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Sen. Cramer Attends Change of Command Ceremony at Grand Forks Air Force Base

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 30, 2023

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), attended a Change of Command ceremony at Grand Forks Air Force Base as Colonel Timothy Curry formally relinquished command of the 319th Reconaissance Wing to Colonel Timothy Monroe.

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Sen. Cramer Announces DOT Awards Over $18 Million to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 30, 2023

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded $18,572,895 to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

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Sens. Cramer, Kennedy Introduce Bill to Increase Scrutiny Over Chinese Investments on American Soil

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 29, 2023

U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the Exposing China’s Belt and Road Investment in America Act to put Chinese greenfield initiatives within the purview of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).

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Sen. Cramer: Rail Companies Issue Status Reports on Grain Car Backlog

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 29, 2023

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.

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Sen. Cramer: Senate Armed Services Committee Passes 2024 NDAA with North Dakota Wins

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 29, 2023

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement today after he and his Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) colleagues voted to advance the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) out of committee.

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Sen. Cramer Questions Federal Reserve Chair on Increasing Capital, Changing Existing Liquidity Requirements

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 29, 2023

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), during a Banking Committee hearing on the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, questioned Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on increasing capital and reevaluating existing liquidity requirements should another bank failure occur.

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Sen. Cramer Announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Secures $19 Million for Dakota Carrier Network

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 28, 2023

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the National Telecommunications and Information Administration awarded Dakota Carrier Network (DCN) $19,710,574 through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program.

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Sen. Cramer Votes to Rescind Biden Administration’s Overbearing ATF Rule

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 28, 2023

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement after voting for a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to block the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from reclassifying pistols with stabilizing braces as short-barreled rifles.

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U.S. Needs a Thorough Plan to Address China’s Economic Aggression

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 28, 2023

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, penned an op-ed in the Washington Times outlining a comprehensive America First production and manufacturing policy to counter Chinese economic aggression.

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Hoeven Works to Advance Nd Guard, Air Force & Veteran Priorities Through Senate Appropriations Committee

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 28, 2023

Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after joining the Senate Appropriations Committee in approving the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (Milcon-VA) funding legislation for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024.

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Sen. Cramer Statement: Senate Fails to Override President Biden’s Veto of CRA on Heavy-Duty Vehicle Emissions

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 28, 2023

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate failed to override President Biden’s veto of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) which would overturn the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) heavy-duty vehicle emissions regulations.

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Hoeven and Tester Introduce Legislation to Improve Livestock Disaster Programs

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 27, 2023

Senator John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Senator Jon Tester this week introduced the Livestock Disaster Relief Act, bipartisan legislation to improve the Livestock Forage Program (LFP) and Emergency Assistance for Livestock Program (ELAP) to better meet the needs of ranchers impacted by natural disasters.

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Hoeven Votes for CRA to Stop Biden Administration’s Anti-second Amendment Pistol Rule

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 27, 2023

Senator John Hoeven on June 22, 2023 voted in favor of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to prevent the Biden administration’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from enforcing a rule that would reclassify pistols as short-barreled rifles if stabilizing brace attachments are used. The CRA was blocked in 49-50 vote.

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Sens. Cramer, King Launch American Canadian Economy and Security Caucus

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 27, 2023

U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Angus King (I-ME), northern border senators and members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), announced they will be leading the American Canadian Economy and Security (ACES) Caucus, a bipartisan, bicameral caucus dedicated to strengthening the economic and national security relationship between the United States and Canada.

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ACRU’s West: North Dakota policy on affirmative action 'systematically racist'

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 26, 2023

North Dakota's policy of allowing affirmative action in areas such as public education and public employment reflects a philosophy that's "systematically racist," the executive director of the American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU) said.

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Hoeven Votes to Override Biden Veto and Overturn Epa’s Costly Regulation on Heavy-duty Vehicles

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 26, 2023

Senator Helped Introduce CRA to Stop Costly Rule and Support Truckers

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Sen. Cramer, Colleagues Call Out Biden Administration for Sidestepping Spy Balloon Inquiry

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 26, 2023

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), joined his Senate colleagues in writing a letter to President Biden calling out a constant lack of transparency related to the takedown of a Chinese spy balloon in February.

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Sen. Cramer: Rail Companies Issue Status Reports on Grain Car Backlog

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 25, 2023

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).

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Sen. Cramer Announces Nearly $300,000 Grant to North Dakota State University for Crop Breeding Research

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 24, 2023

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded $299,581 to North Dakota State University to facilitate breeding research and develop new genetic and genomic resources for a variety of wheat species.

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Sen. Cramer Questions Federal Highway Administrator on the Legal Authority to Promulgate Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule

By Peace Garden News Report | Jun 23, 2023

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) at a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned Federal Highway Administrator (FHWA) Shailen Bhatt on the agency’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Performance Measure Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which imposes GHG performance measures on state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations without any new authority from Congress.