Press Releases

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) in reintroducing the Hearing Protection Act (HPA), which would reclassify suppressors to regulate them like a regular firearm. The measure would benefit America’s recreational gun users and provide them better access to hearing protection equipment.  “Anti-gun activists are weaponizing regulatory tactics to limit Americans’ abilities to exercise their Second Amendment rights, as... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) reintroduced the Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act. The bill invests in research and development efforts to identify, plug, repurpose, and remediate abandoned gas and oil wells, which can leak methane, pollute soil, harm groundwater, and limit productive land use.  “North Dakota has led by example remediating abandoned wells,... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for media resources.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) settled a wager they made ahead of the 2022 FCS Championship between North Dakota State University (NDSU) and South Dakota State University (SDSU). Following a Jackrabbits win, Senator Cramer upheld his end of the bet and supplied bison burgers and brats for Senator Rounds and his Washington, D.C. staff, who brought jackrabbit ice cream for everyone to enjoy. Senators John Hoeven... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined Lauren Simonetti on Fox Business to discuss the U.S. military shooting down a foreign object in Alaska airspace and future U.S.-China relations. Excerpts and full video are below. On Foreign Objects in U.S. Airspace: “[President Biden] made the call [to strike the second object over Alaska] he probably should have made over a... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) awarded Base Utilities, Inc. (Minot Air Force Base) $26,046,639 for water and wastewater systems operations at Grand Forks Air Force Base and Cavalier Space Force Station. This new funding modifies an existing 50-year utilities contract. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) reintroduced the Protecting Our Wealth of Energy Resources (POWER) Act to prohibit the President or the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, or Energy from blocking mineral leasing and permitting on federal lands and waters without Congressional approval. “President Biden’s war on America’s energy producers has raised energy costs for all Americans, eliminated opportunities for... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to require Congress and the President submit and approve annual balanced budgets, as well as spending cap and tax guidelines. “Reckless, unfettered spending fuels inflation and Americans are feeling the pain,” said Senator Cramer. “If we don’t institutionalize fiscal discipline, we won’t exercise fiscal... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded Devils Lake Airport Authority $13,503,150 for a construction project to expand its terminal building. 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 hearing on “Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service” in April, BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway, and Union Pacific submitted service... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined colleagues in cosponsoring two pieces of legislation led by Senator Katie Britt (R-AL) aimed at securing the southern border. The first is the Keep Our Communities Safe Act, which would close the Obama-Biden catch-and-release policy, and the second is a resolution acknowledging the state of the southern border constitutes a crisis. “For two solid years, President Biden has avoided the southern border, turned a blind... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) and 32 of their Senate colleagues in introducing legislation to overturn an onerous Biden Administration regulation on heavy-duty vehicle emissions. This latest rule by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would be challenging to implement and expensive for small business owners.   “Once again, Joe Biden’s administration is proving they don’t care who gets hurt in their quest... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, joined Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Mark Warner (D-VA) in reintroducing the Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act (BGTTA). The legislation would ensure rural broadband funding set aside in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), as well as the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and the Tribal Broadband... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) led 36 of his Republican colleagues in reintroducing the Fair Access to Banking Act. Even more industry stakeholders and Senators have supported the bill this Congress compared with last. “There is no place in our society for discrimination, and big banks and financial institutions are no exception. The Biden administration and their liberal base are weaponizing the financial system to defund, debank, or discredit industries they do not... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) goes topic-by-topic on President Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address. Excerpts and corresponding videos are below. ***Click here for media resources.*** Click here for Overarching Message: “I don’t know what the President set out to do tonight, but if it was to unify the country, he failed miserably. There was very little unifying language. His perception of unity is ‘we all think like him’ as opposed to... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss mining withdrawals by the Administration and his expectations for the President’s State of the Union address. Excerpts and full video are below. On Withdrawals in Minnesota, Alaska: “It's hypocrisy at its worst. They're counting on people like you and me not calling them out on it – we need to. [The Administration is]... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced his State of the Union guest will be Burleigh County Sheriff Kelly Leben.   “Kelly is an exceptional lawman. He’s [not only] passionate about his work, but he’s also joyful about it,” said Senator Cramer. “I like to say of him, he’s not only a peace keeper, he’s a peace maker. He’s got the right demeanor for the job, and I’m just... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, led 36 Republican colleagues in reintroducing his Fair Access to Banking Act, a bill to bar financial institutions from refusing or limiting services to constitutionally-protected industries. “There is no place in our society for discrimination, and big banks and financial institutions are no exception. The Biden administration and their liberal base are... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Hoeven (R-ND) and Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) issued the following statement after the President approved Governor Doug Burgum’s request for a major disaster declaration covering the severe winter storms that took place from November 9-11, 2022. The request for federal natural disaster and mitigation resources was on behalf of Dickey, Kidder, Mercer, Nelson, Ransom, Sargent, and Wells counties. “November’s... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on the Chinese spy balloon in U.S. airspace: “TikTok collects data from millions of Americans every day, and a food processing company with ties to the CCP moved to purchase land just 12 miles from a top military base in North Dakota. Now, a high-altitude Chinese spy balloon – floating low enough for people to look up and see in the sky – was flown... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for photos.*** BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) was named Co-Chair of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption (CCA), a joint selection by the CCA and the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI). He joins current Co-Chairs Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-AL), and Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA). “Helping somebody with adoption is perhaps the most rewarding victory. Being an adoptive father myself, it’s extra... CONTINUE READING