WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * After 30 Years Making A Difference, Jeanne Shaheen Announces She Will Not Seek Reelection in 2026 Shaheen Made History as First Woman Elected Governor of New Hampshire, First Woman in American History to Serve as Both Governor and US Senator, and the First Woman to Lead the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen announced she will not seek reelect  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 9, 2025: * * * Congresswoman Goodlander Helps Introduce Legislation to Protect the Right to Organize Manchester, N.H. -- This week, Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander helped introduce H.R.20, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, to ensure Americans have the freedom to organize and that workers have the right to join a union. "When our unions are strong, New Hampshire is strong.  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Goodlander Helps Lead Bipartisan Legislation to Support Firefighters with Service-Related Cancers, Honors Life and Legacy of Nashua's Own Lieutenant Jessica Wyman Nashua, New Hampshire - Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander is cosponsoring the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, H.R. 1269, bipartisan and bicameral legislation to expand federal support for the families of firefighters   more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 14, 2025: * * * Goodlander Helps Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support Hydropower Investment Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander joined with a bipartisan group of her colleagues, including Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), and Claudia Tenney (R-NY), to introduce the Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectrici  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Goodlander Statement on H.R. 1968 Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander released the following statement: "I came to Congress to work for the people of New Hampshire, and the partisan legislation that House Republicans brought to the floor today is bad for New Hampshire. "I voted against it because it fails to protect Social Security, Medicare, and  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * On Harriet Tubman Day, Shaheen Reintroduces Landmark Legislation to Put Harriet Tubman on $20 Bill **Shaheen first introduced the legislation one decade ago in 2015** (Washington, DC) - Today, on Harriet Tubman Day, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) renewed her decade-long push to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill by introducing the Harriet Tubman Tribute Act. Shaheen first introduced the  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Votes Against Destructive Continuing Resolution CR threatens Social Security benefits, worsens housing insecurity, and turns our back on our veterans and local law enforcement. Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement after voting against the full-year continuing resolution proposed by Speaker Johnson: "Today I voted no on this highly partisan continui  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Leads Bipartisan Group of Colleagues on Senate Floor in Support of Ukraine WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Peter Welch (D-VT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Chris Coons (D-DE), Mitch McConnel  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 13, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Remarks at Nominations Hearing for U.S. Ambassadorships to Canada, Mexico and Japan WASHINGTON--Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at the hearing on the nomination of Peter Hoekstra to be Ambassador  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 10, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen, Chairman Risch Introduce Bill to Hold Georgian Officials Accountable After Assault on Georgian Democracy, Violence Against Protestors WASHINGTON-- Last week, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jim Risch (R-ID), Chairman of th  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Hassan Stands Up for Veterans as Trump Administration Plans to Slash VA Staffing WASHINGTON - This week, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) pressed a Veterans Affairs (VA) official about the risk to veterans' care and benefits from the Trump Administration's plan to fire tens of thousands of employees from the VA during a hearing in the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. These mass  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Hassan Statement on Dangers of a Government Shutdown WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released the following statement today after voting to close debate on a government funding measure in order to allow a vote to keep the federal government open: "There were no good options in the Senate today. The choice today was between a federal government shutdown that would hurt  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Hassan Statement on Senator Shaheen's Decision to Not Seek Re-Election WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released the following statement after Senator Jeanne Shaheen's announcement that she will not be seeking re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2026: "Jeanne Shaheen is a trailblazer who has defined and personified New Hampshire politics - and progress - for decades. She  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Hassan and Boozman Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Make it Easier for Veterans to Schedule Medical Appointments WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and John Boozman (R-AR), members of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, reintroduced bipartisan legislation to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) health care scheduling process so that veterans can e  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Hassan, Shaheen Push Back Against President Trump & Elon Musk's Attacks on Social Security WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen are speaking out against President Trump and Elon Musk's attacks on Social Security--including moves to close Littleton's Social Security office and to fire employees across the country who help answer questions for seniors. Recently,   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Statement on Vote Against Advancing Nominee to be U.S. Secretary of the Navy (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a top member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee and Co-Chair of the U.S. Senate Navy Caucus, released the following statement after voting against advancing John Phelan's nomination to be U.S. Secretary of the Navy: "To keep pace with our nati  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen, Collins, King Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Monitor Mountain Snowpack Across Northeast, Support Outdoor Recreation Economy (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) are reintroducing the bipartisan Snow Survey Northeast Expansion Act to establish a network of snow and weather monitoring stations across the Northeast to t  more