Press Releases

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), during a Banking Committee hearing on the Federal Reserve’s Semiannual Report to Congress, discussed the consequences of conducting climate stress tests and discouraged Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell from wading into fiscal policy matters. Excerpts and full video are below. Senator Cramer first responded to Chairman Sherrod Brown’s (D-OH) opening statement, which... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), John Barrasso (R-WY), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) reintroduced the Biking on Long-Distance Trails (BOLT) Act to bolster opportunities for biking on federal lands, particularly as the outdoor recreation economy grows. “As a former Tourism Director for the State of North Dakota, I know the important role outdoor recreation plays in providing enriching experiences, generating economic opportunity, and seeing more of... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – 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 a total of $1,450,000 to Ashley and Rugby Municipal Airports. The resources will be administered through the FAA’s Airport Terminal Program (ATP), a grant established in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), for allocation as follows. Ashley... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Jim Risch (R-ID) introduced a resolution to ensure the President does not cede U.S. sovereignty to entities like the World Health Organization (WHO) by ratifying global pandemic agreements without Senate approval. “Any binding agreement with the World Health Organization should require Senate ratification as a treaty,” said Senator Cramer. “The World Health Organization has proven itself incapable of holding the Chinese... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of Senate Banking Committee, joined Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-SC) in urging Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell to ensure the central bank reviews capital in a risk-based manner specific to institutions’ activity, size, and complexity. Their concerns are in reaction to comments by Michael Barr, Vice Chair for Supervision, who suggested the Fed would take a “holistic” review of capital... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services and Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committees, announced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) work plan allocated $22,838,000 to support North Dakota water resource initiatives, environmental projects, and operations and maintenance (O&M).  Senator Cramer helped craft the Water Resources Development Act of 2022, which was signed into law on... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Banking Committee, penned an op-ed in the National Review on his Fair Access to Banking Act. In an effort to advance their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals, too many financial institutions are categorically excluding constitutionally-protected industries from accessing services. Senator Cramer’s legislation does not require anything of banks, but rather prohibits them from discriminating against... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced $3,347,586 in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) funding to be awarded to North Dakota for childhood programs.   The HHS Administration for Children and Families awarded $3,156,936 for Head Start programs, which provide services for low-income families with young children and encourage communities to support the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of infants and toddlers. The funding was dispersed... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and his Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Republican colleagues sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Lloyd Austin urging him to rescind a new agency policy facilitating abortions. Specifically, DOD will cover travel expenses, including transportation, lodging, and meal costs, for military personnel seeking abortions within the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. “The policies the Department of Defense announced on... 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

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined Senators John Thune (R-SD) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) in urging President Biden to permit the year-round sale of E15 fuel, which would provide consumers and petroleum marketers greater regulatory consistency. The senators emphasized American biofuels are a clean, reliable energy solution and can help lower costs for consumers. “Uniformity across the nation's... CONTINUE READING

“You’re not talking to people who actually do this every single day.” ***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) questioned Joe Goffman, nominee to be Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), before the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee. Specifically, he pressed Mr. Goffman about his failure to contact North Dakota... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), during a Senate Banking Committee hearing, discussed CFIUS’ shortcoming in its review of Fufeng in Grand Forks, food supply chain security, and his approach to developing a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) to reward American production. Senator Cramer reflected on the former Fufeng proposal in Grand Forks and... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Fox Business’ Mornings with Maria to discuss how the Administration’s backwards energy policies drive inflation, as well as his Fair Access to Banking Act. Excerpts and full video are below. On High Oil Prices, Becoming a Price Maker: “Any time energy prices are high, inflation will be high. Energy goes into everything we produce,... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the National Park Service (NPS) awarded a total of $1,279,524 in historic preservation grants to the State of North Dakota, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, and the Spirit Lake Tribe of Fort Totten. CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Ladies of Another View on BEK News to discuss the Fufeng Group land purchase, the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS), and government transparency. Excerpts and full video are below. On the Fufeng Group Land Purchase: “The important point is [the Grand Forks City Council] finally made the right decision [to terminate the Fufeng project], albeit it... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Lori Hinz on BEK News to discuss the Fufeng Group’s purchase of Grand Forks land for a corn milling plant and the Chinese spy balloon. Excerpts and full video are below. On the Fufeng Group Land Purchase: “[Grand Forks residents] sounded the alarm. Even beyond that, the Air Force is a citizen of Grand Forks in many respects. They are partners with... 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, issued the following statement after the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) updated its December 2021 policy memorandum, which contradicted the letter and the spirit of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). “The good news is, the Federal Highway Administration’s initial guidance – which essentially... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), along with 65 of their House and Senate colleagues, filed an amicus brief to support a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval and deregulation of chemical abortion drugs. The brief was authored by Americans United for Life and filed in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, a case before the Northern District of Texas. It contends the FDA failed to adhere to the drug approval... 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 North Dakota $11,390,000 for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF).  These resources were allocated in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which authorized over $200 million for North Dakota State Revolving Fund... CONTINUE READING