WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2025: * * * IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Representative Goodlander Visits Small Businesses Across New Hampshire, Discusses Priorities Claremont, N.H. -- Last month, Representative Maggie Goodlander, a Member of the House Small Business Committee, toured locally owned small businesses across the state. In Berlin, she visited Exile Burrito. In Claremont, she visited Claremont Spice & Dry Good  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Citing National Security Concerns on Senate Floor, Shaheen Announces Opposition to Tulsi Gabbard's Confirmation (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a top member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, took to the Senate floor to underscore her dire national security concerns ahead of the confirmation of Tulsi G  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Goodlander Introduces Bipartisan ASSIST Act to Improve Safe Transportation for Disabled Veterans Washington, D.C. -- Today, Representatives Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) and Tom Barrett (MI-07) introduced the bipartisan Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation (ASSIST) Act to ensure disabled veterans, with help from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), ar  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Goodlander Urges Action to Address Military Supply Chain Issues, Ensure Readiness Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Representative Maggie Goodlander, a Member of the House Armed Services Committee, spoke about the need to address military supply chain issues to ensure American military readiness. "We must ensure our defense industrial base is prepared to meet the moment and k  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Shaheen Helps Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Establish Permanent Air Guard Tuition Assistance Program (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee and Co-Chair of the U.S. Senate National Guard Caucus, along with U.S. Senators John Hoeven (R-ND), Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Jerry Moran (R-KS), reintroduced their  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * On Senate Floor, Senator Hassan Speaks Out About Danger RFK Jr. Poses to Families and Public Health WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today voted against the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Yesterday, Senator Hassan delivered remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate to highlight Kennedy's lack of basic knowledge about th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * On Senate Floor, Shaheen Speaks Out Against the Confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services Secretary (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) delivered remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate to oppose the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for Health and Human Services Secretary. In her remarks, Shaheen highlighted Kennedy's troubling record   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Announces 2025 Congressional Art Competition Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced the upcoming deadline for the 2025 Congressional Art Competition in New Hampshire's First Congressional District. Each spring, Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, in collaboration with the Congressional Institute, sponsor a nationwide high school arts competition. The competition is   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Helps Reintroduce Bipartisan SHRED Act Last week Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined Congressman Joe Neguse (CO-02) and Congressman Blake Moore (UT-01) in reintroducing bipartisan legislation to support ski areas across the country. The Ski Hill Resources for Economic Development (SHRED) Act (link is external) would invest in outdoor recreation by enabling National Forests to retain   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Reintroduces Bipartisan Legislation to Crack Down on Deadly Xylazine Bipartisan, bicameral legislation would make xylazine a Schedule III controlled substance while protecting access for veterinarians Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined a bipartisan group of Senate and House colleagues in reintroducing the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act. This bipartisan legislation would make  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Hosts Roundtable on National Security Implications of Halting U.S. Foreign Assistance Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, convened Democratic Senators for a roundtable discussion with experts on the national security implicatio  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Joins President Zelenskyy and Bipartisan Group of Senators to Discuss U.S.-Ukraine Security Cooperation at Munich Security Conference MUNICH--Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Senators  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Remarks at Hearing on Navigating Syria Policy Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered an opening statement during a hearing titled "After Assad: Navigating Syria Policy" about the future of Syria following the collapse of  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Speaks on Senate Floor to Condemn Trump Administration's Reckless Actions at USAID WASHINGTON - This week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, took to the Senate floor to condemn the Trump Administration's damaging and reckless actions against the Unit  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Ranking Members Shaheen and Meeks Issue Statement on New Foreign Service Executive Order WASHINGTON--Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, issu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, just recently, Karoline Leavitt gave her welcomed first press conference as White House Press Secretary serving with President Donald Trump. As a 2019 graduate from Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire, Karoline is the youngest person to hold this critical position as the public voice of the President.   