WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a three-year reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The Senate's action today came on the heels of Shaheen's push   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The New Hampshire delegation announced $725,000 in federal funds for Reality Check, Inc. in Jaffrey and the City of Dover for substance use disorder prevention and treatment programs from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Specifically, Reality Check, Inc. in Jaffrey was awarded $300,000 to expand recovery services and mobilize resources to improve long-term recovery outcomes, ed  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior appropriator on the Labor-Health and Human Services (L-HHS) Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) $725,000 in federal funds for Reality Check, Inc. in Jaffr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior appropriator on the Labor-Health and Human Services (L-HHS) Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) $725,000 in federal funds for Reality Check, Inc. in Jaff  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The New Hampshire delegation announced that $28,507,046 in State Opioid Response (SOR) grants are now being made available to the State of New Hampshire. The SOR program is pivotal in providing communities and states with the federal resources necessary to combat the substance use disorder epidemic. "The addiction crisis is deeply personal for New Hampshire families, and we must continue to build and  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior appropriator on the Labor-Health and Human Services (L-HHS) Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that $28,507,046 in State Opioid Response (SOR) grants ar  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior appropriator on the Labor-Health and Human Services (L-HHS) Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that $28,507,046 in State Opioid Response (SOR) grants are  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped pass H.R. 6448, the Invest to Protect Act, H.R. 5768, the VICTIM Act, H.R. 8542, the Mental Health Justice Act of 2022, and H.R. 4118, the Break the Cycle of Violence Act. These bills will secure new funding and resources for states and police departments to address crime and mental health crises by recruiting and retaining new law enforcement officers and menta  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) voted to pass a comprehensive public safety package to support New Hampshire law enforcement, expand resources for communities to respond to non-violent crises, bolster violence intervention initiatives, and help ensure the safety of Granite State communities. This package includes the Invest to Protect Act - bipartisan legislation Rep. Kuster helped to introduce that  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2022: Congresswoman Annie Kuster helped to pass bipartisan legislation to protect future presidential elections. The Presidential Election Reform Act will ensure the Electoral Count Act cannot be used to subvert our democracy and protects against efforts to throw out lawful election results. "Today, we passed historic legislation to safeguard future presidential elections and ensure the Ele  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior appropriator on the Labor-Health and Human Services (L-HHS) Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that $28,507,046 in State Opioid Response (SOR) grants are no  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letter: Last week, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) continued his calls for continued action to lower energy costs for Granite State families, building on his previously announced Lower Energy Costs Agenda. Pappas joined a coalition of representatives from the New England Congressional Delegations in writing to the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees, urging them to include additional   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: On September 20, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Chair of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs (HVAC), led a joint Subcommittee hearing with the Technology Modernization Subcommittee on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) major acquisition failures and potential solutions. The hearing examined the serious challenges faced by VA in its attempts  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on Sept. 20, 2022: * * * Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the Hellenic Caucus, issued the following statement condemning Turkish President Erdogan's remarks to the United Nations General Assembly. "I strongly condemn President Erdogan's inflammatory and blatantly hypocritical remarks at the United Nations General Assembly earlier today." "Erdogan's speech was riddled with disingenuous clai  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped pass the Presidential Electoral Count Reform Act in the House to secure the process of casting and counting electoral votes and provisions in the presidential transition process. This legislation would reform the Electoral Count Act to ensure that Congress counts the votes as required by the Constitution. "The January 6th insurrection made clear that we must ta  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2022: During a House Veterans' Affairs Committee markup, bipartisan legislation led by Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Chair of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs (HVAC), advanced out of Committee with bipartisan support, setting it up to be voted on by the full House. The Strengthening Whistleblower Protections at the Department of   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH-02), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-02), Greg Murphy (R-NC-03), and Nanette Barragan (D-CA-44) introduced the Biologics Competition Act, legislation to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to evaluate the process by which interchangeable biological products are approved to be used in pharmaceuticals. In many cases, these products are more affordable, incre  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a small business owner and Co-Chair of the bipartisan House Small Business Caucus, and Congressman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) led their colleagues in calling on the Federal Trade Commission to reopen the comment period on the proposed Motor Vehicle Dealers Trade Regulation Rule. The FTC failed to issue an advance notice of the proposed rulemaking in accordance w  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Jon Tester (D-MT) to introduce legislation that will increase reimbursement rates for veterans who must travel to receive medical care provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). As part of Senator Hassan's work to lower costs for Granite Staters, the Veterans Medical Mileage Adjustment Act of 2022 would increase   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on Sept. 21, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released the following statement on the U.S. Senate voting today on a strong bipartisan basis to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocols, which will phase down the use of super-pollutants found in many consumer products. "Today's bipartisan vote ratifying the Kigali Amendment is not only good news for our environment, it is a boon  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, issued the following statement in response to President Joe Biden's address to the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. "President Biden's address to the United Nations General Assembly came at a pivotal time for the United States and global community   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released a comprehensive review of the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program, which spans from the inception of the program through U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan to its current implementation. In it, Shaheen details systemic issues with the program and proposes policy changes to better serve Afghan allies who stood by U.S. personnel and a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, joined a group of Senators for a meeting with Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin to receive an update on Putin's unprovoked war in Ukraine, and specifically on reports of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Russians. The meeting was hosted by Se  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), members of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure that service members are protected financially and won't fail their classes if they need to withdraw from school because they are called up for duty. "When a service member is suddenly called up for duty, they should not have to fear losing any VA   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Mike Rounds (R-SD), senior members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, led a bipartisan letter to Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Lloyd Austin and White House officials, urging increased funding for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) testing and remediation, and to improve PFAS-related planning to make use of the higher funding lev  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2022: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced legislation in the Senate last week to ensure that thousands of low-income tenants in rural areas are able to maintain access to safe and affordable housing. The Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2022 would protect access to affordable housing for families that are largely elderly, disab  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Deb Fischer (R-NE), senior members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced the Defense Export Promotion of Relevant Technology and Supplies Act (Defense EXPORTS Act), new bipartisan legislation that would help level the playing field for smaller defense manufacturing companies by funding exportability and interoperability during development of hardw  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: At a U.S. Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough discussed his support for Senator Hassan's bipartisan bill to strengthen the Solid Start program, and how the VA uses this program to better serve veterans. Senator Hassan also pressed the Secretary on the need to strengthen mental health care services for veterans in New Hampshire and acros  more