WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on May 14, 2025: * * * The Dangerous Consequences of Funding Cuts to U.S. Global Health Programs "In less than two months, the Trump Administration has undone six decades of investments that made the United States more respected and influential than any other nation. The resulting chaos has left us weaker and more vulnerable. Like all of my co  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Announces It Will Keep Maximum Contaminant Levels for PFOA, PFOS EPA intends to provide regulatory flexibility and holistically address these contaminants in drinking water WASHINGTON - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency will keep the current National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfl  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, has completed an official inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), confirming the cultural affiliation of human remains and associated funerary objects with multiple federally recognized tribes primarily from the southeastern United States. The inventory identifies the remains of two Native American individuals and three associated funerary objects--two ja  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, has announced the completion of an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects held by the . In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the museum has determined a cultural affiliation between the ancestral remains and funerary objects and several federally recognized Tribes of the Southeastern United States. The remains of   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, has completed an official inventory of human remains and determined a cultural affiliation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The remains, representing at least seven individuals of Native American ancestry, were originally removed from a mound site at Hood's Landing, approximately 15 miles south of Kingston in Roane County, Tennessee. Excavated by Professor R  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: On CNN News Central this Morning, Shaheen Discusses Trump's Trip to the Middle East, Slams Plan to Accept Luxury Qatari Plane as Air Force One (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined CNN News Central this morning to discuss President Trump's trip to the Middle East this week and rebuke the President's r  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 14 -- The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services issued the following news release on May 12, 2025: * * * 32nd Annual New Hampshire Fourth & Fifth Grade Water Science Fair and Poetry Winners Announced Winners from Rochester, Keene, Hampstead, Durham and Canaan ROCHESTER, NH - Water was the topic of the day for over 400 students at the New Hampshire Drinking Water Festival, State Science Fair and Poetry Contest held on May 8, 2025. Students from 10 comm  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Joins Over 100 Colleagues in Opposing Threatened Cuts to 988's Specialized Services for LGBTQ+ Youth Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined 108 House Democrats in calling on HHS Secretary Kennedy and President Trump to scrap their plans to cut funding in the President's Budget for the specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth who contact the 988 National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. In the  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Senate conducted 11 committee hearings on May 13, 2025: * * * PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD: CONSERVATION Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine perspectives from the field, focusing on conservation, after receiving testimony from Gary Blair, National Association of Conservation Districts, Starkville, Mississippi; Brad Doyle, Arkansas Farm Bureau, Weiner; Lynn Tjeerdsma, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, Plat  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen, Collins, King Urge OPM to Process Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Civilian Hires to Address Shipyard Workforce Needs and Support U.S. National Security (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) are urging the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to process nearly 150   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on May 14, 2025: * * * Shaheen, Risch Statement on Syria Sanctions WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on President Trump's decision to lift sanctions on Syria: "We commend President Trump's decisi  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on May 14, 2025: * * * Shaheen, Warren, Warner, Lawmakers Push for Corruption Investigation Into Trump Administration Favors for Elon Musk's Starlink Lawmakers press ethics officials to investigate reports that Trump admin is working for Starlink as it negotiates tariff agreements with foreign governments WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Jea  more