WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, introduced legislation this week to permanently reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. These programs assist small businesses in engaging in the research and development that helps keep the United States competi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: Following Senator Maggie Hassan's push for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to address concerns with the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers, the VA today announced it will extend eligibility for certain veterans and their family caregivers through September 30, 2025. "Caregivers provide invaluable support for veterans, and the VA Caregivers program has  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) voted to pass the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act - bipartisan legislation she co-sponsored that would make it easier for New Hampshire seniors to get the care they need and improve health outcomes. This bill modernizes Medicare Advantage's outdated prior authorization process, which can result in delays in care. Many Medicare Advantage plans require prov  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letter: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) joined a coalition of Representatives from the New England Congressional Delegation in writing to the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees, urging them to include additional funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in the upcoming government funding package. As winter approaches, LIHEAP will become a critical source of funding for  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) unveiled her "Lower Costs & Stronger Economy" Agenda, which outlines the actions Congress has taken to reduce costs and address inflation, as well as a comprehensive roadmap for what more needs to be done to provide relief for Granite Staters. "We have taken critical steps to lower prices in the short-term and reduce inflation over the long-term by investing in our  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2022: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), alongside Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement of over $72 million in capitalization grants from the bipartisan infrastructure law awarded to New Hampshire. This funding was issued through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2022: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) sent a letter urging the Biden Administration to permanently repeal a 2019 drug rebate rule. In addition to protecting Americans from rising health care costs, permanent repeal of the rule would save taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars. The rule was delayed in the recently-passed Inflation Reduction Act but is set to be implemented in 2032. "Th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Chair of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs (HVAC), led the House of Representatives in passing his bipartisan legislation, the Faster Payments to Veterans' Survivors Act, which will improve the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) processes for identifying, locating, and paying hard-to-find survivors of recently   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that his legislation Cut Red Tape for Online Sales Act was listed on the National Taxpayers Union's 2022 "No-Brainer" list of bills Congress should pass. "By selling used goods online, Granite Staters are able to utilize a much-needed economic lifeline. It does not make sense that these transactions, which are not creating taxable income, are triggering IRS   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The New Hampshire Delegation applauded the EDA's announcement that the agency is awarding a $2.2 million grant to the Mount Washington Valley Trails Association in North Conway to construct a 2.2-mile multi-use recreational path that will attract additional visitors to the region. This project is funded under EDA's $240 million competitive American Rescue Plan Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2022: The New Hampshire delegation applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement of over $72 million in capitalization grants from the bipartisan infrastructure law awarded to New Hampshire. This funding was issued through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) and Clean Water SRF Programs and will be used towards water infrastructure updates and improvemen  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The New Hampshire delegation announced that the DOJ awarded $607,526 to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. Funding comes from the Office of Justice Programs' Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The funding will support law enforcement training to address bias and disparities in interactions with people of color, particularly juveniles. The Bias Awareness Tra  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) sent a bipartisan letter to House leadership reiterating their previous calls to hold a vote on legislation to ban stock trading by members of Congress. "As we work to ensure no members of Congress are profiting off their work with stock trades, continued delays in bringing legislation to the floor are unacceptable  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: At a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing yesterday, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan pressed Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf on the need to update the FDA's harmful labeling policies that continue to play a role in fueling the opioid crisis in New Hampshire. Senator Hassan also asked about taking lessons from the COVID-19   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan announced today that her bill to cut tax paperwork for online sales was named a National Taxpayers Union "No Brainer" bill, an annual list of 10 "no brainer" pieces of legislation that bridge the partisan divide and demonstrate broad support for meaningful solutions to a variety of issues. Senator Hassan's Cut Red Tape for Online Sales Act would raise the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, alongside U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Homeland Security Committee, and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed $1,591,818 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support Granite State firefighters in Barnstead, Surry and New Boston, as well a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- 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, celebrated nearly $1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce headed to Plymouth State University. The funding comes through a congressional directed spending (CDS) request that Shaheen secured through the fiscal year (FY) 2022 omnibus package that passed earlier this year. The funding