WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: On Wednesday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted to advance a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and James Lankford (R-OK) to increase security at the Northern border. The bipartisan Cross Border Aerial Law Enforcement Operations Act would authorize the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to create a program to enhance U.  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH) helped introduce bipartisan, bicameral legislation to renew the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) a federal program that helped low-income households afford access to high-speed internet. The Affordable Connectivity Program, established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, ran out of funding in May ending assistance for over 23 million American households. Th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Warner, N.H. Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) visited Mentis Sciences' manufacturing facility in Warner to learn about their operations and discuss the organization's workforce training initiatives with senior leadership. Mentis Sciences designs and produces critical components for high-tech defense infrastructure. "It was incredible to see Mentis Sciences' operations up close and in person to b  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Claremont, N.H. Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) visited Claremont's Sugar River Revitalization and Brownfields Redevelopment Project to hear about how the project is helping reshape Claremont's downtown and riverfront. During the tour, Kuster highlighted the $800,000 in funding for the revitalization and redevelopment work she secured as part of FY2025 Community Project Funding. Along the way,   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Cornish, N.H. Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) toured the Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park in Cornish, New Hampshire. Kuster championed the 2017 Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park Redesignation Act, which redesignated the national historic site as a national historical park to more accurately illustrate its complexity and historical significance. Kuster's legislation was signed into la  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE-02), along with Reps. Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY-04), Ann McClane Kuster (D-NH-02), Zach Nunn (R-IA-03), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase access to job counseling services for Gold Star Spouses. The bill is companion legislation to S. 3726, the Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act, introduced in the Senate  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02), Paul Tonko (NY-20), and Scott Peters (CA-50) introduced the Removing Emissions to Mend Our Vulnerable Earth (REMOVE) Act, legislation to enact a whole-of-government approach to study and produce carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technology to prevent global temperatures from rising above 1.5degC from pre-industrial levels. The bill directs federal agencies to include the   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Following the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) notification to Congress of an anticipated funding shortfall(link is external) by September 20, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, wrote to Speaker Mike Johnson urging Congress to work in a bipartisan fashion to pass emergency supplemental funding to safeguard the benefits of millions of veterans acros  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Co-Chair of the Congressional Hellenic Caucus, released a statement denouncing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's dangerous statements that Turkey may attack Israel: "I condemn President Erdogan's dangerous threats to attack Israel in the strongest possible terms. President Erdogan and his government's long-standing political, logistical, and financial sup  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) pushed Ronald L. Rowe Jr., Acting Director of the U.S. Secret Service, for answers on the security failures that allowed the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump to take place and how the agency plans to address these failures moving forward. "On July 13th, major failures nearly led to the assassination of a presidential candidate who is also a form  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan recognized Samuel "Sam" Demeritt of Nottingham as July's Granite Stater of the Month. Sam has volunteered with numerous New Hampshire organizations to advance responsible stewardship of the outdoors, including with New Hampshire Fish and Game for 60 years. As a young adult, Sam entered the Army, completing his service in 1964. That same year he joined his father in voluntee  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, voted to advance the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations bill. In a vote of 27-0, the Appropriations Committee approved  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize a program that allows members of the public to order flowers that are then placed by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) on the graves at American military cemeteries overseas, for instance, the Normandy American Cemetery where U.S. World War II veterans a  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, July 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined White House American Rescue Plan Coordinator Gene Sperling and members of Teamsters Local 633 to announce new action by the Biden-Harris administration to restore and protect the pensions of more than 72,000 Teamsters across New England, including more than 6,000 in New Hampshire, through provisions in the A  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, chaired a subcommittee hearing to discuss the future of Europe including Ukraine's ability to counter Russian aggression and Shaheen's bipartisan bill to hold Georgian officials accountable for democratic backsliding following recent passage of the foreign agents law with Assis  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the U.S. Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee and a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after Republicans blocked the bipartisan Tax Relief for American Workers and Families Act that would have lowered costs for working families, invested in housing and supported small business research and de  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Chair of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee, and Dick Durbin (D-IL), today issued the following joint statement in response to the Biden-Harris Administration's announcement that Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Vladimir Kara-Murza and Alsu Kurmasheva, along with others wrongf  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, applauded the Senate's unanimous passage of their resolution designating August 21, 2024, as "Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day." The bipartisan effort aims to drive awareness of the dangers of fentanyl and encourage drug-free lifestyles. "In the Granite State, we've lost fa  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: (Manchester, NH) U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined White House American Rescue Plan Coordinator Gene Sperling and members of Teamsters Local 633 to announce new action by the Biden-Harris administration to restore and protect the pensions of more than 72,000 Teamsters across New England, including more than 6,000 in New Hampshire, through provisions in th  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Chair of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee, and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of SFRC, today issued the following joint statement in response to the State Department's decision to pause $95 million in assistance to the government of Georgia following passage of a foreig  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: In a 91-3 vote, the U.S. Senate passed the Kids Online Safety Act--bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies--to protect kids' health and well-being online by holding Big Tech companies accountable and safeguarding children from dangerous online content and behavior.  more