Press Releases

***Click here for media resources.*** FARGO – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) hosted a roundtable discussion with U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, to gather stakeholder input for the 2023 Farm Bill. U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, and North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring, also participated.   With the... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for photos.*** DICKINSON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services and Veterans’ Affairs Committees, participated in the groundbreaking of the North Dakota Army National Guard Readiness Center. The new facility will support the training and operations of the 816th Military Police Company, which was activated on September 1, 2017.  “I don’t think it can be overstressed how important teamwork is on this... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – 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 April 2022 hearing on “Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service,” BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway, and Union Pacific submitted service... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a total of $7,640,000 to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) program. The DWSRF supports a number of North Dakota water initiatives, including projects to address emerging... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), joined his Senate colleagues in a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) highlighting their concerns with proposals to diminish crucial reforms to the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The senators sent this letter after the Biden administration announced it would make changes to the ESA, which would create... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a total of $11,897,000 to the following programs and initiatives:  $162,000 to North Dakota for reducing lead in drinking water at schools and childcare facilities across the state. These funds will expand on existing lead remediation programs... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced the Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded $290,796 to the North Dakota Public Service Commission. These funds will be distributed through the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s State Pipeline Safety Base grant program which is responsible for inspecting pipelines within North Dakota’s... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) was awarded the Eagle Award from the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), which recognizes legislators’ exemplary support for the American construction industry. Senator Cramer received a 100 percent on ABC’s 117th Congress scorecard.The award was presented at the construction site of Lakewood Elementary, Mandan’s newest school project, which highlighted the work of several ABC members. Senator Cramer emphasized how... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, applauded the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) for approving a new federal mine plan for BNI Coal to support the continued operation of Center Mine. The Center Mine supplies coal to the Milton R. Young Station which consumes virtually all of the coal produced at the mine under agreements in place through 2037. BNI mines and reclaims about 200 acres a year to supply lignite coal... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined nearly 40 of his Senate colleagues in a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asking for the withdrawal of the “Clean Power Plan 2.0,” a proposed rule which will force the closure of coal and gas-fire power plants. The senators said the proposal would require generation shifting from fossil-fuel power to other types of energy, which is in direct... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) participated in a roundtable hosted and sponsored by the Bismarck Mandan Chamber EDC where participants discussed issues impacting their businesses such as interest rates and inflation, permitting reform, the EPA Methane ruling, healthcare affordability, and more. Senator Cramer also provided attendees with an update on some of his legislative priorities, highlighted the state’s continued benefits from last... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Mike Braun (R-IN) in writing a letter to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) demanding an investigation into the American Library Association’s (ALA) active religious discrimination against Brave Books, a Christian children’s book publisher. As part of their Library 2023 Worldwide Virtual Conference, ALA gave guidance on how to prevent individuals from holding events... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK—U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the following statement after the Biden administration’s White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released a proposed rule to circumvent bipartisan permitting reforms and expand the scope of environmental reviews. “The Biden administration and radical environmentalist Democrats are trying to have their cake and eat it, too. Instead of staying... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development awarded a total of $30,000 through its Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households (SEARCH) Grant Program to Steele, ND. These funds will help conduct a study of the city’s existing water and sewer systems to determine deficiencies and develop a plan for the city. CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – 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 April 2022 hearing on “Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service,” BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway, and Union Pacific submitted service... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement today after the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) with a vote of 86 to 11. “The National Defense Authorization Act is a critical part of Congress’ first Constitutional duty to protect and defend the nation. This year’s bill provides critical... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined his Senate colleagues in introducing a joint resolution, under the Congressional Review Act, to overturn a Biden administration rule which would send American tax dollars to overseas competitors despite the administration’s own Buy America regulations. The resolution would ensure American businesses remain at the forefront of electric vehicle (EV) innovation and manufacturing. “The Biden... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined his Senate colleagues in introducing bicameral, bipartisan legislation requiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) hours of operations at northern ports to match or exceed pre-pandemic hours. The bill’s creation was spurred by CBP’s recent announcement it will reduce hours at certain northern ports and maintain adjusted hours at others. This includes entry at Maida, Northgate, and Sherwood in North... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), during a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing, questioned Lt. General Gregory Guillot, USAF, and Lt. General Stephen Whiting, USSF, on domain awareness, airborne ISR missions and equipment, and the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer program which will be operated out of the Grand Forks Air Force Base. The hearing considered the nominations of Lt. General... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development awarded a total of $1,000,000 for the purchase of construction equipment for a 76,000-square-foot Critical Access Hospital (CAH) and nursing home for Towner County Hospital Authority (TCHA). The $20,481,000 project includes a 10-bed acute care hospital, a 30-bed long term care facility, and a 5-bed basic care unit. This consolidated-facilities project will establish... CONTINUE READING