WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 9: During a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) pressed the FEMA Administrator and additional top administration officials for specific projections and goals for COVID-19 response efforts. Senator Hassan first called on FEMA Administrator Peter Gaynor to agree to make public a document that Senator Hassan had received that deta  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced that Chase Adams of Brookline - a student at Hollis Brookline High School - is this year's winner of the 2020 Congressional Art Competition for his photograph titled, 'Self Returning to Nature.' Young artists from schools across New Hampshire's Second Congressional District submitted original artwork to be considered for this year's competition. Chase's winning artwork  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 9: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) will receive $399,138 in federal funding through the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was passe  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead Democrat on the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations subcommittee which funds the National Science Foundation (NSF), announced with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the NSF has awarded the University of New Hampshire $1,499,000 for science, technology, engineering  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, June 10 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01) held a virtual roundtable to discuss provisions in the HEROES Act that would help New Hampshire's veterans, and hear from veteran organizations about how they are adapting to the COVID-19 crisis. Pappas was joined by Bob Goldner, Disabled American Veterans NH Adjutant; Jorg Dreusicke, Veterans of Foreign Wars NH Legislative Chair; Ken Maynard, American  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, June 13 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01) held a virtual roundtable to discuss voting rights and what voting in New Hampshire will look like this fall due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Pappas was joined by Brad Cook, Chairman of 2020 Emergency Election Support Committee; State Senator Tom Sherman, Election Law & Municipal Affairs Committee Vice Chair and 2020 Emergency Election Support Commi  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, June 12 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Pappas led a letter with six other lawmakers to the Department of Transportation, Department of Defense, and State Department requesting immediate assistance for American mariners who have been stranded abroad since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the onset of COVID-19, border and travel restrictions resulted in American mariners becoming stranded on their shi  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 8: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), along with U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced that the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) will receive $399,138 in federal funding through the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was passed by Congress and signed into la  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) applauded the addition of New Hampshire to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's National BroadbandAvailability Map (NBAM) program. The NBAM is a geographic information system that collects data from federal, state and commercially   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: In a Senate Finance Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan raised with Department of Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia the importance of continuing to support states with their expanded unemployment insurance programs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and ensure that all Granite Staters and Americans receive much-needed financial support during this challenging time. "As Congress responds to the impacts  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan cosponsored bipartisan legislation to create safe, anonymous, and continuously available drop off centers for veterans to easily dispose of unwanted medications, including opioids. "One important way to help veterans who are at risk of substance misuse is to ensure that they have access to a consistent and safe location to dispose of unwanted medications," Senator Hassan sa  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan spoke with New Hampshire educators over video conference about the challenges that both teachers and students are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including broadband access, meeting special education needs, and reopening in the fall. "Thank you for the work you've done as educators, I can only begin to imagine what the last several months have been like as educators -   more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released the following statement after a ProPublica piece, How Rich Investors, Not Doctors, Profit From Marking Up ER Bills, highlighted how private equity groups that own medical staffing firms are ratcheting up consumer medical bills and skirting state corporate practice of medicine doctrines to increase their profits. Most states have this doctrine enshrined in law,  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on the resignation of state Department of Safety Assistant Commissioner Perry Plummer: In 2013, then-Governor Hassan appointed Plummer to be Director of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the State's Homeland Security Advisor. "I am deeply grateful for Perry Plummer's more than three decades of service to the people of Dover and the State of New Hampshire. "As Governor, it w  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) in urging Senate leaders to include an additional $20 million in funding for the Regional Public Health Training Centers program in upcoming COVID-19 response legislation. There are 10 Public Health Training Centers across the country, including the New England Public Health Training Center that supports the New Hampshire Public H  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) will receive $399,138 in federal funding through the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was passed by Con  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 12: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead Democrat on the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations subcommittee which funds the National Science Foundation (NSF), announced with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the NSF has awarded the University of New Hampshire $1,499,000 for science, technolog  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after the committee passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The annual legislation authorizes national defense objectives for the fiscal year. The FY21 NDAA will next be considered by the full Senate. Some of the New Hampshire and nationa  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) sent a letter this week to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos demanding that the Trump administration immediately revise a directive distributed in April that defies the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act with regard to federal funds provided for services for private school students. According to the law under the CARES Act, school districts rec  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) hosted a conference call with New Hampshire environmental and conservation stakeholders on the Great American Outdoors Act, Shaheen-cosponsored legislation scheduled to be voted on by the Senate this week that will provide permanent and full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and address the deferred maintenance backlog on public lands. This leg  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen introduced two pieces of legislation this week to bolster care for veterans amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The bills - the Emergency Care for Veterans During the COVID-19 Pandemic Act and the Debt Relief for Veterans During the COVID-19 Pandemic Act - would ensure New Hampshire veterans can access emergency care without incurring massive medical bills during this crisis and wo  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced new legislation that would provide blood testing for service members during their annual periodic health assessment (PHA) and for former service members if they were stationed at one of the more than 600 military installations contaminated by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Shaheen's legislation - the PFAS Exposure Assessment and Documentation  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Doug Jones (D-AL) and Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) led 34 of their Senate colleagues in urging House and Senate leaders to ensure that any upcoming COVID-19 relief bill includes strong provisions to expand access to quality and affordable health care coverage in the wake of this public health crisis. In their letter, the Senators called for a bi  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 10: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee (SBC), questioned U.S. Treasury Department Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza during an SBC hearing on the Trump administration's implementation of small business relief programs that were established in the Coronavirus   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 11: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement in response to the release of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard's Economic Impact Report for 2019: "The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and its workers play an important role in support of our national security and the economic strength of New Hampshire," said Senator Shaheen.   more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 7: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) will receive $399,138 in federal funding through the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was pa  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 12: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead Democrat on the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations subcommittee which funds the National Science Foundation (NSF), announced with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the NSF has awarded the University of New Hampshire $1,499,000 for science, technolo  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined a bipartisan group of their colleagues in introducing legislation to give the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) greater flexibility in caring for and meeting the needs of homeless veterans in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill was led by Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and companion   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and a group of their colleagues in urging Senate leadership to include $47 billion in financial support for students and institutions of higher learning in the upcoming COVID-19 relief package. "Higher education provides a ladder of economic opportunity to our nation's students while also building a global  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Coons (D-DE), all senior members of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, announced their intention to introduce the Prioritized Paycheck Protection Program (P4) Act. The bill authorizes new lending under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to small businesses with 100 employees or less, including sole proprietorsh  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined a bipartisan group of their colleagues in introducing legislation to give the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) greater flexibility in caring for and meeting the needs of homeless veterans in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill was led by Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and companion  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), along with a bipartisan group of 39 colleagues, called for the Senate to support community health centers in the next COVID-19 relief legislation. Community health centers provide Granite Staters with vital health care services, including primary care, behavioral health care and testing for COVID-19. In a letter to Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), along with a bipartisan group of 39 colleagues, called for the Senate to support community health centers in the next COVID-19 relief legislation. Community health centers provide Granite Staters with vital health care services, including primary care, behavioral health care and testing for COVID-19. In a letter to Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO)  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and a group of their colleagues in urging Senate leadership to include $47 billion in financial support for students and institutions of higher learning in the upcoming COVID-19 relief package. "Higher education provides a ladder of economic opportunity to our nation's students while also building a globa  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: During a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan raised the importance of Congress passing additional federal funding to support state and local governments, which have seen their budgets strained due to COVID-19-related revenue losses, in order to meet the needs of students as schools prepare to reopen in the fall. "As Congress has worked to respon  more