Press Releases

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Fox and Friends on Fox News this morning to discuss the legislation he plans to introduce for states and local governments to require voter ID if they also require vaccine passports. He also reacted to the latest developments on the Senate working to pass a bipartisan infrastructure package, including the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Ashley Webster on Fox Business this morning to discuss legislation he plans to introduce for states and local governments to require voter ID if they also require vaccine passports.“It seems just logical. If I have to show [New York City] Mayor [Bill] DeBlasio something as personal and private as my health care records just in order to have a steak dinner in New York City, the least we... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, delivered remarks on the Senate floor today on the bipartisan infrastructure package being considered on in the Senate, called the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.“Infrastructure has been a priority for Congress because it is a priority for our constituents. America... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a member of the Senate Budget Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, delivered the following remarks at a Senate Republican press conference today on how President Biden’s proposals like step-up in basis would raise taxes on middle-income families and rural Americans:“It would not be unusual for a great-great-grandfather to have... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined all Republican members on the Senate Banking Committee on a letter to President Joe Biden calling on him to withdraw the nominations of all individuals who have espoused disparaging views on law enforcement or advocated for defunding the police.“If your Administration is truly serious about distancing itself from radical anti-police movements championed by far-left activists … you should strongly consider withdrawing any of your pending... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the Greater Insight into Foreign Transactions (GIFTs) in Higher Education Act, a bill to target gifts and donations from designated foreign adversaries to American colleges and universities. “If a university accepts foreign money or gifts, their students, donors, and taxpayers deserve to know,” said Senator Cramer. “Our bill would improve oversight of foreign... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today he will introduce legislation to require states where there are vaccine passport mandates to also enact voter identification laws.“If states that take federal money for elections feel the need to make residents verify a piece of information as private as their vaccination status just to return to normalcy, then they should have no problem requiring people to prove they are who they say they are when they go... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Center for Flex Grants awarded $799,682 to the Spirit Lake Tribe. The funds come through the CARES Act and will be used for the Spirit Lake Tribe’s COVID-19 emergency response for suicide prevention. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Education has awarded a grant totaling $538,664 to the University of North Dakota (UND).The funding has been awarded under the Talent Search program, which aims to increase the number of youth from disadvantaged backgrounds who complete high school and enroll in and complete their postsecondary education. UND will use the funds to provide educational services for low-income and first-generation... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Budget Committee member and Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, joined Charles Payne on Fox Business this afternoon to discuss the bipartisan infrastructure package, Democrats’ tax-and-spend agenda, and the debt ceiling. Excerpts and the full video are below.On Next Steps for Infrastructure:“We're... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) member, joined Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) in introducing the Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands (FRESH) Act, a bill to give states full authority to regulate fracking on any land within their borders.“North Dakota is a leader in the clean and safe production of oil and gas. While our foreign adversaries increase their energy production, our energy producers have been stalled by an... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee member, joined Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) in introducing the Federal Land Freedom Act, a bill to give states the right to develop all of the energy resources on the federal lands located within the state’s borders.“Since he came into office, President Biden has worked to hamstring American energy production, starting with the abundant natural resources on America’s publicly owned lands which were... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Banking Committee member, joined Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and John Kennedy (R-LA) on a letter to Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Gary Gensler demanding the SEC implement and enforce the unanimously-passed Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, a bill Senator Cramer cosponsored last Congress which ensures foreign companies traded in the United States are subject to the same independent audit requirements... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) committee member, joined EPW Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and fellow EPW Republican members on a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jaime Pinkham about the Biden Administration’s plans to repeal the Trump Administration’s Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule known as the Navigable Waters Protection... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Budget Committee member and the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, joined Ana Cabrera on CNN this afternoon to discuss the benefits, amendment process, and criticism of the bipartisan infrastructure package, as well as the COVID-19 vaccine. Excerpts and a link to the full video are below.On Voting to... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee member, issued the following statement on Great River Energy approving the sale of Coal Creek Station and the high voltage direct current system to Rainbow Energy Center and Nexus Line today:“Congratulations to the GRE members who approved this sale and to the leaders and workers of Coal Creek, Falkirk Mine, and Rainbow on their newly-forming partnership. I also want to thank Governor Burgum and... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – At a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing this week, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the EPW Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, spoke with National Wildlife Federation President and CEO Collin O’Mara and the Larson Strategies Principal Amy Larson about water supply management issues, using as an example the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ management of the Snake... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) in reintroducing the Repeal Insurance Plans of the Multi-State Program (RIP MSP), Act, a bill to terminate an Affordable Care Act program known as the Multi-State Plan program. They are joined on the bill by Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Pat Toomey (R-PA), Mike Lee (R-UT), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), John Barrasso (R-WY), Mike Braun (R-IN), James Lankford (R-OK), Jim Inhofe (R-OK),... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), and over 200 members of Congress in filing an amicus brief supporting the State of Mississippi in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Mississippi’s law protecting life.“Mississippi’s case provides the [Supreme] Court a chance to release its vise grip on abortion politics, as Congress and the States have shown that they are... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for video from Fox Business. Click here for audio.******Click here for video from Newsmax. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Budget Committee member and the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, participated in two television interviews this afternoon where he discussed the latest on the bipartisan infrastructure package... CONTINUE READING