Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in introducing a 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.  The resolution specifically calls for the international community to... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) in introducing the Justice for Angel Families Act. This legislation would amend the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) to expand funds to angel families, who are immediate relatives of victims of homicide by an illegal immigrant, including drunk driving accidents. It would also reinstate and codify the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office at the... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (PHMSA) awarded the following five grants totaling $2,600,113: $1,000,000 to North Dakota State University to develop and implement a holistic framework for an AI powered, platform-forward software tool which will accelerate the transition of existing gas pipelines for hydrogen transport; $1,000,000 to North Dakota State University to... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for media resources.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement after being named a 2022 Clean Energy Champion by the Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES): “It is an honor to be recognized as one of the Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions’ Clean Energy Champions for 2022. From our carbon capture projects to the production of carbon negative oil, North Dakota is a leader in clean energy technology and... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD) and John Hoeven (R-ND) in introducing legislation that would reform the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The NRCS Wetland Compliance and Appeals Reform Act would safeguard farmers, ranchers and landowners from bureaucratic overreach by the NRCS and empower them to continue to protect their land as they see fit. “In North and South... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss the need for meaningful permitting reform, not Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) so-called “permitting” deal. Excerpts and full video are below. On Senator Manchin’s “Permitting” Deal: “Before I went to Congress, I spent ten years as... CONTINUE READING

Calls for ESG corporate governance are a PR ploy focused on placating 'Twitter risk' WASHINGTON – Following a hearing with CEOs from America’s largest retail banks, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Banking Committee, penned an op-ed in Fox News advising the financial services industry to resist the urge to weigh in on social and cultural issues. With the rise of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) efforts, Senator Cramer highlights the danger... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, issued the following statement after proposing changes to Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) “permitting reform” legislation: “A pipeline for a pipeline. If Senator Manchin and his Democrat colleagues want to get to yes, it requires input from everyone, not a backroom take-it-or-leave-it proposal. The national significance of the Mountain Valley... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded two grants totaling $249,588 to the Mountain Plains Youth Services Inc. in Bismarck: $99,588 for Youthwork Basic Centers; and $150,000 for Youthwork Street Outreach Program. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement calling on the Biden Administration to end COVID-19 border restrictions: “In the words of President Biden, the pandemic is over and now Canada has announced the end of COVID-19 border and quarantine restrictions. I urge the Biden Administration to follow suit of our close trade partner and ally. It’s high time to end restrictions on commercial truck drivers and expand hours of operations at U.S. ports... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Steve Daines (R-MT), and 21 colleagues introduced a bill to prohibit U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), U.S. Forest Service (USFS), and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from banning the use of traditional lead ammunition or tackle on public lands unless such action is supported by the best available science and state wildlife and fish agencies. “I will continue to fight against needless bureaucracy, which would... CONTINUE READING

NEW YORK CITY – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Banking Committee, joined Brian Moynihan, Chairman and CEO of Bank of America, for a Fireside Chat during the 2022 Sustainable Markets Initiative CEO Summit in New York City.  “It was a pleasure to host Brian Moynihan in Fargo, North Dakota, for the second installment of my ‘Bully Pulpit’ series and I was honored to join him in New York City to further our discussion on the future of energy. North... CONTINUE READING

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $15,910,790 to the Grand Forks International Airport. The multi-year funding will be used for runway extension and reconstruction. 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. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) highlighted issues with timely access to community care for veterans, including a veteran on his own staff, with Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough at a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC) hearing this week. “I have a staff [member] who is stuck in one of these ruts between the VA and community care. Roughly four months ago, she was told that it would take five months to get an appointment for the particular specific... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) pressed CEOs of America’s largest retail banks to protect and process all transactions for legal goods and services in light of political pressure to legislate social policy issues through financial services and institutions at a Senate Banking Committee hearing today. Senator Cramer encouraged the panel of bank CEOs to stand up to the left’s radical economic policies.  “Please resist the impulse to respond to the very... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Hoeven (R-ND) and Congressman Kelly Armstrong today announced that the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded $2.9 million to the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT). This funding was made available through the Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program and will be used for road maintenance at the crossroad of US Highway 2 and US Highway 52, commonly... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded three grants and one loan totaling $47,453,053 to provide high-speed internet access for rural communities and businesses in North Dakota. These investments will be used to deploy fiber-to-the-premises networks across the state. Grant Awards: $13,942,351 to BEK Communications Cooperative. This network will connect 1,496... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Fox Business’ Mornings with Maria to preview the Senate Banking Committee’s hearing with the CEOs of America’s largest retail banks and his letter to push back on credit card companies’ efforts to track gun purchases. Excerpts and full video are below. On the New MCC to Track Gun Purchases: “One of the ways, Maria, that liberals have attacked legal, constitutionally protected gun ownership is by trying to... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – Ahead of today’s Senate Banking Hearing with the CEOs of America’s largest retail banks, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) led his Senate Banking Republican colleagues in sending a letter to the Bank Policy Institute (BPI), urging the organization to resist political pressure to block legal transactions and insert financial institutions into controversial social issues. Last week, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express announced they will implement a new merchant... CONTINUE READING