U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N. Dak.)
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Recent News About U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N. Dak.)
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Sen. Cramer Cosponsors Bill Making Tax Relief Permanent for Small Businesses in North Dakota
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) cosponsored Senator Steve Daines’ (R-MT) Main Street Tax Certainty Act which would support small businesses in North Dakota, create jobs, and strengthen our economy by making a temporary 20% pass-through business tax deduction permanent.
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Sen. Cramer Announces Grant Awards for ND Dept. of Health and Human Services
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $10,263,178 to the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services (NDHHS).
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Sen. Cramer: Rail Companies Issue Status Reports on Grain Car Backlog
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 Statement on Nomination of General C.Q. Brown as Joint Chiefs Chair
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), issued the following statement after President Biden nominated General C.Q. Brown to serve as Joint Chiefs chair.
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Sen. Cramer Statement on WOTUS Sackett v. EPA Decision
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. EPA.
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Sen. Cramer: North Dakota State University Receives $145,000 for Biochemical Research
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded North Dakota State University (NDSU) $145,000 for research on Biochemical Characterization of the CAMKV Pseudokinase.
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Sens. Cramer, King Introduce Bill to Enhance Tech Career Opportunities for Veterans, Make Pilot Program Permanent
U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Angus King (I-ME), members of the Senate Committees on Veterans’ Affairs (SVAC) and Armed Services (SASC), introduced the VET-TEC Authorization Act to permanently continue a successful career program set to expire soon.
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Sen. Cramer: North Dakota Receives $3.5 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Grants for Brownfield Cleanup
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $3,500,000 to North Dakota recipients.
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Sen. Cramer Announces $7.5 Million to Enhance Grid Resilience
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, announced the Department of Energy (DOE) awarded the state of North Dakota $7,499,037 through the first round of funds distributed from the Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants program which was part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
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Sen. Cramer: Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative Receives Over $3 Million for Distribution System Repairs
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded $3,615,862 to the Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative.
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Sen. Cramer, Rep. Joyce Lead Letter Urging EPA to Withdraw Costly Small Gasoline Bulk Plant Vapor Balancing Mandate
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Congressman John Joyce, M.D. (R-PA) led 82 bicameral colleagues on a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging it to withdraw portions of a proposal which would place more stringent vapor emissions requirements on small gasoline bulk plants.
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Sen. Cramer: Rail Companies Issue Status Reports on Grain Car Backlog
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: HHS Awards Over $2 Million to North Dakota Organizations
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded North Dakota organizations $2,075,056 as follows:
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Sen. Cramer Questions Federal Regulators about Recent Bank Failures
Supervisors didn't do enough, and managers did the wrong thing.
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Sen. Cramer, Colleagues Introduce No START Treaty Act
U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), introduced the No START Treaty Act, which officially declares Russia to be in material breach of the New START Treaty and proposes America withdraw from the agreement.
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Sen. Cramer, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Test Portable Benefits
U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act.
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Sen. Cramer Discusses Administration’s Failure to Lease in North Dakota, Transmission, Permitting Timelines at EPW Hearing
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) questioned Brenda Mallory, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), about transmission siting at this year’s second Environment and Public Works (EPW) hearing on permitting reform.
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Sens. Cramer, Colleagues Caution Fed Against Engaging in Climate Activism
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Banking Committee, joined Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and seven colleagues in sending Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell a letter to discourage further engagement in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, as they are beyond the Fed’s statutory authority.
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Sen. Cramer, Colleagues Introduce ‘Vets Get Outside Day’ Resolution to Combat PTSD, Veteran Depression
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined two of his Veterans’ Affairs Committee colleagues, Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Angus King (I-ME), in introducing a resolution designating June 10 “Vets Get Outside Day.
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Sen. Cramer Speaks at ICBA Capital Summit
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Banking Committee, spoke at the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) Capital Summit and participated in a Q&A session. In his remarks to hundreds of ICBA members from across the nation, he framed the federal policy landscape and discussed the critical role community banks play in preserving the stability and resilience of the financial system.