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Goodlander Demands Answers for Bessent's CFPB Shutdown That Will Harm Hardworking New Hampshire Families Washington, D.C. - Representative Maggie Goodlander joined her colleagues in sending a letter to Acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director, Scott Bessent. In the letter, the lawmakers urge Treasury Secretary Bessent to immediately reverse his decision to  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Goodlander Demands Answers on Pause of Military Sexual Assault Trainings Washington, D.C. -- Representative Maggie Goodlander, a Member of the House Armed Services Committee, sent a letter with her colleagues to Defense Secretary Hegseth demanding answers regarding the pause of military Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) training programs. In the letter, the lawma  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Goodlander Helps Pass Legislation to Combat Opioid Epidemic, Save Lives Washington, D.C. - Representative Maggie Goodlander, a Member of the Bipartisan Fentanyl Prevention Caucus, voted in favor of the Halt Lethal Trafficking (HALT) Fentanyl Act, bipartisan legislation to permanently classify fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act. "I  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Representative Goodlander Highlights Impact of Federal Programs on New Hampshire Small Businesses Today, Representative Maggie Goodlander, a Member of the House Small Business Committee, highlighted the critical impact that Small Business Administration (SBA) loans and supported loans have on New Hampshire small businesses. Goodlander also underscored the uncertainty and t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Goodlander Urges End to Administration's Stop Work Order on U.S. Foreign Assistance Washington, D.C. - Representative Maggie Goodlander, a Member of the House Armed Services Committee, sent a letter urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to end the Trump Administration's stop work order on U.S. foreign assistance while a 90-day review of USAID programs is underway. The Membe  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Maggie Goodlander Hosts Telephone Town Hall, Answers Questions from Granite Staters **More than 3,500 Granite Staters participated in today's town hall** Today, Representative Maggie Goodlander hosted a telephone town hall with more than 3,500 people from across New Hampshire to share an update on her first 35 days in Congress and answer questions from constituents, includin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2025: * * * Representative Maggie Goodlander Hosts Telephone Town Hall, Answers Questions from Granite Staters Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Maggie Goodlander hosted a telephone town hall with more than 3,500 people from across New Hampshire to share an update on her first 35 days in Congress and answer questions from constituents, including questions about the impact of Pr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) reintroduced the Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act to build the U.S. workforce and help connect individuals to good jobs. The bill will strengthen the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), which has a proven track record of helping disadvantaged individuals secure employment. Companion legislation was introduced in th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) helped reintroduce the Ski Hill Resources for Economic Development (SHRED) Act, led by U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and John Barrasso (R-WY). The bipartisan bill would fuel investment in outdoor recreation in mountain communities by enabling National Forests like the White Mountain National Forest to retain a portion of the annual fee  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following written testimony by Dartmouth College Professor Jennifer Lind from a Jan. 30, 3035, hearing entitled "The Malign Influence of the People's Republic of China at Home and Abroad: Recommendations for Policy Makers": * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and distinguished members of the committee: thank you for the invitation to testify before you today. My name is Jennifer Lind: I'm a professor at Dartmo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen, Collins Urge Navy to Protect Jobs at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Warn of Negative Impact on National Security (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee and Co-Chair of the U.S. Senate Navy Caucus, and U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Chair of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, are sending a bipartisan le  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen, Hassan Help Reintroduce Bipartisan SHRED Act to Keep Ski Fees Local, Support New Hampshire Recreation Management (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) helped reintroduce the Ski Hill Resources for Economic Development (SHRED) Act, led by U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and John Barrasso (R-WY). The bipartisan bill would fuel investment in  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen, Hassan, Pappas Join Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for New Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Facility to Increase Efficiency and Support Shipyard Workforce ** Shaheen secured full authorization for the Shipbuilding Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) projects at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the Fiscal Year 2025 NDAA** (Portsmouth, NH) - Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior m  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen, Hassan, Pappas Join Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for New Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Facility to Increase Efficiency and Support Shipyard Workforce Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (NH) delivered remarks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Portsmouth Naval Sh  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen, Hoeven Call on Acting FAA Administrator to Urgently Address Air Traffic Controller Staffing Shortages **Citing the deadly collision at Reagan National Airport and increasingly frequent near-misses at airports across the country, Senators request that the FAA work with Congress on ways to prevent future tragedies** (Washington, DC) - Following the deadliest commercial aviation incid  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * Shaheen, Risch Attend Munich Security Conference Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will depart for Germany to attend the 2025 Munich Security Conference. Risch and Shaheen will join national security leaders from   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen, Sullivan Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Counter Censorship in China and Promote Free Expression for Chinese Citizens Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and reintroduced the Informing a Nation with Free, Open, and Reliable Media (INFORM)   more