WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, questioned Dr. Francis Collins, the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Dr. Gary Disbrow, Acting Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority at the U.S. Department of Health and   more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 1: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan urged the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help assist renters following the lifting of New Hampshire's eviction moratorium. The Senator's outreach follows conversations with affordable housing leaders in New Hampshire about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the state's housing and homelessness needs. "Across the country, many individuals a  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) calling on the agency to expedite the release of $4 billion of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding for emergency housing. HUD has yet to issue initial guidance to grantees about permissible uses of these funds, despite the CARES Act having been signed into l  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 1: July 1st, as the United States enters into the USMCA trade deal, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) held a virtual roundtable conversation with New Hampshire business owners and leaders to discuss the importance of the deal to the New Hampshire economy. "New Hampshire exported more than $1.1 billion in goods to Canada and Mexico in 2018, and the USMCA trade deal is crucial to provide opportuni  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement after reviewing classified intelligence regarding Russian bounties to kill American servicemembers in Afghanistan: "The American people deserve answers as to why the Trump administration appears to have taken no immediate action to protect our troops,". "The Commander in Chief has no more sacred duty than to lead and protect our men and women in uniform. "At a minimum, President Trump should rescind h  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on July 1: The House of Representatives will vote on HR 2, the Moving Forward Act. It includes a plan by Rep. Seth Moulton that will allow states to modernize the way RMV's and DMV's share data. The goal is to keep dangerous drivers off the road. HR 2 is expected to pass. Moulton introduced The SAFE DRIVERS Act in September following a June 21, 2019 crash in New Hampshire where a commercially-licensed d  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: This week, the House passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act to increase access to affordable care, lower the cost of prescription drugs, and combat racial and ethnic disparities in our health care system. The final legislation included critical provisions from Rep. Kuster's (NH-02) bill, the Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act, to protect Americans from junk hea  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 1: The House passed H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, to improve America's infrastructure. The final legislation included critical provisions from Rep. Annie Kuster's (NH-02) bipartisan Invest in American Railroads Act, which will make it easier for New Hampshire to fund the Capitol Corridor Project to bring commuter rail to New Hampshire. "In New Hampshire, commuter rail would be a gamechanger, hel  more

HOPKINTON, New Hampshire, July 2 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) participated in a virtual Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on legislative solutions to improve mental health during times of crisis. During the hearing titled, "High Anxiety and Stress: Legislation to Improve Mental Health During Crisis," Kuster and her committee colleagues heard from Former Representative Patrick J. Kennedy, Founder of the Kennedy Forum; Dr. A  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 30 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on June 29 after the Supreme Court voted 5-4 in the case of June Medical Services vs. Russo to overturn an unconstitutional Louisiana law restricting access to reproductive health care: "Today's Supreme Court ruling is an important victory for women and their doctors. "The fact is that Louisiana's admitting privileges law, and similar efforts in other states, have nothing to do with protecting  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) unveiled her "Opportunity and Justice for All" Agenda, which highlights legislation that she is supporting to address institutional racism and help create a more just society for all Americans. The agenda was drafted following the Congresswoman's conversations and consultations with police and civil rights leaders in light of the tragic deaths of people of color at the hands of l  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) voted in favor of legislation that passed the House that will lower the cost of health care and prescription drugs for Granite Staters. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act will enhance the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by making health care more affordable for working families, strengthening protections for those with pre-existing conditions, and low  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 29: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) led 10 lawmakers in calling on the Treasury Department to take immediate action to ensure that Americans unable to access their stimulus payments, due to problems involving IRS-issued debit cards, will receive the money they are owed. To date Treasury and the IRS have sent over 4 million Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) by prepaid debit cards, instead of pap  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on June 29 after the Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana law making it harder for patients to access abortion care is unconstitutional: "In states across the country, anti-choice politicians have erected an array of political roadblocks to thwart access to abortion," "Today's decision by the Supreme Court finds one of these state laws to be an undue burden that is unconstitutional. "However, the strug  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The House passed a comprehensive, 5 year transportation and infrastructure package that Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped to develop as a member of the T&I Committee. H.R. 2, The Moving Forward Act, delivers on Pappas's pledge to fight for the federal support needed to address New Hampshire's urgent infrastructure needs. This 5 year bill will deliver more than $1.3 billion for New Hampshire's tr  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on July 1: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement calling on House leadership to bring up a vote on the application extension for the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) - which expired yesterday - before this session adjourns for the 4th of July. * * * "The PPP has been a lifeline for businesses in New Hampshire and across the country. "It has helped more than 4.8 million small b  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan called for immediate action to support local communities and states in a Senate floor speech this evening. Specifically, the Senator called on Senate Republicans to join Democratic efforts to provide significant and flexible economic relief for state and local governments across the country to help them save lives and preserve jobs. "In the face of these unprecedented circum  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) cosponsored legislation introduced by Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) caregiver program. According to reports, caregivers and veterans have been arbitrarily discharged or downgraded from the program, with benefits subsequently revoked or reduced. The Senators' bipartisan legislation would take   more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) led 11 of her colleagues in calling on the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to act in response to nursing homes evicting residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter cites New York Times reports that nursing homes have evicted more than 6,400 residents since the beginning of the pandemic. In addition to   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 30: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan pushed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig on the Agency's efforts to ensure that families who automatically received their COVID-19 stimulus payments will not need to wait until next year to receive the additional $500 payment per dependent child that they were promised. The Senator's questioning during the Senate Finance Committee hearing   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 30: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan questioned Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about factors driving a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases in the U.S., protections for nursing home residents and staff, and guidance on school r  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on July 1: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan released the following statement after the Senate last night unanimously approved an extension of the deadline for small businesses and non-profits to apply for Paycheck Protection Program loans. The application deadline expired yesterday at midnight and this bipartisan legislation would extend the deadline through August 8, 2020. The legislation now heads to the House  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on