WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. John Hoeven issued the following news release:
Senator John Hoeven today held a roundtable with leaders from the Community Violence Intervention Center (CVIC) and the Grand Forks Housing Authority on his efforts as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee to:
* Address funding delays at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and secure more than $1.8 million in federal funding to support the services CVIC provides to victims of violence.
* Hoeven and his team have been working with DOJ to resolve this issue, specifically working with Associate Attorney General (AAG) Stanley Woodward to move the process forward for the grants.
* Two of the grants have been officially approved and another grant has received c...