John Hoeven has represented North Dakota in the U.S. Senate since 2011. Chair of three Senate subcommittees: Water and Power; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; and Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety.
Before entering the Senate, Hoeven worked as a retail banker and served as president of the Bank of North Dakota from 1993 to 2000. Hoeven was governor of North Dakota from 2000 to 2010.
Hoeven earned a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College in 1979 and a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University in 1981, and attended Minot State University. Hoeven worked as a retail banker and served as president of the Bank of North Dakota from 1993 to 2000. Hoeven served as governor of North Dakota from 2000 to 2010, was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010, and began Senate service in 2011.Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
MOST RATEDHoeven is advancing crop-insurance protections and a crop-loss program for farmers affected by the Fargo-Moorhead diversion.
Hoeven said he secured federal funding for Project ULTRA and called the latest award a milestone for counter-drone technology in North Dakota.
John Hoeven sponsored a bill directing the FAA to encourage aviation workers to seek mental health care and improve examiner training.
Hoeven sponsored the Senate bill to extend the rural healthcare project.
Hoeven discussed proposals on beef labeling and prairie dog control and announced plans to improve ranchers’ access to federal grasslands.
MOST RATEDSenator John Hoeven introduced legislation to add $404 million in funding for the North Dakota water diversion project.
Hoeven said taxpayer-funded ads should be public service ads but declined to judge the Trump administration’s ad without seeing it.
Hoeven discussed his Washington priorities and heard feedback from local civic and economic leaders.
Senator Hoeven faced criticism for supporting the use of the Congressional Review Act to enable mining in northern Minnesota.
Senator John Hoeven expressed doubt that the House could pass a unilateral bill and predicted the need for a bipartisan supplemental.
MOST RATEDHoeven told McConnell to vote no before realizing the committee was voting on final passage.
MOST RATEDHoeven is advancing crop-insurance protections and a crop-loss program for farmers affected by the Fargo-Moorhead diversion.
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