WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan raised concerns about the U.S. Postal Service (USPS)'s plan to move the Manchester Processing & Distribution Center's operations to Boston at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing. "Granite Staters reach out to my office daily about delivery issues that they are experiencing," said Senator Hassan. "This new plan from  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Josh Hawley (R-MO), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, will convene a hearing on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 2:00PM titled "Oversight of AI: Election Deepfakes." The Subcommittee's fifth AI-focused hearing comes after deepfakes were used to impersonate President Biden to discourage voters from par  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, is introducing bipartisan legislation to respond to the shortage of child care availability in the Granite State, including at military installations. This bill proposes a first-of-its-kind Department of Defense-led pilot program to support workforce development opportunities for child care providers and to a  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, during a hearing in the prominent Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee on "Examining Health Sector Cybersecurity," Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) urged her colleagues to support the millions of Americans whose data was exposed and compromised by the Change Healthcare cyberattack in February 2024. "The Change Healthcare cyberattack not only disrupted timely care for patients in  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse was joined by leaders from every corner of the Democratic Caucus in a press conference calling out the draconian cuts proposed in the Republican Study Committee's (RSC) backward budget. Supported by an overwhelming number of House Republicans and 100% of their leadership, the RSC's 2025 budget would put a stop to critical programs American families rely   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, New Democrat Coalition Leadership released the following statement in support of the national security supplemental funding bills introduced in the House that reflect the Senate-passed, bipartisan National Security Act, 2024: "For the last six months, New Dems have repeatedly urged House Republican leadership to bring forward legislation that supports our imperiled allies, Ukraine, Israel, and T  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, New Democrat Coalition leaders, including NDC Chair Annie Kuster (NH-02) and New Dem Reps. Nikki Budzinksi (IL-13), Angie Craig (MN-02), Shontel Brown (OH-11), Gabe Vasquez (NM-02), and Emilia Sykes (OH-13) led a press conference calling on House Republican Leadership to join Democrats in funding the Affordable Connectivity Program, which will expire on April 30th without additional Congressional  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, New Democrat Coalition Chair Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Vice Chairs Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and Brad Schneider (IL-10) issued the below statement following the Iranian attack against Israel and the news that House Republican Leadership will move to put a bill on the floor to hold Iran accountable: "New Dems unequivocally condemn Iran's attack against Israel and commend the multinational effort that   more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined a bipartisan group of 22 Members of Congress in sending a letter to United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, decrying the United States Postal Service's (USPS) recent nationwide consolidation and review announcements that could severely diminish mail service reliability for postal networks across the country. "A common theme of these announcements i  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined a bipartisan group of 22 Members of Congress in sending a letter to United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, decrying the United States Postal Service's (USPS) recent nationwide consolidation and review announcements that could severely diminish mail service reliability for postal networks across the country. "A common theme of these announcements i  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, during a House Small Business Committee markup, two bipartisan bills led by Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) advanced out of the Committee with unanimous, bipartisan support. The two bills were the Rural Small Business Resilience Act and the ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act. "Entrepreneurship is a major pathway for all Americans to achieve success and self-sufficiency, and we m  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: This week, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), along with Congressman Aaron Bean (FL-04), Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), and Congressman Tracey Mann (KS-01), introduced the Rural Small Business Resilience Act. This bipartisan legislation would require the Small Business Administration (SBA) to develop specific outreach policies and procedures for rural communities and ensure that rural small business  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), along with Reps.Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Dan Kildee (MI-08) re-introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act. This legislation requires EPA to develop water criteria for PFAS under the Clean Water Act and provides EPA with an ambitious yet achievable roadmap to establish effluent limitation  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: This week Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) joined Senators Maggie Hassan (NH) and Cynthia Lummis (WY) to introduce the bicameral, bipartisan Postal Operations Stay Timely and Local (POSTAL) Act, which would prohibit the United States Postal Service (USPS) from consolidating, closing, or downgrading a processing and distribution center if it would leave a state without o  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) raised ways to increase border security and prevent fentanyl trafficking at a Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee hearing with U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. First, Senator Hassan highlighted the bipartisan border security package that Senate Republicans blocked consideration of earlier this year. Sena  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Earlier today, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) asked whistleblowers and experts about lapses in Boeing's safety culture at a Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing. Senator Hassan asked whistleblower Sam Salehpour, a quality engineer at Boeing, about his experience raising safety concerns at Boeing. Mr. Salehpour said that his supervisor prevented him from documenting c  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) are introducing legislation to begin the process of designating Shaker Village in Canterbury as a National Heritage Area. Canterbury Shaker Village is an historic site that preserves the heritage of the Shakers, a Christian sect organized in the United States in the 1780s, that espoused egalitarian ideals. "Canterbury Shaker Village provides   more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: on April 16, 2024 Today, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) pressed Daniel Werfel, IRS Commissioner, on what the agency is doing to quickly get Granite Staters their tax returns and provide other taxpayer services at a Senate Finance Committee hearing. "I have heard again and again from my constituents about delays with getting their refunds and other taxpayer services," said Senator Hassan. "IT issu  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight, issued the following statement at a hearing on March 20, 2024, entitled "Strengthening International Cooperation to Stop the Flow of Fentanyl Into the United States": * * * Good afternoon. Today's hearing will focus on the steps that U.S. agencies and foreign countries need to take to stop the flow of fentanyl into   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee issued the following information for a field hearing entitled "Small Business Export Opportunities: Accessing Resources to Expand International Sales" at 10 a.m. on April 23, 2024, at University of New Hampshire Innovation, 21 Madbury Road, No. 100, Durham, NH 03824: Witness Panel 1 * Mr. Justin Oslowski, Director, U.S. Commercial Service Portsmouth, Portsmouth, NH * Ms. Lisa Rogers, Vice President and Director o  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Mitt Romney (R-UT), the Chair and Ranking Member of the Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight Subcommittee, urged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to reauthorize the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), which improves programs to respond to public health threats. This is especially critical fo  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: This week, Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) joined Senators Maggie Hassan (NH) and Cynthia Lummis (WY) to introduce the bicameral, bipartisan Postal Operations Stay Timely and Local (POSTAL) Act, which would prohibit the United States Postal Service (USPS) from consolidating, closing, or downgrading a processing and distribution center if it would lea  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and JD Vance (R-OH) introduced the Continuous Skilled Nursing Quality Improvement Act, which would redefine "private duty nursing services" as "continuous skilled nursing services," remove outdated provider red tape, and mandate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services convene a working group to establish national quality standards of care for these services. "Th  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Last night, the United States Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution introduced by Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) to commemorate and support the goals of World Quantum Day, which is recognized annually on April 14th. The resolution highlights the importance of the quantum mechanics that are p  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, today chaired a hearing with Attorney General Merrick Garland about the Department of Justice's Fiscal Year 2025 budget request. In her opening remarks, Senator Shaheen noted that the Fiscal Responsibility Act discretionary spending limits have a significant imp  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), senior member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and chair of the Subcommittee on Europe Regional Security and Cooperation, applauded committee passage of two pieces of legislation: her bipartisan Western Balkans Democracy and Prosperity Act and her bipartisan resolution condemning Hamas for using sexual and gender-based violence as a weapon of war against  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, spoke on the Senate floor to urge House Republicans to move forward the national security supplemental funding legislation passed by the Senate in February. She spoke in support of Ukraine's continued fight for democracy and freedom and advocated for our allies and partners   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Mike Braun (R-IN) led a group of 18 Senators in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough inquiring about access to non-opioid pain alternatives throughout the VA system to help prevent addiction before it starts. U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), James Lankford (R-OK), Ma  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Armed Services and Appropriations Committees and Chair of the Small Business Committee, is introducing bipartisan legislation with U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) to respond to the shortage of child care availability across the country, including for military families. This bill proposes a first-of-its-kind Department of Defense-l  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) today introduced the Clergy Act, the Senate Companion to H.R.6068, to allow clergy members who previously opted not to be covered by Social Security a time-limited opportunity to opt back in to coverage. Under current law, certain members of the clergy may make a one-time, irreversible decision to exempt their ministeria  more