WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: In a newly released documentary by NBC News, "Fighting an Invisible Enemy: The Voices of Havana Syndrome," U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) discusses directed energy incidents that have affected U.S. personnel and the urgent need to uncover causation of the attacks. Shaheen has led efforts in the Senate to provide care, leave and benefits to federal government employees suffering from mysterious br  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice (DOJ), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed $1,619,765 for the Drug Court Program (DCP) at the New Hampshire Department of Justice (NH DOJ). The funding will support NH DCP's efforts to combat the substa  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice (DOJ), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed $1,619,765 for the Drug Court Program (DCP) at the New Hampshire Department of Justice (NH DOJ). The funding will support NH DCP's efforts to combat the substan  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed $2,296,237 to support New Hampshire's plan to utilize American Rescue Plan Act funding for the State's Education for Homeless Children and Youth program (ARP-HCY). The funding will help identify students experiencing homelessness and provide technical assistance to   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The Senate sent a bipartisan bill to President Biden's desk, which U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan joined in introducing and Senator Jeanne Shaheen cosponsored, that will help ensure that goods made with Uyghur forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region do not enter the United States. "We must hold China accountable for its inhumane treatment of Uyghurs and other predominately Muslim individual  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 23 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on Dec. 22, 2021: * * * Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement after the Republican-led New Hampshire Executive Council reaffirmed their decision to defund New Hampshire family planning providers across the state, restricting Granite Staters' access to life-saving reproductive and preventive care. "The Executive Council's decision today demonstrates the ongoing eff  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2021: Last week, Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) met with Granite State students from Harold Martin School in Hopkinton and Christa McAuliffe School in Concord to discuss the importance of honoring our nation's veterans as part of her 8th annual Holiday Cards for Heroes drive. The program is back in 2021 after being cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Broken Ground   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on Dec. 21, 2021: * * * Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement after President Joe Biden addressed the nation on the country's COVID-19 response and announced new resources available for American families. During his speech, President Biden announced he is sending emergency response teams of clinical personnel to six states, including New Hampshire, due to rapidly r  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on Dec. 19, 2021: * * * Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement after U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced he will not vote to advance the Build Back Better framework in the Senate. Sen. Manchin's comments come after months of negotiations to deliver transformative and overwhelmingly popular provisions for the American people, including investments to extend the  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice (DOJ), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed $1,619,765 for the Drug Court Program (DCP) at the New Hampshire Department of Justice (NH DOJ). The funding will support NH DCP's efforts to combat the substance   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed $2,296,237 to support New Hampshire's plan to utilize American Rescue Plan Act funding for the State's Education for Homeless Children and Youth program (ARP-HCY). The funding will help identify students experiencing homelessness and provide technical assistance to remo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice (DOJ), led Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) in welcoming $4,710,993 to the New Hampshire Department of Justice (NH DOJ) to lower rates of substance use disorders and provide support to affected families. New Hampshire has be  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2021: Following the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor's (DOL) announcement that they will make available an additional 20,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2022, Congressman Chris Pappas renewed his call for the Biden Administration to take more aggressive action to address the workforce and hiring needs of New Hampshire's se  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on Dec. 22, 2021: * * * Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), released the following statement after the New Hampshire Executive Council again voted down family planning contracts for health care providers including Planned Parenthood, Equality Health Center, and Lovering Health Center. "It is alarming that the radical majority on the New Hampshire Executive Council has yet again turned its back on New Hamps  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), along with U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) welcomed $1,619,765 for the Drug Court Program (DCP) at the New Hampshire Department of Justice (NH DOJ). The funding will support NH DCP's efforts to combat the subs  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), along with U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) welcomed $2,296,237 to support New Hampshire's plan to utilize American Rescue Plan Act funding for the State's Education for Homeless Children and Youth program (ARP-HCY). The funding will help identify students experiencing homelessness and provide technic  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2021: Chris Pappas (NH-01) along with U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) welcomed $218,888,554 to New Hampshire to support highway investments across the state. The funding is part of a national $52.5 billion announcement to improve the safety and performance of America's roads, bridges and highways, with funding from the Infr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), along with U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice (DOJ), Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) welcomed $4,710,993 to the New Hampshire Department of Justice (NH DOJ) to lower rates of substance use disorders and provide support to affected families. New Ha  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) took to the Senate floor this evening to call for the Senate to change its rules in order to pass legislation protecting the right to vote by a simple majority. The Senator's announcement comes as partisan lawmakers across the country are working to undermine free, fair, and impartial elections that threatens the country's democratic system and its national security.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs' Committee, recently joined Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Jon Tester (D-MT) in introducing bipartisan legislation to increase transparency in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernization program. "We must modernize our VA health care facilities so that we can get veterans in New Hampshire and acros  more

PITTSFIELD, New Hampshire, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan was in Pittsfield yesterday to tour a facility for Globe Manufacturing Company, which is a subsidiary of MSA Safety, Inc. The company manufactures personal protective equipment, including fire fighter suits. "Businesses like Globe Manufacturing are moving our state forward by creating good-paying jobs and supporting our economy," said Senator  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice (DOJ), led Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) in welcoming $4,710,993 to the New Hampshire Department of Justice (NH DOJ) to lower rates of substance use disorders and provide support to affected families. New Hampshire ha  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement after the Republican-controlled Executive Council doubled down on its decision to defund New Hampshire family planning providers throughout the state. Three of the providers defunded by the Executive Council provide approximately 80 percent of family planning services in New Hampshire. "New Hampshire Republicans have ma  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on Dec. 24, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released the following statement following a virtual meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, along with members of the bipartisan Senate Ukraine Caucus and a set of bicameral lawmakers, in response to escalating military provocation from Russia at its border: "Russia's aggression and violation of Ukraine's sovereignty demand a uni  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement in response to the death of former New Hampshire Department of Safety Commissioner Dick Flynn. Flynn served as Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Safety throughout Shaheen's tenure as Governor of New Hampshire. "My heart goes out to Dick Flynn's family, friends and community members as we all grieve his los  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Testing for Pease Co-Founder Andrea Amico involving a hybrid hearing on Dec. 9, 2021, entitled "Examining Federal Efforts to Address PFAS Contamination". PFAS is per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. * * * My name is Andrea Amico and I am from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I learned in May of 2014 that the Pease Tradeport, the site of the former Pease Air Force Base, now conver  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) wrote a letter to Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gilbert Cisneros, to inquire about changes made to TRICARE coverage that limit treatment options for individuals with autism. Specifically, the letter asks the Pentagon to investigate how these changes restrict access to proven services like Applied Behavior Analysis (A  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today welcomed $282 million in national funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for suicide prevention and crisis care services, including the transition to the three-digit dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline established by the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- 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 - led a bipartisan letter with U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and 20 other Senators to the Department of Defense (DOD), in response to the DOD's Inspector General report on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure mitigation and prevention at DOD installations. The investigation revealed a lack   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) in a bicameral letter urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to address the ongoing energy crisis and its impact on families served by the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The letter is co-led by Congresswomen Gwen S. Moore (D-WI-4) and Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29). The cost of home heatin  more