WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released a statement following the Biden Administration's announcement of a new executive order to take action on our southern border: "I have repeatedly called for both parties to come together to pass common-sense border legislation, and it's unacceptable that House Republicans have blocked a compromise bill that would provide for greater security at the border. I hav  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), co-chairs of the U.S. Senate NATO Observer Group, wrote an op-ed in MSNBC today reflecting on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, highlighting the need to recommit to strengthening NATO and combatting authoritarianism at home and abroad. You can read their op-ed here. The full article is also available here and below: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Sen. Th  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Hanover, N.H. -- Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) joined the Uncommon Dialogue on Northeastern Rivers and Dams discussion at Dartmouth College. The dialogue centered around the $2.3 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law awarded to the National Uncommon Dialogue on Hydropower and River Conservation, led by Stanford University, American Rivers, and the National Hydropower Association. This  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) is renewing calls for Congress to take legislative action to address the situation at the Southern border following the Biden Administration's executive order barring migrants who cross the border unlawfully from receiving asylum. The executive order empowers immigration officers to remove migrants without a lawful basis to remain in the country and eases the burden on B  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, New Democrat Coalition Chair Annie Kuster (NH-02) and NDC National Security Task Force Chair Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) issued a statement following the floor vote on House Republicans' hyper-partisan FY2025 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations legislation. "Rather than move away from the hyper-partisan and extremist approach that severely delayed the 2024 a  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, New Democrat Coalition Leadership Members and NDC Immigration and Border Security Task Force Chair Greg Stanton (AZ-04) issued a statement following the release of President Biden's executive order that would bar migrants who cross the Southern Border unlawfully from receiving asylum, which will be in effect during high levels of crossing. This action will enable immigration officers to more easily  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Following the Senate's vote on the Right to Contraception Act and ahead of the 59th anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) signed a discharge petition to force a vote on the Right to Contraception Act in the House, which would codify and strengthen the right for individuals to access contraception. "Women have a right to the full range of reproductive health care, incl  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) highlighted the importance of protecting reproductive freedom at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing yesterday. Before the hearing, Senator Hassan and Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Tina Smith (D-MN) held a press conference on the issue as well. "By overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court took away a fundamental freed  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on June 4, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released the following statement after President Biden announced new border security executive actions: "For years, under administrations of both parties, I have pushed to strengthen security at the border, and it is something I have heard about directly from frontline law enforcement officers at the border. President Biden's new executive actions  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan recognized Flo Dapice of Hopkinton as May's Granite Stater of the Month. At just 16 years old, Flo leads her school's Environmental Action Club and serves as a student representative on the Hopkinton School Board, focusing on improving environmental sustainability in her school and in her town. Flo is an active member of her school's Environmental Action Club and led the clu  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), alongside U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), delivered remarks at a Memorial Day event at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen to honor the brave service members who gave their lives serving our country and their families. "The New Hampshire Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen is   more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) urged UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty to quickly assume responsibility for informing patients, providers, and federal and state regulators about the patient data that was exposed in the February ransomware attack on Change Healthcare. As the Senators make clear, UnitedHealth Group continues to be in violation of the Health Inform  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee and Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Chair of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation SFRC Subcommittee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, are traveling with a bipartisan Senate delegation to Normandy, France, to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day i  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) took to the Senate floor to urge her Republican colleagues to support the Right to Contraception Act to protect women's access to contraception. Ahead of the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, which rolled back reproductive rights for women across the country, the Senator spoke about the need to codify the fundamental right to contraception, as recogn  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee and Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Chair of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation SFRC Subcommittee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, are traveling with a bipartisan Senate delegation to Normandy, France, to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invas  more