Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) highlighted issues with timely access to community care for veterans, including a veteran on his own staff, with Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough at a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC) hearing this week. “I have a staff [member] who is stuck in one of these ruts between the VA and community care. Roughly four months ago, she was told that it would take five months to get an appointment for the particular specific... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) pressed CEOs of America’s largest retail banks to protect and process all transactions for legal goods and services in light of political pressure to legislate social policy issues through financial services and institutions at a Senate Banking Committee hearing today. Senator Cramer encouraged the panel of bank CEOs to stand up to the left’s radical economic policies.  “Please resist the impulse to respond to the very... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Hoeven (R-ND) and Congressman Kelly Armstrong today announced that the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded $2.9 million to the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT). This funding was made available through the Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program and will be used for road maintenance at the crossroad of US Highway 2 and US Highway 52, commonly... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded three grants and one loan totaling $47,453,053 to provide high-speed internet access for rural communities and businesses in North Dakota. These investments will be used to deploy fiber-to-the-premises networks across the state. Grant Awards: $13,942,351 to BEK Communications Cooperative. This network will connect 1,496... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Fox Business’ Mornings with Maria to preview the Senate Banking Committee’s hearing with the CEOs of America’s largest retail banks and his letter to push back on credit card companies’ efforts to track gun purchases. Excerpts and full video are below. On the New MCC to Track Gun Purchases: “One of the ways, Maria, that liberals have attacked legal, constitutionally protected gun ownership is by trying to... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – Ahead of today’s Senate Banking Hearing with the CEOs of America’s largest retail banks, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) led his Senate Banking Republican colleagues in sending a letter to the Bank Policy Institute (BPI), urging the organization to resist political pressure to block legal transactions and insert financial institutions into controversial social issues. Last week, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express announced they will implement a new merchant... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, discussed the importance of One Federal Decision in expediting project approvals, flexibility provided to states through formula funding, and ideas to streamline the grant application processes at a Senate Environment and Public Works hearing on the state and local perspective... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded the following three grants totaling $4,725,000 for substance abuse programs in North Dakota: $4,000,000 to the North Dakota State Department of Human Service for mental health and substance abuse services; $475,000 to the Turtle Mountain Tribe for mental health and substance abuse services; and $250,000 to the Spirit Lake Tribe for mental health and substance abuse... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Hoeven (R-ND) and Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) Armstrong today announced that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agreed to temporarily expand operating hours at Maida, Northgate and Sherwood ports of entry (POE) in North Dakota. Pending agreement from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the hours of operation at these three POEs will be 9am to 7pm, 10 hours per day. “While it’s encouraging to see the... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, announced the National Telecommunications & Information Administration awarded $8,637,951 to Standing Rock Telecommunications, Inc. through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP). “Funding from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act continues to benefit and improve life in North Dakota.... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK, N.D. – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) attended the Hamm School of Engineering Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new state-of-the-art facility at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota today. The new engineering school provides a rigorous and competitive curriculum across five disciplines. “It is an honor to attend today’s ribbon cutting ceremony at the University of Mary for the Hamm School of Engineering. Innovation, research, and creativity will be... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced Devils Lake Public School District has been awarded $199,806 for the Minnewaukan Native Youth Community Project. The project aims to increase student college and career readiness for Minnewaukan Middle and High School students. The funds were awarded by the Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education from the Demonstration Grants for Indian children program. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded the following grants totaling $760,551 from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: $336,951 to the City of Minot; $110,000 to the Carrington Airport Authority; $110,000 to the Edgeley Airport Authority; $110,000 to the Rolla Municipal Airport; and $93,600 to the Jamestown Airport... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that U.S. Attorney David Weiss be extended special counsel protections and authorities to conduct the investigation into Hunter Biden. “There is no way of knowing the entire scope of the investigation, but evidence seems to be mounting that Hunter Biden committed numerous federal crimes, including, but not limited to, tax fraud, money... CONTINUE READING

Grand Forks, N.D. – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Committees, joined Major General Alan Dohrman, Adjutant General of the North Dakota National Guard, in a Welcome Home Ceremony for the 1st Battalion 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment. “It was a great afternoon welcoming home the 1st Battalion 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment of the North Dakota National Guard in Grand Forks. These brave men and women deserve our... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for photos.*** CANDO, N.D. – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) celebrated the groundbreaking of the Towner County Medical Center today. The new medical center will include a hospital, clinic, emergency department, surgical suite, and nursing home. “I am inspired by the Towner County community for stepping up to not only provide access to quality health care, but invest in its future. This new medical center will lead to a better quality and higher volume of life for the... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, announced the Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration awarded a total of $466,128 to North Dakota State University (NDSU) and the North Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP). $241,128 to NDSU for research to improve safe driver operations among large trucks and vehicles operating around them through a broad and sustained education... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – 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) penned an op-ed in the Washington Examiner on his bill, the Unborn Child Support Act, which requires child support payments to begin when life does: at conception. While this idea is not new, there is now a greater responsibility to protect and support life in a post Roe v. Wade society. “Pro-abortion activists often quip that pro-life supporters only care about the unborn child. This is fundamentally untrue. We believe each and every... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, joined Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) in introducing legislation that would remove burdensome government regulations, which are impacting the agricultural industry, school districts, and trucking companies in North Dakota. In 2012, then-President Obama signed into law legislation that set in motion a new rule that created a requirement for Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT). The... CONTINUE READING