{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases/hoeven-touts-economic-success-and-growth-of-north-dakotas-technology-sector-at-1-million-cups-fargo", "Hoeven Touts Economic Success and Growth of North Dakota's Technology Sector at 1 Million Cups Fargo", "2017-11-22", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "ND", "John Hoeven", "H001061", "www.hoeven.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.22.17\n\t\t\t Hoeven Touts Economic Success and Growth of North Dakota's Technology Sector at 1 Million Cups Fargo \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t Senator Highlights North Dakota\u2019s UAS Industry as Model for Future Drone Integration Like Recently-Launched FAA Program\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t FARGO, N.D. \u2013 At the third annual 1 Million Cups (1MC) Reunion Fargo, Senator John Hoeven today underscored the importance of North Dakota\u2019s growing technology sector and how entrepreneurs are playing an important role in creating jobs and growing the state\u2019s economy. The senator also highlighted how the relationship between North Dakota and the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) industry has transformed the state into a UAS hub and should serve as a national model as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) works to integrate UAS into the national airspace (NAS) through its new drone integration program. Hoeven will attend the Drone Focus monthly meetup later today, where he will outline the opportunities of the pilot program, as well as his efforts to secure the state\u2019s role in the FAA\u2019s efforts.\r\n\u201cInnovation is an important reason why North Dakota\u2019s entrepreneurs are increasingly making our state\u2019s economy stronger and more diverse,\u201d Hoeven said. \u201cBy building relationships and creating the right legal, tax and regulatory environments to fuel growth, our state has helped to foster innovation and empower our entrepreneurs. Whether through developing new technology like UAS, or by creating new products and services, the work of our local entrepreneurs is growing our state\u2019s technology sector and helping to improve and strengthen our economy.\u201d\r\nEarlier this month, Hoeven joined Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta at an event to mark the launch of FAA\u2019s drone integration pilot program. The senator is committed to setting up a meeting with the FAA and North Dakota UAS leaders \u2013 including those from the Northern Plains Test Site and Grand Sky Development Company \u2013 to outline the state\u2019s UAS expertise and infrastructure. This will help ensure the FAA utilizes North Dakota\u2019s unique UAS advantages when selecting projects under the new drone integration program.\r\nSince his time as governor, Hoeven has worked to position North Dakota\u2019s technology sector for growth, naming it as one of the state\u2019s five targeted industries. Hoeven continues working through his role on the Senate Appropriations Committee to build a pro-growth business climate for the state\u2019s industries, as well as to work and advocate for the support of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education.\r\nIn August, Hoeven hosted the seventh annual State of Technology Conference in Fargo to highlight advances throughout the state, and particularly the Red River Valley, in high-tech products and services. This includes developments with unmanned aerial systems (UAS) technology, advancements in carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects and the buildout of fiber optic and broadband infrastructure.\r\n1MC Fargo is a local chapter of the national series of events and around 150 individuals and entrepreneurs from the Fargo community attend each week. 1MC Fargo was founded by Emerging Prairie, an entrepreneurial community incubator in Fargo.\u00a0\r\n-###-\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases/hoeven-touts-economic-success-and-growth-of-north-dakotas-technology-sector-at-1-million-cups-fargo"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7950530163943768, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}