will be  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today joined Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) in a bipartisan push to help more veterans access their service records by introducing the bipartisan Access for Veterans to Records Act, alongside Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN). The bill will help eliminate the current backlog of veterans' record requests at the National Personnel R  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today joined Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) in introducing the Women's Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022 -- legislation to reauthorize and improve the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Wom  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined 29 Senators in calling on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take immediate action to safeguard women's privacy and ability to safely and confidentially get the health care they need. Specifically, the Senators urged the Biden administration to strengthen federal privacy protections under the Health Information Portability and Ac  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- 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 Economic Development Administration (EDA), along with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) applauded the EDA's announcement that the agency is awarding a $2.2 million grant to the Mount Washington Valley Trails Association in North Conway t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Economic Development Administration (EDA), along with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) applauded the EDA's announcement that the agency is awarding a $2.2 million grant to the Mount Washington Valley Trails Association in North Conway to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2022: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), alongside Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement of over $72 million in capitalization grants from the bipartisan infrastructure law awarded to New Hampshire. This funding was issued through the Drinking Water State Revolving F  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2022: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), alongside Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement of over $72 million in capitalization grants from the bipartisan infrastructure law awarded to New Hampshire. This funding was issued through the Drinking Water State Revolving   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- 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), announced with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the DOJ awarded $607,526 to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. Funding comes from the Office of Justice Programs' Office of Juveni  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, 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), announced with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the DOJ awarded $607,526 to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. Funding comes from the Office of Justice Programs' Office of Juvenil  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Chair of the SFRC Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, issued the following statement after the committee approved the Department of State Authorization Act of 2022, which provides for the organization and operation of the U.S. Department of State and addresses numerous issue  more

PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2022, and letter: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator for Region 1, Dr. David Cash, visited a water treatment facility at Pease International Tradeport this afternoon to discuss the EPA's proposal to designate two of the most prevalent per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) - PFOS and PFOA - as hazardous substances  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, alongside U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Homeland Security Committee, and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed $1,591,818 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support Granite State firefighters in Barnstead, Surry and Ne  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, and U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) issued the following joint statement after the U.S. Senate unanimously passed their resolution last night honoring Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The resolution, which the Senators introduced earlier this week, pays tribute t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letter on Sept. 16, 2022: Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Mike Braun (R-IN) called on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to require more training for medical providers in treating substance use disorders, so that more people can get the help that they need. In the letter to the ACGME Chair, the Senators write, "The ACGME must swiftly update its specialty requiremen  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen joined a bipartisan group of Senators calling on Senate leadership to close the $3 billion funding shortfall impacting the Secure & Trusted Communications Networks Act's Reimbursement Program. The shortfall leaves wireless networks--often in rural areas--vulnerable to espionage or disruption. Due to security concerns, in 2020 the FCC prohibit  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act to give local communities resources to better combat the opioid and substance use disorder epidemic. The legislation will improve State Opioid Response (SOR) grants - an important tool for communities' comprehensive response to this public health crisis epidemic - by providing ad  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- 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 Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) led the introduction of the Securing American Acquisitions, Readiness, and Military Stockpiles Act, which would give the Department of Defense (DoD) enhanced procurement authoritie  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined a bipartisan group of Senators calling on Senate leadership to close the $3 billion funding shortfall impacting the Secure & Trusted Communications Networks Act's Reimbursement Program. The shortfall leaves wireless networks--often in rural areas--vulnerable to espionage or disruption. Due to security concerns, in 2020 t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) sent a letter to Billy Nolen, acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in light of recent flight cancellations and delays that have impacted millions of travelers across New England. In her letter, Shaheen urged the implementation of transparency measures to address staffing shortages of fully certified controllers (CPCs) to str  more