Press Releases

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Squawk Box on CNBC this morning to discuss ethics issues surrounding Sarah Bloom Raskin, nominee to be Vice Chairman for Supervision and a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Fair Access to Banking Act, his bill to prevent discrimination by banks and financial service providers against constitutionally-protected industries and law-abiding... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) discussed the future of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) at a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee oversight hearing yesterday. The RFS program, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), requires U.S. transportation fuel to contain a minimum blend of renewable fuel. As a result of lazy legislating, the... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) promoted his America First trade and climate policy with Lt. General H.R. McMaster in a fireside chat today with the Bipartisan Policy Center. The discussion focused on the senator and Lt. General McMaster’s joint op-ed linking climate, trade, and geopolitics. Excerpts and the full video is below.On Trade and Climate Policy:“I’ve always believed that energy security is national security. Its economic security as well as fundamental national security.... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the National Science Foundation awarded $442,407 to the University of North Dakota (UND).The funds will be used for research on precipitation in the Northern Great Plains and  flood events over the last three decades, in particular, the relationship between surface water storage and hydrologic processes during a complete dry-to-wet (drought-deluge) or wet-to-dry (deluge-drought) cycle. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) on the bipartisan Diaper Inclusion in Accounts for Parental Expense Reduction (DIAPER) Act effort to help parents afford and get access to diapers.“Diapers can be costly, but they are a necessity for all newborns and toddlers. No family should be forced to go without diapers due to affordability,” said Senator Cramer. “Our bipartisan approach will improve families’ access to diapers, in the wake of... CONTINUE READING

Senator Highlights North Dakota’s Contribution to Antibody Therapy Discovery***Click here to download video. Click here for audio. ***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, advocated for an expansion of service members’ access to comprehensive, non-invasive family planning and highlighted North Dakota’s contribution to antibody therapy at a hearing for Department of Defense nominees. The senator focused his questions on Dr. Lester... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $1,020,220 to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality.The funds will be used to provide low interest financing to recipients for costs associated with the planning, design and construction of eligible drinking water improvement projects and activities to protect human health. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Angus King (I-ME) on a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken to address critical Arctic issues. In their letter, the senators raised the need for a comprehensive Arctic strategy and to lead with diplomacy and questioned the State Department’s organizational approach to the region.“It is imperative the Arctic receives the appropriate attention to promote American interests in a world where we compete for... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for video of Senator Cramer’s floor remarks. Click here for audio.******Click here for video of Senator Hoeven’s floor remarks. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Hoeven (R-ND) today paid tribute to the late North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem through remarks delivered on the floor of the U.S. Senate. The senators highlighted Stenehjem’s public service, including in the North Dakota... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID), and a majority of his colleagues in introducing the Never Yielding Europe’s Territory (NYET) Act to provide the critical support Ukraine needs to defend itself and deter Russian aggression today while imposing real costs on the Kremlin for its ongoing and potential future aggression against Ukraine.“It’s impossible to... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), joined SASC Ranking Member Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and 11 Republican members of the committee today in releasing data from the Department of Defense (DOD) outlining military costs and time spent on key elements of President Joe Biden’s progressive social agenda.According to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, U.S. service members spent a total... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and 24 of his Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution in support of re-opening the U.S. Capitol Building and Senate office buildings to public visitation under pre-COVID policies.“The Capitol is the people’s house, and there is no reason the American people should be kept outside of Senate offices. We are ready to welcome North Dakotans back into our office, so they can speak... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and Steve Daines (R-MT) on a letter to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm about the now outstanding Keystone XL Pipeline jobs loss report, which was due to Congress on Sunday, February 13, 2022.“At the time of its closure, the Keystone XL Pipeline project was already under construction and employed more than 1,500... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – On Susan B. Anthony’s birthday, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced he is a co-sponsor of Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-IA) Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Reporting Data Act, legislation to require states to report accurate and complete data about abortion, including cases where babies are born alive during abortions.“The right to life is our most precious and fundamental right. However, some states don’t require a complete report of abortion numbers. This... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator John Thune (R-SD) and several of his Senate Republican colleagues in introducing a resolution to nullify a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) interim final rule (IFR) that requires all staff and volunteers in Head Start educational facilities to be fully vaccinated and wear a mask and mandates all children two years of age and older to wear a mask, including... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) and Representative Matt Rosendale (R-MT) on a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Acting Director Martha Williams urging the Biden Administration to resolve challenges stemming from the disastrous Cottonwood decision which threatens responsible federal forest management projects.“During a congressional hearing on October 2021, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) testified that unless action is... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Angus King (I-ME) in calling for the Biden Administration to raise the H-2B seasonal worker visa cap. In a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh, the senators share the need for additional workers as seasonal businesses across the country struggle to find employees as the economy recovers, and call... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $1,406,428 to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in Head Start Funds. These 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.HHS also... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on a letter to Janet Woodcock, Acting Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), expressing support for key provisions in the FDA’s proposed rule for regulating over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. The senators are calling on the FDA to finalize the rule without delay and in a manner that is consistent with congressional intent. Once issued,... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – After more than two years of dispute and intervention from U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Red River Communications, a telecommunications company from Abercrombie, finally received a revised Alternative Connect America Cost Model II (ACAM II) offer from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide broadband services in the Red River Valley. The FCC increased its previous funding offer from $46,116,220 over ten years to $59,290,550 over the same period, an increased offer... CONTINUE READING