MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, July 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 16: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) visited Manchester Central Fire Station and heard more about the Manchester Fire Department's Community Response Unit, which supplements the Safe Stations Program, now sending out a mobile team into the community, in addition to having people come into the fire station. The event came as Granite State communities continue to be severely imp  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, July 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 13: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) visited the Boys & Girls Club of the Lakes Region's Lakes Early Learning Center in Laconia to underscore the need for childcare support in upcoming COVID-19 relief legislation. As New Hampshire's economy reopens, Granite State working families need child care in order to fully return to work, but providers in the state and across the countr  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, July 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 15: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen visited the Chamberlain Street School in Rochester to discuss the challenges New Hampshire schools throughout the state face as they prepare to reopen in the fall. The visit came amid the COVID-19 pandemic, whose ongoing financial fallout has resulted in state and local governments grappling with massive revenue shortfalls that jeopardize school b  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor announced that it will launch a public service awareness campaign to alert workers to their rights to paid leave under a law Congress passed earlier this year, which included paid leave options if an individual or a family member has COVID-19, or if an individual does not have access to child care for COVID-19-related reasons. The announcement follows a Senate Finance Com  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Following calls from U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and 21 of their colleagues, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted unanimously to reject a petition by the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) that would have upended states' net metering programs. Net metering allows consumers and businesses who generate some or all of thei  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan is urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the United States Postal Service (USPS) to collaborate in modernizing health care records to improve patient outcomes and contact tracing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Senator's push comes as inadequate patient matching, which is the ability to link records for an individual from multiple health care providers  more

HOPKINTON, New Hampshire, July 17 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) participated in a virtual Energy and Commerce Committee mark-up, where she spoke in support of the HERO Act of 2019 and Scarlett's Sunshine on Sudden Unexpected Death Act. Seven bills that Rep. Kuster has cosponsored were approved by the Committee including the HERO Act which would ensure first responders have the support necessary to respond to mental health needs  more

HOPKINTON, New Hampshire, July 15 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) held a virtual roundtable discussion with professionals in the brewing industry to discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on small breweries in New Hampshire, as well as legislative priorities for the brewing industry. Last month, Kuster cosponsored and voted in favor of the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act, which strengthens the original Paycheck  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 17 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on the Trump administration's decision to direct hospitals to send all COVID-19 data directly to the administration's own Department of Health and Human Services instead of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: "President Trump's decision to require hospitals to bypass the CDC and send all COVID-19 data directly to Washington is unprecedented and deeply troubling,". "This move has ala  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 17 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement after President Trump announced final rule overhauling the project review process required by the National Environmental Protection Act, which was signed into law by President Richard Nixon in January 1970: "President Trump's rule change will take the teeth out of NEPA, the bedrock environmental protection law of our nation for the last half-century. "The rule allows shortcuts for projects like  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, July 17 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 16: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior 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 Mascoma Community Development, LLC of Lebanon has been awarded $65 million in New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) to incentivize development in communities in New Hampshire, V  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) have sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper asking that he extend the New Hampshire National Guard's authorization to assist the State's COVID-19 response efforts. This letter supports Governor Chris Sunun  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that 123,130 First District jobs have been retained thanks to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), helping 14,544 employers pay their workers and keep their lights on during the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Congress authorized the creation of the PPP and other small business lending programs as part of the CARES Act, which Congressman P  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Pappas (NH-01) called on Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Rettig to establish a pathway and timeline to ensure that widows and widowers receive their Economic Impact Payments (EIPs). Since EIPs have started to be distributed, multiple constituents have reached out to Congressman Pappas for assistance regarding their payments. In many instances, seniors in need of assistance   more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- 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) announced that $26,150,000 will be awarded to New Hampshire health care providers affected by substantial costs of COVID-19 caseloads, including in particular Manchester hospitals that have treated a significant share of the state's COVID-19 cases. The funding   more

CONWAY, New Hampshire, July 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan toured the Jigger Johnson campground and hiked to Rocky Gorge in the White Mountain National Forest, where she discussed the recent Senate passage of the bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act, which will help address the maintenance backlog at public lands. Senator Hassan co-sponsored the bill. Senator Hassan met with White Mountain National Forest's Saco Distri  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement after federal agencies reached an agreement with domestic manufacturers, including Smiths Medical which has a manufacturing center in Keene, to ramp up production of needles and syringes for the delivery of an eventual vaccine. Senator Shaheen has called on the Trump administration to significantly increase its cooperation with domestic m  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, July 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 16: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior 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 Mascoma Community Development, LLC of Lebanon has been awarded $65 million in New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) to incentivize development in communities in New Hampshir  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Seeking to protect public health, 27 U.S. Senators,including Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen, are calling for Congress to provide at least $5.6 billion in federal funding to develop and support COVID-19 vaccine infrastructure. The lawmakers say the funds are needed to boost the nation's vaccine supply and distribution system and should be included in the next coronavirus relief package. The   more