Press Releases

***Click here for audio.*** BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement on the investment of up to $5 million into the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Wetland Mitigation Banking Program: “No one cares for our land more than the first true conservationists: farmers and ranchers. Being a wetland-rich environment, North Dakota has long been a leader in promoting a symbiotic relationship between farming, ranching, and conservation. I’m... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $1,447,429 to the North Dakota State College of Science. The funding will support a project entitled "The Science of Success: Addressing Workforce Needs in North Dakota” to address the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with... 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

***Click here for audio. Click here for media resources.*** BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) toured the North Dakota State Penitentiary and met with Prison Fellowship Academy participants. The Prison Fellowship Academy takes a biblical and restorative approach to those affected by crime and incarceration and helps prepare inmates and their families for life after prison. “As a nation founded by people of faith, it is heartening to see people of faith addressing... CONTINUE READING

Increased funding comes from bipartisan infrastructure law WASHINGTON – 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 $5,681,000 to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program.  The CWSRF provides low-interest financing for the development of water... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, issued the following statement on North Dakota Department of Transportation Director Bill Panos: “We were blessed to have lured Director Bill Panos from the mountains of Wyoming to the prairies of North Dakota. I appreciated partnering with him to develop North Dakota’s infrastructure, especially with the drafting and... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Banking Committee, participated in a legislative panel and delivered remarks at a luncheon during the Independent Community Banks of North Dakota’s (ICBND) annual convention today.  “With 75 community banks operating across the state, North Dakota recognizes and protects the critical role independent community banks play in supporting both main street and families across the state. Today’s... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Budget Committee, joined Fox Business’ Kudlow to express concern over the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) unprecedented raid of President Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago. Senator Cramer also discussed the Inflation Enhancement Act, which Democrats rammed through the Senate over the weekend on a party-line vote. Excerpts and full video are... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and his Senate Banking Committee Republican colleagues blasted the Federal Reserve (the Fed) after discovering it is in possession of documents that Banking Committee Republicans specifically requested six months ago. Last week, it was revealed that the Fed does in fact have documents related to former Fed Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin’s involvement in helping secure a Fed master account for financial technology (fintech) company Reserve... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced that Standing Rock has received a $2,271,885 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.  The funding, which comes from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) grants program, will support the resurfacing of approximately 4.5 miles of Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Route 3 between cities of Fort Yates, ND and Kennel, SD. This includes the installation of edge-line,... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – North Dakota Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Hoeven (R-ND) and Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $1.5 million to the City of Fargo. This funding was made available through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program and will be used to support a path forward to replace the 12th Avenue North Bridge. In a letter to DOT, the delegation urged for the... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – North Dakota Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Hoeven (R-ND) and Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $19.5 million to the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT). This funding was made available through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program and will be used to support the Tribal Safety Project including the installation of roundabouts,... CONTINUE READING

***Click here for audio.*** BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement today after the D.C. District Court approved North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley’s Motion to Intervene in radical environmentalist interest groups’ attempt to invalidate all June 2022 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil and gas lease sales: “The Biden Administration and the radical environmentalist... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded $9,391,274 to Grand Forks Regional Airport Authority.  This money will fund a project to construct a 20,000 square foot 18-unit T-hanger for aircraft storage, maintenance or service to assist the airport to be as self-sustaining as possible by generating revenue. It will also modify the existing terminal building by adding... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** ***Click here for media resources.*** CENTER, N.D. – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, delivered remarks at a celebration to commission a new dragline at BNI’s coal mine in Center, North Dakota. “Lignite coal has a proud legacy in North Dakota and is a critical component of our nation’s all-the-above energy strategy, providing tangible benefits... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement after voting against the Democrats’ reckless tax and spending bill, the Inflation Enhancement Act, which passed the Senate today on a party-line vote: “The United States is experiencing a recession and, instead of taking active steps to fix the economic crisis, the Biden Administration and... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here to audio.*** WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Budget Committee and Environment and Public Works Committee, joined Fox Business’ Kudlow to discuss problematic provisions related to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Democrats’ reckless tax and spending spree or Inflation Enhancement Act. Senator Cramer included warnings about the new authorities tucked into the bill text in addition to its... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded $1,449,000 to the North Dakota Department of Transportation for the Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) Program. This grant supports the development of model deployment sites for large scale installation and operation of advanced transportation technologies to improve safety, efficiency, system performance, and infrastructure return... 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), ranking member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, led 16 colleagues urging Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland to implement provisions of the bipartisan infrastructure law which streamlined permitting for oil and natural gas infrastructure. In the letter, the senators highlight a section of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) which gave the Biden Administration authority to... CONTINUE READING