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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving New Hampshire Newsletter for Sunday December 14, 2025 ( 32 items )  

Ahead of Senate Vote, Shaheen, Warner Hold Spotlight Forum on the Disastrous Impacts of ACA Tax Credit Expiration
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Senate Vote, Shaheen, Warner Hold Spotlight Forum on the Disastrous Impacts of ACA Tax Credit Expiration * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), author of bicameral legislation to permanently extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits, and Mark Warner (D-VA) hosted a spotlight forum underscoring the urgent need for Congress to extend the soon  more

American Families Have Already Paid Nearly $1,200 Each in Tariff Costs Since Trump Entered Office
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2025: * * * American Families Have Already Paid Nearly $1,200 Each in Tariff Costs Since Trump Entered Office The Joint Economic Committee - Minority today released a new report estimating that American families have already paid nearly $1,200 each in tariff costs since President Trump took office. Combining Treasury Department data on the a  more

BREAKING: House Passes Goodlander-Backed Bipartisan Bill to Support Schools in the North Country
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * BREAKING: House Passes Goodlander-Backed Bipartisan Bill to Support Schools in the North Country * Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act, bipartisan legislation co-led by Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander to provide critical support for schools and roads in rural counties. This legislation will reauthorize the Secure Rura  more

BREAKING: House Passes Goodlander-Backed Bipartisan Legislation to Restore Collective Bargaining for Federal Workers
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * BREAKING: House Passes Goodlander-Backed Bipartisan Legislation to Restore Collective Bargaining for Federal Workers * Washington, D.C. Today, the United States House of Representatives passed the Protect America's Workforce Act, bipartisan legislation cosponsored by Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander to protect New Hampshire's federal workers. This bill will repeal President Trump's March 2  more

Goodlander Calls on President Trump to Immediately Address the Housing Crisis
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Goodlander Calls on President Trump to Immediately Address the Housing Crisis * Concord, N.H. - Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander joined 51 of her colleagues in sending a letter to President Trump, urging him to take immediate steps to help make housing more affordable and accessible. In the letter, the members lay out eight commonsense and immediate steps the Administration could take to   more

Goodlander Delivers Major Win for New Hampshire's Firefighters in House-Passed National Defense Authorization Act
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Goodlander Delivers Major Win for New Hampshire's Firefighters in House-Passed National Defense Authorization Act * **You can watch the congresswoman's full remarks here ** Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, announced that bipartisan legislation she championed, H.R.1269, the Honoring our Fallen Heroes Act, passed th  more

Goodlander, Pappas Join Bipartisan Coalition to Introduce Legislation to Make Healthcare More Affordable for Granite Staters
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Goodlander, Pappas Join Bipartisan Coalition to Introduce Legislation to Make Healthcare More Affordable for Granite Staters * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander and Congressman Chris Pappas helped introduce the CommonGround for Affordable Health Care Act, bipartisan legislation mirroring their landmark new plan to protect the healthcare that tens of thousands of Gr  more

ICYMI: New Gallup Poll Shows ACA Tax Credits Hit All-Time High Popularity, Growing Support Among Independents
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: New Gallup Poll Shows ACA Tax Credits Hit All-Time High Popularity, Growing Support Among Independents * (Washington, DC) - In case you missed it: A new survey shows that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits (EPTCs) have reached an all-time high of 57% popularity among Americans. The polling also shows that support for the tax credits has continued to grow among i  more

New Hampshire Delegation Welcomes More than $9 Million for Granite State Projects Through Northern Border Regional Commission
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * New Hampshire Delegation Welcomes More than $9 Million for Granite State Projects Through Northern Border Regional Commission * (Washington, DC) - Today, Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), alongside Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01), welcomed more than $9 million in federal funding for Granite State projects through   more

