Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Rob Portman (R-OH) sent a letter to President Biden expressing their concern over the president’s decision to impose a two-year tariff moratorium on imported solar panels. The senators argue this decision increases our dependence on China, rewards unfair trade practices, harms U.S. workers, and represents an executive branch overreach. The president’s decision also undermines an ongoing investigation by the Department of Commerce into efforts by... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works and Banking Committee, joined Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Representative Patrick McHenry (R-NC), and 12 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging him to fully study the potential environmental impacts of digital asset mining, including beneficial uses, before considering environmental regulation. This letter is a follow-up... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate passed a resolution co-sponsored by Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) commemorating June 19, 2022, as “Juneteenth National Independence Day.”“Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation from slavery in the United States. On June 19, we celebrate freedom as we continually strive to form our more perfect union,” said Senator Cramer.The resolution recognizes June 19, 1865, as “the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States.” It... 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 recovery plans,... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $4,067,000 to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality in nonpoint source implementation grants. The funds will be used by North Dakota to implement its nonpoint source management program, focusing on watersheds with water quality impairments caused by polluted runoff from nonpoint sources. Nonpoint source implementation projects include a variety of structural and non-structural... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement today after he and his Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) colleagues voted to advance the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) out of committee: “The National Defense Authorization Act is an investment in national security, our brave service members and their families, and our homeland. It contains funding for North Dakota’s military assets and missions in Minot, Grand Forks,... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Budget Committee, announced he received the 2022 Fiscal Hero Award from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget’s Fix the Debt project. “I am honored to receive the Fiscal Hero Award from the Fix the Debt project,” said Senator Cramer. “It is imperative we take action to reduce our national debt and stop treating money like it grows on trees. As a member of Congress, it is my duty to craft and support... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – As gas prices hit a record high of $5 per gallon nationally, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Banking Committee, joined Banking Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-PA) and all Senate Banking Committee Republicans in sending a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asking them to provide more information related to its 500-page proposed climate disclosure rule. “This sweeping, close to 500-page proposed rule is unnecessary and inappropriate, exceeds... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee (SVAC), issued the following statement after voting to pass the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022: “For the first time in our nation’s history, we are providing health care benefits stemming from exposure to toxic substances during military service for all veterans ranging from Vietnam to the Global War... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John Thune (R-SD), and 24 of their colleagues introduced the Political Bias in Algorithm Sorting (BIAS) Emails Act. This legislation would hold Big Tech platforms accountable for using biased algorithms and ensure emails are delivered to consumers without a political filter. The legislation would also create more transparency for consumers by revealing the censoring practices Big Tech platforms, including Google, use to filter... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) today highlighted support from outside groups for his Travel Nursing Agency Transparency Study Act. Introduced last week, the legislation requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study and report to Congress on the business practices and the effects of hiring agencies across the health care industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.“I appreciate the strong support from a wide array of stakeholders in the health care industry... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded the following two grants totaling $978,000 to the University of North Dakota (UND):  $555,000 to advance Nursing Workforce Diversity. $423,000 to support research of bacterial and host factors in the pathogenesis of Lyme neuroborreliosis under the Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation Research program at UND.   CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) discussed the Investor Democracy is Expected (INDEX) Act, legislation he introduced with Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) last month to address problems stemming from the consolidated corporate ownership and voting power within Wall Street’s largest investment advisers and their index funds at a Senate Banking Committee hearing. “I am a co-sponsor of the INDEX Act. I’m also... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) introduced the bipartisan Military Families Mental Health Services Act to help military families access vital mental health care services. The bipartisan bill waives out-of-pocket costs for military families and veterans on TRICARE for their first three outpatient mental health visits per year, empowering them to receive the treatment they need.“Providing mental... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined his Senate Banking Committee Republican colleagues in calling on Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge to immediately reverse HUD’s decision to abruptly end a study on the incentives of work requirements for individuals given taxpayer-funded housing.In 1996, Congress authorized HUD to begin studying work requirements for Americans given public housing or housing vouchers through the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) and Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) in sending a follow up letter to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) reiterating their call for a comprehensive review of the decisions by the Biden Administration which caused the worst border crisis in United States history.This is a follow up to the initial letter request in January. Since then, the border crisis has only worsened and... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for photos.***DEVILS LAKE – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Spirit Lake Nation Chairman Douglas Yankton for a roundtable on regional issues ranging from fish and wildlife to health care initiatives. Participants included Governor Doug Burgum, Devils Lake Mayor Dick Johnson, community leaders, and stakeholders.“Thank you to Spirit Lake Nation Chairman Yankton for the invitation to visit and discuss topics important to the region including local health care... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators John Hoeven (R-ND) and Tim Scott (R-SC) in pushing back on a proposed rule from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) placing unworkable climate disclosure regulations on farmers, ranchers and agriculture producers. The letter calls on the SEC to rescind the overreaching proposal, which would require publicly-traded companies to include certain climate-related disclosures in their registration statements and periodic reports.... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) in introducing the Keep Our Communities Safe Act, legislation closing the legal loophole requiring immigration authorities to release illegal aliens back into the United States who have not been accepted for deportation to other countries after being detained for six months in the U.S. – a practice also referred to as “catch and release.”“Right now, violent criminals and illegal immigrants who break our laws are... 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 for 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 recovery plans,... CONTINUE READING