Press Releases

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Budget Committee, joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill. Excerpts and full video are below. On the $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Bill: “None of these things in a 4,155 page bill are on their own. They’re not siloed. It’s one giant bill. Thus the word omnibus. [It] is why the transparency of the process... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement on the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill: “I continue to oppose the utter dysfunction of Congress. Ramming through must-pass bills like this omnibus spending package with absolutely no transparency is disrespectful to Rank and File members and the American people we represent. While there’s some good in the bill including fully funding our military and defense needs, I refuse to facilitate this... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement after Lieutenant Governor Brent Sanford announced his resignation: “Kris and I thank Lieutenant Governor Sanford for his work for and dedication to our great state during the past six years. Brent’s long and decorated career in public service took him from beloved mayor of Watford City to a staple in Bismarck. His particular attention to the policies surrounding our energy and natural resources have... 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 $8,738,000 to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program.  The CWSRF provides low-interest financing for the development of water systems for communities, schools, parks and other projects.... 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 his Wall Street Journal op-ed on the European Union’s (EU) carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) agreement. Excerpts and full video are below. On the EU’s Carbon Border Tax: “Europe has been going down this unilateral path for some time. During the pandemic... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Rural Development awarded a total of $1,392,068 in Tribal College Initiative Grants:  $348,017 for Sitting Bull College to construct an outdoor classroom/auditorium adjacent to the academic center. The facility will provide opportunities for faculty and students to expand the current academic offerings.  $348,017 for Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College to improve the... 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), Ranking Member of the of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Ben Cardin (D-MD) secured passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA 2022) as part of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a vote of 83-11 in the Senate. WRDA 2022 is biennial legislation that authorizes flood control,... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), issued the following statement after the Senate passed the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. The FY 2023 NDAA was named in honor of Senator Inhofe (R-OK) to commemorate his 35 years of public service in the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. “While this bill should have been passed months ago, providing for the common... CONTINUE READING

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