New Hampshire Delegation Welcomes More than $9 Million for Granite State Projects Through Northern Border Regional Commission
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * New Hampshire Delegation Welcomes More than $9 Million for Granite State Projects Through Northern Border Regional Commission * (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), alongside U.S. Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), welcomed more than $9   more

NH Delegation Welcomes More than $9 Million for Granite State Projects Through Northern Border Regional Commission
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * NH Delegation Welcomes More than $9 Million for Granite State Projects Through Northern Border Regional Commission * Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) in welcoming more than $9 million in federal funding for Granite  more

On Senate Floor, Shaheen Calls on Republicans to Join Democrats in Voting to Extend ACA Enhanced Premium Tax Credits
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * On Senate Floor, Shaheen Calls on Republicans to Join Democrats in Voting to Extend ACA Enhanced Premium Tax Credits * (Washington, DC) - Ahead of the vote to extend the enhanced premium tax credits, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), author of bicameral legislation to permanently extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits, took to the Senate floor to outline the cons  more

Pappas Announces Clean Water Agenda with Reintroduction of Three Bills to Combat PFAS Contamination & Support Affected Communities
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Announces Clean Water Agenda with Reintroduction of Three Bills to Combat PFAS Contamination & Support Affected Communities * Pappas reintroduces legislation to set proactive limits on discharges of PFAS, hold polluters accountable, reauthorize EPA's PFAS research authority, help communities clean up contamination, and end federal taxes on PFAS remediation rebates Today Congressman Ch  more

Pappas Helps Pass Bipartisan Legislation to Restore Federal Workers' Union Rights
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Helps Pass Bipartisan Legislation to Restore Federal Workers' Union Rights * Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped pass the Protect America's Workforce Act (PAWA) (link is external), bipartisan legislation to repeal a presidential executive order that stripped union rights from roughly 1 million federal workers. Today's vote follows a bipartisan effort to build support for the l  more

Pappas Leads Bipartisan Demand for Action to Stop Claim Sharks Scamming Veterans Following NPR Report
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Leads Bipartisan Demand for Action to Stop Claim Sharks Scamming Veterans Following NPR Report * Pappas leads efforts to stop predatory claim sharks scamming veterans under the guise of helping them file for VA disability benefits Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the Economic Opportunity Subcommittee of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, led a bipartisan g  more

Pappas Secures Protections for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Military Pay Raise in NDAA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Secures Protections for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Military Pay Raise in NDAA * Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), founding member of the bipartisan Public Shipyard Caucus, voted to pass the bipartisan FY26 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes language based on his legislation, the Protecting Public Naval Shipyards Act, to protect the civilian workforce at Amer  more

Pappas, Goodlander Introduce Bipartisan "CommonGround" Legislation to Address Skyrocketing ACA Premiums
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas, Goodlander Introduce Bipartisan "CommonGround" Legislation to Address Skyrocketing ACA Premiums * Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), with a bipartisan coalition of 38 total House Members, introduced the CommonGround for Affordable Health Care Act based on the bipartisan health care framework they unveiled last week. Over 47,000 Granite S  more

Pappas, Rulli, Stanton Introduce Bipartisan Continuous Skilled Nursing Quality Improvement Act
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas, Rulli, Stanton Introduce Bipartisan Continuous Skilled Nursing Quality Improvement Act * Yesterday Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Congressman Michael Rulli (OH-06), and Congressman Greg Stanton (AZ-04) introduced the Continuous Skilled Nursing Quality Improvement Act of 2025 (link is external), which would modernize Medicaid's approach to continuous skilled (private duty) nursing, r  more

Ranking Member Shaheen Opening Remarks at Hearing on Arms Race 2.0
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Opening Remarks at Hearing on Arms Race 2.0 Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing, "Arms Race 2.0." In her remarks, Ranking Member Shaheen underscored the need for a strong commitm  more

Ranking Member Shaheen Opening Remarks at Nominations Hearing for Key State Department Positions
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Opening Remarks at Nominations Hearing for Key State Department Positions Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at a committee hearing on the nominations of Frank "Cart" Weiland to be Assistant Secretary of S  more

