WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Reps. David Kustoff (R-TN) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) introduced bicameral, bipartisan legislation to stiffen penalties for those who use pill press to make counterfeit drugs, including opioids. The Criminalizing Abused Substance Templates (CAST) Act modifies the Controlled Substances Act to define the criminal penalty for ma  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today released statements applauding the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) action against 35 individuals for their alleged participation in a Medicare genetic testing fraud scheme involving $2.1 billion in losses, and the departments' new effort to target genetic  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * - Funding Legislation Continues Financial Relief for New England Fishermen from Costly At-Sea Monitoring Fees - Shaheen Secures 4,000 Afghan Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan Allies - Shaheen Includes Measure Directing Federal Agency to Prioritize Communities like NH Experiencing High Rates of Pediatric Cancer * * * U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appro  more

PEMBROKE, New Hampshire, Oct. 4 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: This week, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) visited Associated Grocers - New England (AGNE) in Pembroke, which serves independent grocery and convenience stores in the Northeast. Kuster toured the facility and met with leadership and employees to hear more about AGNE's work. "Local businesses play a critical role in the productivity of our state and national economy, and it is imperative t  more

NASHUA, New Hampshire, Oct. 3 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) visited Lamprey Health Care to tour the facility and meet with its leadership to discuss Lamprey's work and the importance of the federal funding it receives. Lamprey Health Care is one of many federally qualified health centers (FQHC) across the nation, and has provided health services to the Nashua area for nearly 50 years. In January, the Congresswoman sent a  more

NASHUA, New Hampshire, Oct. 3 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy, joined elected officials, BAE employees and local transportation and community development officials for a ribbon cutting ceremony for Nashua's two new hybrid buses. Kuster wrote a letter of support for the City of Nashua's application for grant funds from the Federal Transit Administrat  more

MILFORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) today joined Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Jim Carroll, as well as local students, school administrators, community leaders and youth advocates in a roundtable discussion at the Boys and Girls Club of Souhegan Valley in Milford on the import  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) today announced the award of $4,718,681 in federal grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve the treatment of opioid addiction through its Helping to End Addition Long-term (HEAL) Initiative. T  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) has co-sponsored bipartisan legislation, led by Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Senator Steve Daines (R-MT), to create an intergovernmental task force to identify opportunities to expand veterans' access to and use of public lands for outdoor therapy and rehabilitation treatments. "We know that too many of our men and women in uniform come home and suffer from P  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Maggie Hassan led a roundtable discussion at Southern New Hampshire University yesterday on the importance of competency-based education. Competency-based education programs provide students with pathways to degrees through the mastery of relevant skills rather than through the traditional accumulation of credit hours. This allows students the flexibility to balance their studies  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Hassan joined Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Doug Jones (D-AL), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and additional colleagues on both sides of the aisle to introduce bipartisan legislation to allow patients timely access to treatments that fit their medical needs. The Safe Step Act will require group health plans to provide an exemption process for step therapy protocols, mechanisms used at times by insur  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) today announced the award of $4,718,681 in federal grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve the treatment of opioid addiction through its Helping to End Addition Long-term (HEAL) Initiative  more

MILFORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) today joined Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Jim Carroll, as well as local students, school administrators, community leaders and youth advocates in a roundtable discussion at the Boys and Girls Club of Souhegan Valley in Milford on the imp  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) is renewing her bipartisan effort to rein in America's flawed sugar program and save taxpayer dollars. Last week, Senator Shaheen introduced the Fair Sugar Policy Act of 2019 alongside Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Representatives Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Danny Davis (D-IL). Since 2008, the federal sugar support program has cost consumers and busines  more

MILFORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * - Shaheen, Hassan, Kuster, Pappas and ONDCP Director Carroll discussing the importance of the Drug-Free Communities program with students and local stakeholders * * * U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) today joined Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Jim Carroll, as we  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) today announced the award of $4,718,681 in federal grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve the treatment of opioid addiction through its Helping to End Addition Long-term (HEAL) Initiativ  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The New Hampshire congressional delegation honored members of New Hampshire's law enforcement community this evening for their exemplary service at the annual New Hampshire Congressional Law Enforcement Awards (NH-CLEA) ceremony in Concord. The New Hampshire Congressional Law Enforcement Awards were established in 1998. All New Hampshire law enforcement officers - whether they are servin  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) are calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take action following a troubling report from the Government Accountability Office that found Veterans Health Administration facilities are hiring providers with a history of misconduct. "Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities lack ad  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * - Bipartisan Bills Will Reinstate and Extend the Energy Efficiency Tax Credit for Homeowners and Builders * * * U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) and U.S. Representatives Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) and Mike Kelly (R-PA) last week introduced the bipartisan Home Energy Savings Act to help lower energy costs for families and reduce carbon emissions by reinstating and strengtheni  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * - Shaheen's 3-bill Package Legislation Would Protect Low-Income NH Families in Rural Communities from Losing their Homes, Empower Manufactured Home Owners & Cap FHA Mortgage Insurance Payments * * * U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) unveiled an affordable housing and economic security package today, which is comprised of three bills that would protect low-income families in rural communities  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Earlier this week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), sent a letter with the full Democratic membership of the Committee to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo once again calling on the Trump Administration to provide valid justification for the United States' withdrawal from the international accord, weeks before President Trump can offici  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * - Shaheen was Instrumental in Helping to Secure this New Funding - Funds Will go toward Substance Misuse Prevention & Mentoring Program * * * U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead Democrat of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) that Eluna--a non-profit organization that assists children impacted  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead Democrat of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) that Eluna--a non-profit organization that assists children impacted by substance use disorder--received $500,000 in federal funding through the DOJ's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) for thei  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead Democrat of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice, announced today with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the Laconia School District will receive $3,212,500 in federal funding from the United States Departments of Justice and Education in support of efforts to reduce and prevent yout  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead Democrat of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice, announced today with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the Laconia School District will receive $3,212,500 in federal funding from the United States Departments of Justice and Education in support of efforts to reduce and prevent you  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Martha McSally (R-AZ) led a bipartisan letter yesterday urging the Department of Defense (DoD) to expand and improve breast cancer screening coverage options for female service members and veterans. Senators Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), Cin  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead Democrat of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice, announced today with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), $664,673 in federal funds for New Hampshire through the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. The first award is $  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead Democrat of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice, announced today with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), $664,673 in federal funds for New Hampshire through the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. The first award is $4  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * - Senators continue investigation of JUUL's marketing tactics to children, motives for partnership with tobacco giant Altria * * * U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) sent a letter today with a group of Senators led by Dick Durbin (D-IL) to JUUL Labs' new CEO K.C. Crosthwaite and Altria CEO Howard Willard slamming the companies for their role in fueling the youth vaping epidemic and probing th  more