WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) celebrated the groundbreaking of the Manchester VA's new Women Veterans Health Clinic. The new Health Clinic is slated to open in 2025. In 2017, Kuster advocated for changes at the facility. Following the groundbreaking ceremony, Kuster issued the following statement: "Our veterans represent the best our state and country have to offer, and they have made treme  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: On Earth Day, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, and U.S. Representative Annie Kuster (D-NH-02) unveiled the Energizing Our Communities Act, legislation to support local communities that host Department of Energy (DOE)-supported transmission projects. The program will help build trust between local go  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), along with U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), celebrated $43,510,000 in federal funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to help lower energy costs for Granite Staters by delivering affordable solar to low-income households. The funding comes from the U.S. Environmental Protect Agency's (EPA) Greenhouse Gas Red  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The New Hampshire delegation celebrated $43,510,000 in federal funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to help lower energy costs for Granite Staters by delivering affordable solar to low-income households. The funding comes from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund's Solar for All grant program. "I fought to pass the Inflation Reduction Act to lower costs f  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) visited Rochester Child Care Center to take part in their Earth Day celebration. Pappas was joined by Cora-Lynn Hoppe, Executive Director of the Rochester Child Care Center, and Maria Finnegan, Director of Climate and Health Initiative for Caregivers and Kids, as well as Center staff and families. The event featured nature crafts, food, and learning activities a  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Senator Jeanne Shaheen (NH), and Senator Maggie Hassan (NH) joined Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt for a press conference in Rye to celebrate over $20 million in federal grant funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation to make repairs and reconstruct the seawall along New Hampshire Route 1A betwe  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Today, Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined her colleagues to pass, on a strong bipartisan basis, a security assistance package that includes vital aid for Ukraine and Israel, as well as funding for humanitarian aid. Among other measures, the legislation includes Senator Hassan and Senator Marco Rubio's bipartisan Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (SHIP) Act, which would take addition  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan joined the New Hampshire National Guard for a briefing about its Counterdrug Program at the Army Aviation Support Facility. The Counterdrug Program supports law enforcement narcotics investigations across New Hampshire. Senator Hassan additionally saw the New Hampshire National Guard's new Lakota helicopter and heard about its potential use for enha  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan recognized Kate Mikol of Bedford as April's Granite Stater of the Month. When Kate was 10 years old, she and her siblings founded Fueled by Kids, a nonprofit that has been providing snacks and meals to Manchester-area kids for the past eight years. After learning that food assistance can be one of the biggest ways to help families in Manchester struggling with homelessness  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), along with U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), celebrated $43,510,000 in federal funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to help lower energy costs for Granite Staters by delivering affordable solar to low-income households. The funding comes from the U.S. Environmental Protect Agency's (EPA) Greenhouse Gas  more

RYE, New Hampshire, April 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), along with U.S Representative Chris Pappas, joined Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt for a press conference in Rye to celebrate over $20 million in federal grant funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation to make repairs and reconstruct the se  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) applauded action by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to adopt updated Minimum Energy Standards for new single and multifamily federally-backed homes. Previously, federally funded homes were only required to meet energy conservation standards set in 2009. With today's announcement, new homes must be built  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations, Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, released the following statement after Congress passed the national security supplemental funding package to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and provide humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza and other vulnerable populations: "Finally--after months of obstruc  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: (Rye, NH) - Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), along with U.S Representative Chris Pappas, joined Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt for a press conference in Rye to celebrate over $20 million in federal grant funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation to make repairs and reconstruct the seawall along N  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and U.S Representative Jim McGovern (MA-02) sent a bicameral letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging it to ensure federal crop insurance policies are supporting New England growers. The letter is a follow-up to a successful effort last year that halted specific proposed changes to apple crop insurance by USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) that would   more