Press Releases

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today rescheduled mobile office hours in Langdon and Cavalier on Friday, April 29. “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 Langdon and Cavalier will give North Dakotans more chances to explore solutions to the problems they face with people who... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Budget Committee and Senate Banking Committee, joined America’s Newsroom on Fox News to discuss the highest inflation numbers in over 40 years. He highlighted the deep impacts of the Biden Administrations’ detrimental economic policies felt by rural America. He also called out the Federal Reserve for their lagging response to inflation.... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer, member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined David Asman on Fox Business’ Kudlow to discuss the importance of domestic energy development and Democrats’ hypocritical energy and environmental policies. Senator Cramer also highlighted his America First approach to trade and energy production by aligning climate and national security policy. This would limit our... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded two grants to the University of North Dakota (UND) and North Dakota State University (NDSU) for medical research totaling to $814,567.UND was awarded $382,717 for allergy, immunology and transplantation research to study the role of peripheral immune cell activity in food-allergy-induced neuroinflammation and demyelination.NDSU was awarded $431,850 for cancer... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act to ensure Medicare patients have full coverage of chiropractic care. As medical professionals have reported seeing more neck and back pain in their patients over the pandemic, this bipartisan legislation would expand Medicare’s coverage of chiropractic services, ensuring Medicare patients have access to... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) in sending a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas regarding the dangerous and reckless decision to rescind the Title 42 Order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which permits the immediate expulsion of illegal immigrants who attempt to cross the southern border.“Rescinding the Title 42 Order during a border crisis, and with knowledge of a building surge of... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded $2,822,425.57 to the North Dakota Department of Health (NDDOH).The funds come from the Disaster Relief Fund as authorized under the Stafford Act and will go toward helping reimburse the costs of North Dakota’s efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic. CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) pressed Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley on the Biden Administration’s push to incorporate climate change into the U.S. military’s mission at a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing. He also called for a stronger response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and targeted violence against civilians.“Do you... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – More than six months after the promised release of an investigative report concerning horse patrol activity last September in Del Rio, Texas, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) in demanding public disclosure of these unreleased findings by U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.“We write you today to request that you... CONTINUE READING

*** Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the bipartisan Senate Ukraine Caucus, issued the following statement after voting to pass legislation to ban Russian oil imports and suspend Russia’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status:“We can and should be doing everything in our power to undercut Putin’s malign influence as they continue their violent unwarranted and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Banning Russian oil imports and... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement on the markup of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2021 in the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee:  “This Recovering America’s Wildlife Act is a bill I was an original co-sponsor of along with 16 Democrats and 15 other Republicans. I got on this bill because it sent funding to state fish and wildlife agencies to... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement after voting no on the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court:“I did not vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. In my meeting with Judge Jackson, we discussed her judicial record and covered numerous cases which are important to North Dakota. While our conversation was cordial, it was apparent we... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) in introducing a bill to extend Title 42 authority until February 2025. The bill comes in response to President Joe Biden’s decision to rescind Title 42 authority, which the Biden Administration warned would result in a massive surge of illegal immigration across the southern border. The legislation would extend Title 42 authority, a critical tool for Homeland Security, until February 1, 2025.“Rescinding Title... 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, delivered remarks on the Senate floor on the Biden Administration’s “9,000 Lease Lie” amidst a backdrop of skyrocketing inflation, soaring gas prices, and Biden’s ongoing supply chain crisis.“We have a geopolitical opportunity right now to cut Putin’s malign influence and we should be taking full advantage of... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) highlighted poor methane capture rates on Federal lands – especially when compared to North Dakota state and private lands – and pressed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to work with the North Dakota Department of Agriculture on chlorpyrifos disposal at a Senate Environment and Public Works hearing.“I remember what you said last week about emission standards and... 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 today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration awarded $21,558,937 in funding from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Highway Trust Fund to North Dakota’s transit systems.“Today’s funding from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is another win for our... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Tim Scott (R-SC) in urging the Department of Education to reconsider their proposed ruling redefining the Charter School Program, stripping parents of their ability to choose the best education for their child.“Rather than overseeing and enforcing existing safeguards intended to ensure that high-quality schools are able to open or expand, the Department of Education is engaging in an... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined EPW Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) in introducing the Real Emergencies Act, to clarify President Biden cannot use climate change as the premise to declare a national emergency.“House Progressives’ shortsighted attempt to double down on President Biden’s failed energy policies by encouraging him to declare a national climate emergency and ban fossil fuel... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the National Science Foundation awarded $249,118 to the University of North Dakota (UND). The funds will be used for research of Stimuli-Responsive Biodegradable Polymeric Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) lead his Republican colleagues on the Senate Banking and Environment and Public Works (EPW) committees in calling on Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler to withdraw the agency’s proposed climate disclosure rule, which would require publicly-traded companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and other information related to climate change. The letter expresses the senators’ strong opposition to the proposed rule and... CONTINUE READING