June 29 after the Supreme Court issued a ruling to strike down a law in Louisiana that would have drastically limited access to abortion services: "Women have a constitutional right to make their own health care decisions and control their destinies, and the Supreme Court made the right decision today in striking down Louisiana's attempt to infringe upon these essential rights," "While this decision   more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan joined her colleagues on the Senate floor this evening to deliver two speeches calling for immediate action to protect nursing home residents and staff who have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, and calling for additional support for schools. Senator Hassan began, "Across the United States, 43 percent of COVID-19 deaths have been linked to nursing homes. And in New   more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 2: The U.S. Senate added to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) a bipartisan amendment from Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI). The amendment helps to combat the threat that small, unmanned aircraft systems (drones) pose to U.S. service members worldwide. "When I traveled   more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined Senator Angus King (I-ME) and a group of their colleagues in urging U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza to readjust regulatory requirements so that seasonal employers in New Hampshire and across the country can access the full amount of the Paycheck Protection Program loans for which they   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) announced with Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the Department of Homeland Security has awarded New Hampshire nearly $4.3 million for the State Homeland Security Grant Program and more than $3.5 million for the Emergency Management Performance Grant Program. New Hampshire non-profits, including houses   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 30: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee - applauded the announcement that Lydall Performance Materials in Rochester, New Hampshire has been awarded a $13.5 million contract with the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Health and Human Services with funding provided through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (C  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement after reports that Russia has been paying bounties to kill American servicemembers in Afghanistan: "These reports are incredibly disturbing and warrant immediate hearings and classified reviews of the intelligence by the Senate committees of jurisdiction,". "The Trump administration must brief Congress on all relevant intelligence reports and explain why no immediate action has been taken. "It is c  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) called on Senate leadership to make sure employees of the U.S. Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS) are paid by addressing a funding shortfall at the agency and avoiding a furlough of agency staff anticipated for August. Senator Shaheen called for this funding shortfall to be addressed in future COVID-19 relief legislation. The USCIS is typically funded almost ent  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's ruling striking down Louisiana's restrictive abortion laws: "The Supreme Court's ruling reaffirms to women across this country that their health decisions belong to them and them alone,". "As we celebrate this important decision in defense of women's reproductive rights, we must understand how devastating this would be if the Court had failed us. Roe v. Wade was decid  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 1: Last night on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) successfully led an effort in the Senate with Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Coons (D-DE) to extend the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which expired at midnight, to August 8th. The Senate approved the measure by unanimous consent, and sent the bill to the House of Representatives for consideration. Shaheen also call  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- 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 and Foreign Relations Committees, called on the Department of Defense, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and U.S. Cyber Command to take additional measures to combat influence campaigns aimed at disenfranchising voters, es  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced legislation with U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representatives Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Mike Turner (R-OH) to reduce exposure of service members and their families to harmful PFAS chemicals. The bicameral, bipartisan PFAS Free Military Purchasing Act prohibits the Department of Defense from acquiring items that contain these dangerous a  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) announced with Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the Department of Homeland Security has awarded New Hampshire nearly $4.3 million for the State Homeland Security Grant Program and more than $3.5 million for the Emergency Management Performance Grant Program. New Hampshire non-profits, including houses of wor  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), John Cornyn (R-TX), Gary Peters (D-MI), and Rob Portman (R-OH) filed a bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021 to require the Department of Homeland Security to establish a Cybersecurity State Coordinator position in every state. Each state would have its own federally funded Cybersecurity Coordinator, who would be   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) filed a series of amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to protect service members and veterans from predatory higher education practices. The Senators' amendments come as for-profit colleges have seen an uptick in enrollment due to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-1  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen joined colleagues in introducing a resolution about the importance of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and urging increased funding in the next COVID-19 relief package to help it offset losses incurred due to the pandemic. The resolution also makes clear that the USPS should not be forced to reduce its services, close post office facilities, or excessively r  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: As states face an economic downturn and Americans lose health care coverage due to job loss during the public health pandemic, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Bob Casey (D-PA) and their colleagues introduced the Coronavirus Medicaid Response Act. This legislation would respond to the increased need for health care during the public health and economic crisis by creating a quicker and more respons  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) sent a letter with 10 of their colleagues calling on the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to act in response to nursing homes evicting residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter cites New York Times reports that nursing homes have evicted more than 6,400 residents since the b  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), together with U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced a resolution outlining the importance of the U.S. Postal Service and urging increased funding in the next COVID-19 relief package to help the key agency offset losses incurred due to the pandemic. The resolution also makes clear that the U  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- 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, and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and a group of their colleagues to introduce an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021 (NDAA) that would require President Trump to unlock the full authority and power of the Defense Production Act (DPA) to scale up nation  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: As the Trump Administration continues its efforts to dismantle the health care law that provides coverage for millions of Americans, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced a resolution with U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) and their colleagues putting in the official Senate record their condemnation of that "reckless" effort and demanding the Department of Justice (DOJ)   more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jerry Moran (R-KS), the vice chair and chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross after the Department of Commerce (DOC) Office of Inspector General (OIG) outlined a series of accusations regarding obstruction in completing a report concerning political i  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) led a bipartisan group of Senators in expressing serious concern with a "maximum allotment" provision that is significantly limiting the amount of Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act relief funds that can be awarded to smaller states through the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program. In their letter to Senate l  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: In response to the Trump administration's recent announcement to significantly reduce the U.S. troop presence in Germany, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)--a senior member of the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees--introduced an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Chris C  more