections. “We caution the CCP in... CONTINUE READING