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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving New Hampshire Newsletter for Sunday January 21, 2024 ( 12 items )  

Pappas, Wagner, Burchett Lead Bipartisan Push To Include 1099-K Fix in Tax Package
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: As Congress works to develop a bipartisan tax package, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02), and Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) sent a letter to House and Ways and Means Committee leadership expressing their strong support for the inclusion of a legislative fix for Form 1099-K reporting requirements that threaten to significantly raise bureaucratic hurdles for online sel  more

Reps. Kuster and Tiffany Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Promote Domestic Hardwood Products
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Tom Tiffany (WI-07) introduced bipartisan legislation to support domestic hardwood products. H.R. 6880, the Hardwood Products Access and Development Program Act, permits the Secretary of Agriculture to authorize grants that bolster domestic industry efforts and research that directly supports end-user information on the benefits of hardwood products.  This will   more

Sen. Hassan Honors 2023 Granite Staters of the Month at Luncheon
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: On Saturday, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan honored the New Hampshire citizens that she recognized as Granite Staters of the Month in 2023 at a luncheon. She thanked the honorees and applauded their efforts to make New Hampshire an even better place. "New Hampshire is a great place to live, work, and raise a family because of the work that Granite Staters do every day to better our state  more

Sen. Hassan Issues Statement on Bipartisan Tax Deal to Restore R&D Tax Deduction With Tailored Expansion of Child Tax Credit
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on Jan. 16, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), who introduced the bipartisan legislation to restore the research and development (R&D) deduction, released the following statement on the bipartisan tax deal announced today that would restore the R&D deduction and provide a tailored, bipartisan expansion of the child tax credit: "The bipartisan deal we have reached to restore the R&D tax deduc  more

Sen. Hassan Pushes for Better Care for Long COVID Patients; Highlights Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) focused on how to improve access and care for patients with Long COVID during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing yesterday. Patients with Long COVID are those who continue to experience COVID symptoms in the months or even years after infection. Senator Hassan highlighted the work of the Post-Acute COVID Syndrome Clinic at Dartmouth-Hitchcoc  more

Sen. Hassan Questions Cybersecurity Experts About Cyber Safety Review Board
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: During a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing today, Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) questioned leading cybersecurity experts about the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB). The CSRB consists of 15 cybersecurity leaders from the federal government and the private sector and is overseen by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, part of the United St  more

Sens. Shaheen, Hassan Join Transportation Secretary Buttigieg in New Hampshire to Highlight Local Investments From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg for a tour of the Painters' Finishing Trades Institute of New England and to meet with apprentices and union members. Later in the morning, they visited the site of the Derry - Londonderry I-93 Exit 4A Project to highlight the impact of federal investments from the   more

Shaheen Statement Following the Release of the First Pease Health Study Report
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: **This report was made possible because of Shaheen's advocacy** (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after part one of the Pease Health Study Report was released. Shaheen fought to establish this study at the former Pease Air Force Base, the first in a nationwide, multi-site health study to   more

Shaheen Statement on Passage of the Continuing Resolution to Keep Government Open
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee and Chair of the Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee, today issued the following statement after Congress passed a continuing resolution that will keep the government open until March: "Stop-gap funding bills create inefficiencies within government that only serve to waste American t  more

Shaheen Urges Action to Eliminate PFAS from Firefighter Gear Following Findings in New NIST Report
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a follow-up study regarding per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the personal protective equipment (PPE) worn by firefighters to determine the risk of exposure to these ha  more

Shaheen, Collins Send Bipartisan Letter Urging President Biden to Address Access to Contraception Among Service Members
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) sent a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden urging him to address access to contraception for service members in his upcoming Presidential Budget Request for Fiscal Year2025. Currently under TRICARE, the uniformed services health care program, service members must  more

Shaheen, Hassan Join Transportation Secretary Buttigieg in New Hampshire to Highlight Local Investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: (Manchester, NH) - Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg for a tour of the Painters' Finishing Trades Institute of New England and to meet with apprentices and union members. Later in the morning, they visited the site of the Derry - Londonderry I-93 Exit 4A Project to highlight the impact of federal investments from  more