Press Releases

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

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

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss the impact of an omnibus bill versus a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government by the end of the year. He also highlighted the need to return to regular order to pass a 2023 budget. Excerpts and full video are below.  On a Continuing Resolution vs. an Omnibus Bill “In response to a CR versus an omnibus spending... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) sent a letter to their Senate Republican colleagues urging them to vote in favor of an emergency agreement to avert a potential railroad labor strike. “Congress has been forced into a position to either intervene in labor negotiations or allow a rail strike that will cripple our economy. This is the last place we had hoped to be, and we are certain you feel similarly. Our response at this moment will determine... CONTINUE READING

  ***Click here for media resources.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Co-Chair of the Senate Space Force Caucus and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), delivered remarks at the Space Force 3rd Birthday Celebration. The event was attended by U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, Chief of Space Operations General Chance Saltzman, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff General David Allvin, and Space Force Chief Master Sergeant Roger... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, discussed the anti-inflationary impact of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) at an EPW Committee hearing. “This five-year new bill [is so important] compared to the alternative, which would have been a one-year flat line extension of [the] status quo. In this inflationary time, I think... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) 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 other individuals impacted by water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Impacted individuals are able to seek compensation as a result of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which became law in August in the... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $240,000 Brownfields grant to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ). The funding was provided by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The IIJA provided additional funding to carry out the Brownfields grant program. The funds will be used by NDDEQ to expand public education and outreach of the North Dakota Voluntary Cleanup... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) in introducing the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2022. The legislation would allow the year-round, nationwide sale of ethanol blends higher than 10%. Increasing the availability of biofuels like E15 would benefit the economy and the environment. This federal legislation would also end years of regulatory... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Rural Development has awarded a total of $1,450,000 in Water and Waste Loans and Grants to the City of Ashley, North Dakota. $823,000 in a Water and Waste Disposal Loan $627,000 in a Water and Waste Disposal Grant This investment will be used for sewer main replacement for the City of Ashley along Highway 11 prior to the North Dakota Department of Transportation road project. The... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s proposed methane venting and flaring rule: “The Department of the Interior’s proposed rule is nothing more than another layer of unnecessary, duplicative bureaucracy designed to impair oil and gas production on Federal and tribal land. Democrats have tried this before and courts found it... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded the following Head Start Indian Grants: $1,434,599 to the Cankdeska Cikana Community College; and $1,251,249 to the Three Affiliated Tribes.  The funds come through the Head Start and Early Head Start programs, which promote school readiness for young children and toddlers from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) released the following Thanksgiving Day video message today: “Thanksgiving takes on a new level of celebration for my family and me this year. We recently learned that I am a direct descendant of Pilgrims. In fact, I had three ancestors aboard the Mayflower when she arrived in the New World in 1620, including my 10th great-grandfather, Governor William Bradford of... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss the COP27 agreement to create a climate reparations fund. Excerpts and full video are below. On Climate Reparations: “It might be the most absurd international policy I’ve ever heard of. We can’t afford to give more money to other people, especially for the purpose of reparations as some sort of a guilt payment, because... CONTINUE READING

Senators push transportation board to include coal industry representatives WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) wrote a letter to Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Martin J. Oberman requesting a plan to fill three vacant seats on the STB’s Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee (the Committee), which have been vacant for more than two years, with coal industry representatives. “Coal remains the largest volume commodity on... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), announced his nominees to be appointed to the U.S. military academies today. “One of the great joys of serving North Dakota in Congress is nominating some of our best young patriots for appointments to our military academies. We send our best of the best. After visiting with Mikko, Elyssa, and Zachary, I am honored and grateful they are willing to answer the call to... CONTINUE READING