WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of March 31 Deadline, Pappas Reintroduces Bipartisan Legislation to Combat Fentanyl Trafficking Pappas has led the fight in Congress to permanently schedule all fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs This week, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), alongside Congressman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Congresswoman Maria Salazar (FL-27), announced the reintroduction of the bipartisan Save   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Shaheen Condemns Trump Actions as Deliberate Effort to Undermine Critical Functions of Government Over Lowering Costs for Granite Staters (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) condemned Trump for undermining critical government functions instead of working to lower costs for Granite Staters like he promised during his campaign. Shaheen pointed to the President's misguide  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), alongside Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), are demanding answers from U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent regarding his decision to grant Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its team access to critically important federal payment systems - including highly sensitive pe  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), alongside Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), are sending a letter to President Donald Trump urging him not to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canada, the Granite State's largest trading partner, and Mexico. Sweeping tariffs would dramatically increase costs for families in New Hampshire and around the nation. H  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * NH Delegation Demands Answers on DOGE's Access to Federal Payment Systems and Americans' Highly Sensitive Information, Urges Reversal The New Hampshire Congressional delegation is demanding answers from U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent regarding his decision to grant Elon Musk (link is external) 's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its team access to critically im  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * On Senate Floor, Shaheen Condemns Proposed Trump Tariffs that Would Increase Costs on Granite Staters (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) delivered remarks on the Senate floor condemning President Trump's proposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada, New Hampshire's largest trading partner, that could cause prices on everything from gas to cars to groceries to skyrocket, hurting Gra  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Helps Pass Bipartisan Legislation to Permanently Schedule Fentanyl Analogues Pappas has led the fight in Congress to permanently schedule all fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs, securing several extensions of the temporary scheduling measure until permanent measures could be passed Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped pass bipartisan legislation to permanently sche  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Reintroduces Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen and Support Rural Small Businesses Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01), along with Representatives Kelly Morrison (MN-03), Aaron Bean (FL-04), and Troy Downing (MT-02) reintroduced the Rural Small Business Resilience Act which would improve access to disaster assistance for rural small businesses. "Rural small businesses face unique challenges   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Reintroduces Bipartisan Legislation to Encourage Charitable Giving and Support Local Communities Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), alongside Representatives Blake Moore (UT-01), Danny Davis (IL-07), and Carole Miller (WV-01), reintroduced the Charitable Act to empower Americans to contribute to charitable causes and support local communities. "Nonprofits in New Hampshire and across the   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas, Bergman Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Veterans' Emergency Care Coverage Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, and Jack Bergman (MI-01) introduced the Removing Extraneous Loopholes Insuring Every Veteran Emergency (RELIEVE) Act. This bipartisan legislation would eliminate a glaring gap in veteran emergency care insurance coverage  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release Feb. 2, 2025: Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV), members of SFRC, sent a le  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, and Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committ  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Representative Maggie Goodlander, a Member of the House Small Business Committee, sent a letter to Small Business Administration (SBA) Acting Administrator Everett Woodel, urging the agency to immediately clarify the extent of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to SBA systems. The letter follows reports that DOGE requested and has been granted access to all SBA systems,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: Today, Representative Maggie Goodlander sent a letter (https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:3eb4136b-3b26-450c-a1ed-3d718ad88268) with 60 House Democratic colleagues to President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Acting Secretary of Commerce Jeremy Pelter, and Acting United States Trade Representative Juan Millan, demanding the administration rescind the execut  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: Today, Representative Maggie Goodlander helped introduce the Right to Contraception Act, legislation to codify the right for Americans to access contraception and to protect the right of health care providers to provide contraceptives. Goodlander is an original co-sponsor of the bill. "We cannot live freely without control over our own bodies and access to the reproductive health c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: Today, Representative Maggie Goodlander, a Member of the House Small Business Committee, highlighted the devastating impact that President Trump's proposed federal funding freeze would have on New Hampshire small businesses, their employees, and our communities. Goodlander also underscored the importance of holding corporate monopolies accountable. "Over the last two weeks, one of  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Representative Maggie Goodlander joined over 100 lawmakers in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing deep concerns about the recent destructive actions taken by the Trump Administration regarding the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In the letter, the lawmakers condemned the Trump Administration's efforts to undermine USAID's independence, which h  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Representatives Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), alongside U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), are demanding answers from U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent regarding his decision to grant Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its team access to critically important federal payment systems - including highly sensitiv  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 6, 2025: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "I was pleased to have a frank and productive conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu, alongside Leader Schumer and other senior  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Susan Collins (R-ME), Katie Britt (R-AL), and Tina Smith (D-MN) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to support rural health care facilities in providing urgent obstetric care. "No pregnant woman should struggle to access quality, affordable health care they need because of their zip code," said Senator Hassan. "This bipartisan legislation will provide targeted  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Michael Bennet (D-CO), issued the following statement on the Trump Administration's decision to temporarily postpone the implementation of blanket tariffs against Mexico and Canada, which would have raised costs for Ame  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Condemns President Trump's Sweeping Tariffs on Canada and Mexico that Will Raise Costs for Americans and Businesses (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement in response to President Trump imposing sweeping 25 percent tariffs on imported goods from Canada and Mexico, which  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Joins New Hampshire Health Care Leaders to Discuss Her Legislation to Prevent Skyrocketing Costs for Granite Staters (Concord, NH) - Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Granite State health care leaders to discuss the importance of preventing health care costs from skyrocketing, including by passing her bicameral legislation, the Health Care Affordability Act, to make perm  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Joins Young and Colleagues to Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Help Small Businesses Adopt Digital Tools (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the former Chair and now a senior member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, joined U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-IN), Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Ted Budd (R-NC) in introducing bipartisan legislatio  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Leads New Hampshire Congressional Delegation in Demanding Answers from Treasury Secretary Bessent on DOGE's Access to Federal Payment Systems and Americans' Highly Sensitive Information, Urges Him to Reverse Potentially Dangerous Decision (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), alongside Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Maggie Goodlander  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Speaks Out Against Trump Nominee Russell Vought, Calling Him Unfit and Unqualified to Serve as OMB Director (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) delivered remarks on the Senate floor opposing the nomination of Russell Vought, the chief architect of Project 2025, a radical, right-wing agenda, to serve as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. You can watch her  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Speaks with New Hampshire Chamber of Commerce Leaders About Potential Harms from Delayed Trump Tariffs (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) spoke with representatives from local Chambers of Commerce across New Hampshire about the harmful impact of the potential Trump tariffs on Mexico and Canada, New Hampshire's largest trading partner. As of earlier this week, these t  more