Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded the University of North Dakota and the North Dakota Department of Health the following three grants totaling $2,495,689: $444,605 to the University of North Dakota’s Graduate Psychology Education Programs $1,651,084 to the North Dakota Health Department for Cancer Prevention and Control Programs $400,000 to University of North Dakota Cancer Prevention and Control Programs CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators John Hoeven (R-ND) and Jon Tester (D-MT) in urging the leaders of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Committee to provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with the necessary resources in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 funding legislation to properly staff and secure the U.S.-Canada border. The senators outlined the importance of: Providing the personnel, technology, and tools required for border professionals to... 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 last month’s STB hearing on “Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service,” 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 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $3,997,560 in a Head Start Grants to Minot Public School District 1. 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

***Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded a $324,516,613 contract to General Dynamics Mission Systems to establish the ground Operations and Integration segment of the National Defense Space Architecture. The SDA operations centers will be at Grand Forks Air Force Base, ND, and Redstone Arsenal, AL.  “Grand Forks plays an important role in defending our country... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services and Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committees, announced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Army Corps) Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 work plan allocated $159,239,000 for North Dakota water resource projects, operations, and maintenance. The FY22 work plan includes:   $136.5 million to complete construction of the Pipestem Dam safety modification project$1 million for the Wilton Street and Utility... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators John Hoeven (R-ND) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) this week in a bipartisan, bicameral effort urging U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to provide support and certainty to producers facing disruptions in spring planting due to excess moisture. The senators made the case for Vilsack to offset any loss in the crop insurance guarantee for producers that are unable to get into the field until after the final planting... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) in introducing the Defending Freedom of Conscience for Cadets and Midshipmen Act. The legislation would protect cadets and midshipmen at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy from being punished for their choice to not receive the... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined the Climate Leadership Council for a conversation about bipartisan opportunities surrounding the integration of climate and trade policy. Excerpts and full video are below. On an America First Approach to Trade and Climate:“It seems to me that for too long we in the United States have not valued our energy transformation, our energy successes, or our emissions successes over... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) pressed Joseph Goffman, nominee to be Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on the Biden Administration’s plan to replace the Clean Power Plan at a Senate Environment and Public Works hearing.Senator Cramer called out the EPA’s bait-and-switch tactics in the Clean Power Plan in regards to emission reductions... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) in sending a letter to President Biden urging him not to lift the Section 301 tariffs, which currently target China and their illegal and unfair trade practices. The Biden Administration has publicly signaled a desire to lift the tariffs, a policy position long advocated for by the Chinese Communist Party. The Biden Administration has also noted that China has failed to comply with provisions in the Phase One... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) in a letter to President Biden urging him to expedite the Executive Branch’s process to advance Sweden and Finland’s applications for NATO membership and pledging to work with the Administration to ensure swift ratification of the Washington Treaty. In the letter, the senators noted that NATO’s expansion will send a clear message to Putin... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) led a group of 19 bipartisan colleagues in a letter urging the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to ensure reliable, consistent rail service for American industries and shippers.“We are very concerned over the significant rail service disruptions occurring throughout the U.S. freight rail network. Reports from rail customers, including our manufacturers, farmers, ranchers, and energy producers, indicate reliable... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Representative Doug Lamborn (R-CO), and 53 House and Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), urging a reversal on the Organization’s recent guidelines on abortion. These guidelines advocate for abortion on demand and critique conscience objections of healthcare providers. The updated guidelines follow years of controversy... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) discussed the future of the Republican party and the Biden Administration’s disastrous energy policy on Fox Business’ Kudlow. Excerpts and full video are below.On Future of the Republican Party:  “The Trump doctrine matters. Donald Trump tapped into something really important that Americans care about: an America First form of conservatism and an America First form of trade. I’d... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and a bipartisan group of 43 senators in calling for $500 million to fully fund U.S.-Israel cooperative missile defense programs in the Defense Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2023. Israel’s missile defense system is made up of four operational layers: Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow 2 and now Arrow 3. In addition to contributing to... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement after Western District of Louisiana Judge Robert Summerhays granted a preliminary injunction on the Biden Administration’s plan to end Title 42 border expulsions on Monday, May 23:“The Courts are once again getting it right. The United States is in the midst of the greatest border crisis in our history, thanks to the destructive policies of the Biden Administration. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents need every tool... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $1,398,025 in Head Start Indian Grants to Cankdeska Cikana Community College.   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

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. A summary of the reporting data specific to North Dakota for the last 10 weeks is below. Grain Car Backlog Status ReportClick here to access the data. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced today the U.S. Army awarded a $7,653,000.06 contract to HSG Park Joint Venture, LLC in Harvey, North Dakota for a flood protection project in Drayton, North Dakota. This contract provides for the replacement of an existing dam with a new dam that includes a fish passageway to improve biotic connectivity, in support of the Drayton Dam Fish Passage Mitigation and Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan... CONTINUE READING