Ranking Member Shaheen Pushes Back on President Trump's Attacks on U.S. Allies
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Pushes Back on President Trump's Attacks on U.S. Allies Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in response to President Trump's recent interview in which he denigrated European leaders and cast doubt on t  more

Ranking Member Shaheen, Chairman Risch Statement on Anniversary of the Fall of the Assad Regime
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen, Chairman Risch Statement on Anniversary of the Fall of the Assad Regime 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 statement below on the first anniversary of the fall of the brutal regime of   more

Ranking Member Shaheen, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Restore and Safeguard U.S. Support for UNFPA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Restore and Safeguard U.S. Support for UNFPA Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tim Kaine (D-VA), Peter Welch (D-VT), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Patty Murray (D-WA), Chris Va  more

Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Coons, National Security Democrats Statement on President Trump's Decision to Allow the Export of Advanced NVIDIA H200 AI Chips to China
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Coons, National Security Democrats Statement on President Trump's decision to allow the export of advanced NVIDIA H200 AI chips to China Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Chris Coons (D-DE), Ranking Member on the Senate Ap  more

Senator Hassan Presses Corporate Owners of Mobile Home Communities for Answers on Affordability and Resident Living Conditions
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2025: * * * Senator Hassan Presses Corporate Owners of Mobile Home Communities for Answers on Affordability and Resident Living Conditions Today, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, pressed six corporate owners of manufactured housing communities for answers on affordability and living conditions  more

Senator Hassan Statement on Failed Health Care Vote in the Senate
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Hassan Statement on Failed Health Care Vote in the Senate * Click Here to Watch Senator Hassan's Remarks on the Floor of the Senate Ahead of Today's Vote WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released the following statement today after the Senate failed to advance a common-sense proposal which had bipartisan support and would have prevented health insurance premiums from s  more

Senator Hassan, Colleagues Introduce the Bipartisan AI Workforce PREPARE Act
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Hassan, Colleagues Introduce the Bipartisan AI Workforce PREPARE Act * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan recently helped introduce the bipartisan AI Workforce Projections, Research, and Evaluations to Promote AI Readiness and Employment (PREPARE) Act, which would enhance federal agencies' ability to assess AI's impact on the workforce in order to make job training and education   more

Senators Hassan, Ernst Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Support Working American Families
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Hassan, Ernst Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Support Working American Families * Bipartisan legislation will modernize family and medical leave policies. WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) are supporting hardworking American families by introducing the Fair Access for Individuals to Receive (FAIR) Leave Act to ensure that married couples employed by  more

Senators Hassan, Hawley Urge Major AI Companies to Crack Down on Scams
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2025: * * * Senators Hassan, Hawley Urge Major AI Companies to Crack Down on Scams Today, U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, and Josh Hawley (R-MO) pressed six companies operating generative artificial intelligence (AI) models to step up efforts to prevent scammers from using their platforms.   more

Shaheen Applauds More than $1.3 Million in NOAA Funding for Granite State Coastal Restoration
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Applauds More than $1.3 Million in NOAA Funding for Granite State Coastal Restoration * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, celebrated the announcement of more than $1 million in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) funding for Granite State coastal restoration through the National Fish   more

Shaheen Statement Highlighting New Hampshire and National Security Priorities Included in Annual Defense Bill
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Statement Highlighting New Hampshire and National Security Priorities Included in Annual Defense Bill * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement highlighting the multiple provisions benefitting New Hampshire and America's national defense and security in the Fiscal Year (FY) 202  more

Shaheen Statement on Vote for Senate Democrats Bill to Protect Health Care Costs from Skyrocketing
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Statement on Vote for Senate Democrats Bill to Protect Health Care Costs from Skyrocketing * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), author of bicameral legislation to permanently extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits, released the following statement on her vote today in favor of a Democratic proposal to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax   more