Press Releases

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded two Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) research grants totaling $405,042 to the University of North Dakota.  $325,042 to Evaluate UAS Electromagnetic Compatibility. This research will assess the risks, identify drone design vulnerabilities, identify material and procedural mitigations, and propose guidance for safer electromagnetic... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Banking Committee, joined Senator John Boozman (R-AR) in an effort to fight back against the Biden Administration’s attempt to pick small business winners and losers based on social factors.The Small LENDER Act would block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from requiring community banks and lenders to collect and report social data on small businesses seeking loans. Instead of focusing on creditworthiness, the CFPB... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined EPW Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and their Republican colleagues on the committee in sending a letter to Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Michael Connor expressing strong opposition to the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) decision to formally review Nationwide Permit (NWP) 12, the Corps’ general permit for oil or natural gas pipeline... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the National Science Foundation awarded$199,999 to United Tribes Technical College.The funds will be used to increase the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instructional and research capacities of specific institutions of higher education that serve the nation's indigenous students. CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined EPW Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), 44 Senators, and 154 House members on an amici curiae brief filed in support of the petitioners in the pending case Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Sackett case is directly related to how much... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Hoeven (R-ND) and Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig requesting the IRS extend the federal income tax filing deadline and waive penalties for late returns from North Dakota residents due to the severe blizzard affecting much of the state.“We write to request the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) extend the federal income tax filing deadline and waive penalties for... CONTINUE READING

GRAND FORKS – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Co-Chair of the Senate Space Force Caucus, gave a keynote address at Grand Farm and the University of North Dakota’s (UND) Space Ag Conference. During his remarks, he highlighted the intersection of space and agriculture and the key role North Dakota plays in research, innovation, and space exploration.“It was a privilege to speak at the Space Ag Conference in Grand Forks and see so many participants from industry, government, and... CONTINUE READING

BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today rescheduled mobile office hours in Langdon and Cavalier on Friday, April 29. “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 Langdon and Cavalier will give North Dakotans more chances to explore solutions to the problems they face with people who... 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 and Senate Banking Committee, joined America’s Newsroom on Fox News to discuss the highest inflation numbers in over 40 years. He highlighted the deep impacts of the Biden Administrations’ detrimental economic policies felt by rural America. He also called out the Federal Reserve for their lagging response to inflation.... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer, member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined David Asman on Fox Business’ Kudlow to discuss the importance of domestic energy development and Democrats’ hypocritical energy and environmental policies. Senator Cramer also highlighted his America First approach to trade and energy production by aligning climate and national security policy. This would limit our... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded two grants to the University of North Dakota (UND) and North Dakota State University (NDSU) for medical research totaling to $814,567.UND was awarded $382,717 for allergy, immunology and transplantation research to study the role of peripheral immune cell activity in food-allergy-induced neuroinflammation and demyelination.NDSU was awarded $431,850 for cancer... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act to ensure Medicare patients have full coverage of chiropractic care. As medical professionals have reported seeing more neck and back pain in their patients over the pandemic, this bipartisan legislation would expand Medicare’s coverage of chiropractic services, ensuring Medicare patients have access to... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) in sending a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas regarding the dangerous and reckless decision to rescind the Title 42 Order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which permits the immediate expulsion of illegal immigrants who attempt to cross the southern border.“Rescinding the Title 42 Order during a border crisis, and with knowledge of a building surge of... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded $2,822,425.57 to the North Dakota Department of Health (NDDOH).The funds come from the Disaster Relief Fund as authorized under the Stafford Act and will go toward helping reimburse the costs of North Dakota’s efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic. CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) pressed Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley on the Biden Administration’s push to incorporate climate change into the U.S. military’s mission at a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing. He also called for a stronger response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and targeted violence against civilians.“Do you... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – More than six months after the promised release of an investigative report concerning horse patrol activity last September in Del Rio, Texas, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) in demanding public disclosure of these unreleased findings by U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.“We write you today to request that you... CONTINUE READING

*** Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the bipartisan Senate Ukraine Caucus, issued the following statement after voting to pass legislation to ban Russian oil imports and suspend Russia’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status:“We can and should be doing everything in our power to undercut Putin’s malign influence as they continue their violent unwarranted and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Banning Russian oil imports and... CONTINUE READING

***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.***WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement on the markup of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2021 in the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee:  “This Recovering America’s Wildlife Act is a bill I was an original co-sponsor of along with 16 Democrats and 15 other Republicans. I got on this bill because it sent funding to state fish and wildlife agencies to... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement after voting no on the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court:“I did not vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. In my meeting with Judge Jackson, we discussed her judicial record and covered numerous cases which are important to North Dakota. While our conversation was cordial, it was apparent we... CONTINUE READING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) in introducing a bill to extend Title 42 authority until February 2025. The bill comes in response to President Joe Biden’s decision to rescind Title 42 authority, which the Biden Administration warned would result in a massive surge of illegal immigration across the southern border. The legislation would extend Title 42 authority, a critical tool for Homeland Security, until February 1, 2025.“Rescinding Title... CONTINUE READING