{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases/nd-delegation-cbp-agrees-to-expand-operating-hours-at-maida-northgate-and-sherwood-ports-of-entry-in-north-dakota", "ND Delegation: CBP Agrees to Expand Operating Hours at Maida, Northgate and Sherwood Ports of Entry in North Dakota", "2022-09-21", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "Senate", "ND", "John Hoeven", "H001061", "www.hoeven.senate.gov", "hoeven", "https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases", "scraper", "ND Delegation: CBP Agrees to Expand Operating Hours at Maida, Northgate and Sherwood Ports of Entry in North Dakota\n\nDelegation Continues Pressing for a Return to Pre-Pandemic Hours of Operation at Northern POEs\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Congressman Kelly Armstrong today announced that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agreed to temporarily expand operating hours at Maida, Northgate and Sherwood ports of entry (POE) in North Dakota. Pending agreement from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the hours of operation at these three POEs will be 9am to 7pm, 10 hours per day. In July, the delegation raised this priority to CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus, stressing the need toensure that northern POEs are open and accessible for lawful trade and travel. CBP\u2019s full response can be read here.\n\n\u201cThe limited hours of operation at our northern ports of entry have created real challenges for North Dakota\u2019s residents and our economy,\u201d said Senator Hoeven, a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Committee. \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019ve been working to get CBP to extend the operating hours at our state\u2019s POEs, including through our letter to CBP Commissioner Magnus and in calls I held with CBP Executive Assistant Commissioner Flores. Today\u2019s announcement is an important step. However, more needs to be done, and we will continue to press CBP and the CBSA to return to pre-pandemic levels of operation at our northern ports of entry.\"\n\n\u201cWhile it\u2019s encouraging to see the temporary expansion of hours at the Maida, Northgate, and Sherwood ports of entry, Customs and Border Protection\u2019s work is far from over. Temporary won\u2019t cut it and our neighbors to the north, Canada, must do the same. North Dakotans\u2019 ability to conduct cross-border activity remains unnecessarily restricted as CBP refuses to return to pre-pandemic hours at our ports of entry. We will continue to push for the restoration of full operation hours at all ports of entry in North Dakota to accommodate lawful travel and trade with Canada, our close ally and largest trading partner. At a time when the U.S. economy is suffering from record high inflation, it is critical we remove obstacles to the legitimate flow of goods and services and alleviate the mounting strain on the supply chain. The President declared the pandemic over the other day, it\u2019s past time to return to pre-pandemic hours at the northern border ports of entry in North Dakota,\u201d said Senator Cramer.\n\n\u201cIt is important to many North Dakotans and our state\u2019s economy that ports of entry with Canada are accessible. It is positive that CBP has reevaluated and will extend operating hours at these three crossings,\u201d said Congressman Armstrong. \u201cWe need to build on this development by expanding access at additional ports of entry and encouraging CBSA to match them. We will continue working to expand trade and cooperation with our northern ally.\u201d\n\nIn CBP\u2019s response, the agency did not commit to opening other POEs in North Dakota.\n\n-###-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:29:59Z"]], "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/nd-delegation-cbp-agrees-to-expand-operating-hours-at-maida-northgate-and-sherwood-ports-of-entry-in-north-dakota"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4409569557756186, "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"}