Press Releases

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

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, released the following video message thanking veterans for their service to the United States of America: “Happy Veterans Day to all who have served our great nation! Today, we honor and celebrate the millions of United States veterans who answered the call of service to defend and protect our country.” “I have had the great pleasure of meeting and speaking with veterans... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss Senate dynamics after the midterm elections and the importance of regular order. Excerpts and full video are below. On Senate Dynamics: “We have to be able to use our leverage, particularly as people who have a vote on confirmations of appointees. Those appointees can be judges, but oftentimes they are cabinet secretaries, undersecretaries, deputy secretaries, and deputy undersecretaries…... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for photos.*** BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, delivered remarks at Basin Electric’s Annual Meeting, highlighting Basin’s leadership in North Dakota’s all-the-above energy portfolio. He also discussed his vision for an America first energy and climate agenda in the 118th Congress. During his remarks, Senator Cramer emphasized how America’s natural resources and ingenuity... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $1,042,799 to Southeastern North Dakota Community Action Agency. 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 as well as early learning, health, and family well-being. CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced members of his staff will hold mobile office hours in Northwood and Finley on Thursday, November 17.  “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 Northwood and Finley will give North Dakotans... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) wrote a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan expressing their concern over Proposed Rule Making on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security. “Consumer data privacy and security are complex issues which will require standards that are robust, adaptive, and can balance the interests of consumers with the needs of businesses. We believe that this balance can only be struck... 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 Bill Hagerty (R-TN) announced plans to introduce the Arrest Murderers Not Ministers Act, a bill that requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to redirect Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 law enforcement resources from politically driven prosecutions of nonviolent pro-life advocates under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act to instead prosecute offenders who have committed violent crimes, drug trafficking... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, penned a rebuttal to Forum columnist Ross Nelson’s inaccurate commentary on the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). In the piece, Senator Cramer highlights this worthwhile investment in hard infrastructure, which is fully paid for without raising taxes. “The $1.2 trillion bill contains nearly $800 billion of funding in just highway programs... 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 President Joe Biden’s recent calls for a windfall tax on energy companies. He also discussed a strategy to increase energy production if Republicans win a Senate majority in the upcoming midterm election. Excerpts and full video are below. On the Biden Administration’s Destructive and Dumb Energy Policies: “[Joe Biden]... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – Agri-Pulse published an article highlighting U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer’s (R-ND) efforts to protect private property rights and fight against bureaucratic overreach in the heavy-handed enforcement of conservation easements. The article discussed legislation introduced by Senator Cramer to rein in the federal bureaucracy and prohibit agencies from entering into a conservation easement for a term longer than 50 years. “Earlier this year, Cramer proposed another bill... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $370,173 to the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services.  The funds will be used to provide maternal and child health services. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement on District Court for the District of North Dakota Judge Dan Traynor’s ruling denying the United States motion for case management, which sought to limit the scope of North Dakota’s claims seeking damages from the federal government as a result of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protests: “Judge Traynor is right to deny the Department of Justice’s motion, which is based more on arrogance... 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

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, participated in Dakota Digital’s Fall Discussion moderated by Mark Hagerott, PhD, Chancellor of the North Dakota University System. The webinar focused on his recent op-ed, “North Dakota’s Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Ecosystem is Critical to Keeping Up With Our Adversaries.” Excerpts and the full video are below. On North Dakota’s UAS Ecosystem: “The UAS... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced North Dakota received a $516,380 grant from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for state broadband planning. The state will use this funding to map out areas needing broadband development, which will be followed by implementation grants.   The program aims to ensure that all people and communities have the... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Budget and Senate Banking Committees, joined Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) in sending a letter to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) demanding a swift and thorough assessment of the short and long term effects of the Democrats’ reckless spending and inflationary policies on the nation’s fiscal future. “We write to obtain CBO’s assessment of the effects of rapid acceleration of... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss Democrats’ hypocritical climate and energy policies. Excerpts and full video are below. On Democrats’ Environmental Hypocrisy:  “John Kerry ignores [fossil fuels] because he worships at the altar of climatology. One of the greatest stories of hypocrisy in... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Rural Development has awarded a total of $55,243,000 to replace the Heart of America Medical Center (HAMC) in Rugby, North Dakota: $50,243,000 Community Facilities Loan; and $5,000,000 Community Facilities Guaranteed Loan. This investment will be used to replace the Heart of America Medical Center in Rugby, North Dakota. The new facility will include a critical access hospital,... CONTINUE READING