WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, the Bipartisan Task Force to End Sexual Violence, led by Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH), Jackie Speier (D-CA), David Joyce (R-OH), and John Katko (R-NY), hosted a roundtable discussion on missing and murdered native women and sexual violence on tribal lands. Native American women face a murder rate that is three times higher than that of white women, and 84% of Native women experience some fo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Chair of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs held a hearing examining issues with the credentialing and privileging of clinicians in light of incidents where veterans have been harmed. The hearing entitled: "Broken Promises: Assessing VA's Systems for Protecting Veterans from Clinical Harm" sought to understand the  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Last week, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) joined Representatives Haley Stevens (MI-11), Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Terri Sewell (AL-07) to introduce the Maximizing Drug Coverage for Low-Income Seniors Act (H.R. 4669). This bill seeks to improve the Medicare enrollment process and lower out-of-pocket costs by ensuring that beneficiaries are enrolled in a Part D plan that best meets their needs. By estab  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) spoke on the floor of the Senate and expressed her strong opposition to President Trump's decision to withdraw American troops from Northeast Syria. The President's action has resulted in severe ramifications, including the loss of the region's hard-fought peace and stability, the potential reemergence of ISIS and the ceding of American influence to the Assad  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * - In an Energy & Commerce Hearing today their legislation was added to HR3, The Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019, House Democrats' effort to lower the cost of prescription drugs. * * * Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Paul Tonko's (NY-20) legislation to expand low-income seniors' access to prescription drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program passed through Committee a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on the death of Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee: "Chairman Elijah Cummings will be remembered as one of the greatest defenders of our nation's democracy - a man who served his country and community faithfully for decades. Elijah's many meaningful friendships across the aisle speak to his character, compassion, and dedication our nation. "Earl  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * - As the Lead Democrat of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that Funds the Legal Services Corporation, Shaheen has Repeatedly Saved the LSC Program from Elimination by the Trump Administration * * * U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), joined by Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), applauded the Legal Services Corporation's (LSC) rec  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Oct. 17, congratulating Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, on receiving the 2019 New Englander of the Year Award: * * * I rise today to congratulate my friend and colleague, Senator MAGGIE HASSAN, for receiving the 2019 New Englander of the Year award from the New England Council. This award recognizes New Englanders who make our region such a wonderfu  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Following a troubling hearing held last month by the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, Chairman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Ranking Member Jack Bergman (MI-01) led a bipartisan letter calling on the VA to take immediate action to change the VA overpayment system, which generated and then collected $1.6 billion of debt for our veterans in the last fiscal ye  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: With increasingly frequent ransomware attacks on state and local governments, Senator Maggie Hassan is calling on the U.S. Government Accountability Office to review how the federal government is assisting state and local governments in bolstering their cybersecurity. "As New Hampshire saw firsthand earlier this year in Strafford County, cyberattacks pose a real and growing threat. If successfully e  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today joined Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and additional Senators on both sides of the aisle to introduce a bipartisan bill to levy immediate, serious sanctions against Turkey following its invasion of Syria and their slaughter of the Kurdish people. The bill comes as the Trump Administration announced a so-called "c  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: As Congress works to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO) today introduced bicameral legislation to support innovative competency-based education programs at colleges and universities. Competency-based education programs provide students with pathways to degrees through the mastery of relevant skills rather than through the traditiona  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), joined by Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), applauded the Legal Services Corporation's (LSC) recent announcement that the Legal Advice & Referral Center in New Hampshire will receive a $62,290 Technology Initiative Grant to bolster legal assistance for Granite Staters. The grant will improve the center's   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today introduced a bipartisan bill to levy immediate, serious sanctions against Turkey following its invasion of Syria and their slaughter of the Kurdish people, with Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and a bipartisan group of Senators. The bill comes as the Trump administration announced a so-called "ceasefire" in Syria that is contingent upon  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement after voting to overturn President Trump's veto of legislation that would end his emergency declaration: In September, Shaheen led the bipartisan resolution with Senators Tom Udall (D-NM) and Susan Collins (R-ME) to force a vote to terminate the President's declaration. The President's emergency declaration is being used to pay for his border wall by taking funding set aside by Congress for military faci  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees, issued the following statement regarding President Trump's invitation to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Washington on Nov. 13: "Turkey's incursion into Northeastern Syria, which President Trump allowed to happen, has led to a worst case scenario in the region that I have long feared. "ISIS fighters are now pouring out of prisons, the Ass  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * - As the Lead Democrat of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that Funds the Legal Services Corporation, Shaheen has Repeatedly Saved the LSC Program from Elimination by the Trump Administration * * * U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), joined by Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), applauded the Legal Services Corporation's (LSC)  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * - As the Lead Democrat of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that Funds the Office on Violence Against Women, Shaheen has Repeatedly Secured Record-Level Funding for Programs Supporting Survivors * * * U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead Democrat of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), lauded the $1 million boost in fundin  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * - Bipartisan Letter Calls on Medicare to Ensure Payment Policies Don't Incentivize Opioid-Based Pain Management Treatments Over Non-Opioid Alternatives * * * U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) sent a bipartisan letter last week urging Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema V  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * - With Winter Approaching, Bipartisan Group of 35 Senators Seeks Speedy Delivery of Home Heating Funding to Those in Need - LIHEAP Provides Heating Assistance to More than 28,000 Granite Staters - Shaheen, a Senior Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has Repeatedly Protected & Boosted Funding for LIHEAP Assistance * * * As state agencies prepare their Low Income Home Energy Ass  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * - With Winter Approaching, Bipartisan Group of 35 Senators Seeks Speedy Delivery of Home Heating Funding to Those in Need - LIHEAP Provides Heating Assistance to More than 28,000 Granite Staters - Shaheen, a Senior Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has Repeatedly Protected & Boosted Funding for LIHEAP Assistance * * * As state agencies prepare their Low Income Home Energy Assis  more