Press Releases

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced members of his staff will hold mobile office hours in Cooperstown and Carrington on Wednesday, April 26. “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 Cooperstown and Carrington will give North... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) sent the Sony Corporation a letter regarding its anti-competitive behavior and to request information on the company’s acquisition agreements. “I write to express concern about Sony’s efforts to protect its gaming console business from competition. For more than 20 years, Sony has utterly dominated the gaming console market, as that market has been defined by the Federal Trade Commission. I am concerned Sony’s... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined Brian Sullivan on CNBC’s “Last Call” to discuss the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new light- and medium- duty vehicle emission standards. The proposal is so stringent, the EPA projects electric vehicles (EV) could make up 67% of new light-duty vehicles within the next nine years. Excerpts... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the below statement after North Dakota District Court Judge Daniel Hovland granted the petition for preliminary injunction, prohibiting the enforcement, implementation, or application of the Biden administration’s revised Waters of the U.S.... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) led all EPW Republicans in pushing back on an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supplemental proposal to further regulate methane and other emissions. In their letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, the senators outlined impending consequences of the rule, including analyses it will decrease U.S. oil and natural gas... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK — U.S. Senator Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a total of $420,000 to support the establishment of comprehensive economic development strategies (CEDS): $210,000 for the Tri-County Regional Development Council $210,000 for the Red River Regional Council The CEDS process engages the public and private sectors in creating roadmaps to enhance regional economies. Collectively, these two... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $1,434,599 to Cankdeska Cikana Community College. The resources will be administered through the Head Start Indian Grants program, which promotes early childhood learning, health, and development initiatives, as well as family and community support services. CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded the Pembina County Water Resource District (PCWRD) $1,850,104.50 to repair legal drains damaged by a severe winter storm and subsequent flooding. Specifically, these resources will support the following projects: The replacement of fill, aggregate, and rip rap at 12 of the 14 sites within Drain 81 The replacement of corrugated... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Banking Committee, joined Senator John Boozman (R-AR) in introducing the Small LENDER Act to preserve access to capital for Main Street businesses. The bill addresses a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule which requires community banks and lenders to collect and report social data on entities earning gross annual revenues of $5 million or less in their preceding fiscal years. “Washington... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Hoeven (R-ND) and Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) reintroduced the North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act. The bill would authorize North Dakota to relinquish its lands and minerals on Tribal Reservations to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) in exchange for those in the state which are federally-owned. North Dakota holds more than 130,000 acres of minerals and over 31,000 surface acres within Tribal Reservations, though... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Education (ED) awarded the University of North Dakota (UND) $822,678 for projects to support school-based mental health needs in indigenous and rural communities. Click here to learn more. The resources will be administered through ED’s Mental Health Service Professionals Demonstration Program, which awards competitive grants to test and evaluate partnerships between institutions of higher education and... 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), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) awarded North Dakota $80,235,800 for Fiscal Year 2023 to upgrade water systems on tribal lands. These resources were allocated in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). “From improving pipelines to installing generators and repairing roads, updating and replacing rural... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) in sending a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) calling for expedited rollout of the Next Generation Television standard, also known as ATSC 3.0. “The Next Gen TV standard is essential to the continued vitality and competitiveness of local television broadcasters’ free, local, and trusted service in our communities,” wrote the senators. “This... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded North Dakota $7,749,573.75 to upgrade the storm sewer system in Grand Forks. The resources will support the construction of a new parallel force main and pump station to mitigate runoff and flooding, particularly in the Vail Circle, Glen Circle, and Westward Acres neighborhoods. CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife Subcommittee, introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to preserve the regulatory definition of “habitat” within the Endangered Species Act (ESA).  “The Biden administration likes to talk about investing in America, yet every... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for photos.*** NEW YORK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) delivered remarks at a Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) conference hosted by Guggenheim Securities titled Investing in Advanced Nuclear Energy: Meeting Clean Energy Needs Across the Economy. He discussed positioning American nuclear energy suppliers for global leadership, an issue at the intersection of several committees on which the Senator serves, including Banking, Armed Services, and Environment and Public... 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 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $62,283,000 to North Dakota’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) program for Fiscal Year 2023. “Access to clean drinking water is essential for every community,” said Senator Cramer. “The bipartisan infrastructure law provides... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded North Dakota airports $964,500 for allocation as follows: $484,800 for the Adams County Airport Authority to repair Taxiway C and build a 490-foot taxi lane connecting a hangar area with a parking area.  $239,700 for the Tioga Municipal Airport Authority to improve its airfield guidance fixtures and the Taxiway A lighting system.  $150,000 for the Bowman... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, announced the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded the University of North Dakota (UND) $7,999,999 to advance construction of an inaugural critical mineral extraction and separation facility. “Along with their industry partners and the U.S. Department of Energy, the University of North Dakota is on the cutting edge of our energy future,” said Senator Cramer.... CONTINUE READING