WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Following the passage of the bipartisan interim coronavirus funding bill, Senator Shaheen (D-NH) delivered this week's Weekly Democratic Address from her home in Madbury, NH. In the address, Senator Shaheen highlights the needs she's hearing from Granite Staters and stresses that much work remains to help New Hampshire and the nation get through the COVID-19 crisis. She discusses how Congress came t  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: During the regular calls with communities hosted by New Hampshire's Emergency Operations Center, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan thanked state and local leaders for their work to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, and emphasized the need for leadership from the Trump administration to increase testing capacity and address supply chain issues. The New Hampshire Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Mana  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement after the Trump administration agreed to heed her call to address Medicare's Accelerated and Advance Payments Program interest rates for health care providers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. The administration committed to supporting measures in future coronavirus response legislation to allow the Centers for Medicare a  more

HOLDERNESS, New Hampshire, April 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined a remote learning classroom via Zoom with students from a Holderness Central School 4th grade social studies class. The class was scheduled to visit the New Hampshire State House but had to cancel their trip. Senator Shaheen talked about her responsibilities as a senator and took questions from the class. "I greatly enjoyed the opportunity to  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 21 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement on the announcement that New Hampshire received the first half of the $1.25 billion included in the CARES Act. The bipartisan CARES Act was signed into law at the end of March and included $150 billion in direct support to state and local governments to confront the COVID-19 crisis. "This federal funding through the bipartisan CARES A  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 22 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on the coronavirus response legislation that was passed by the Senate: "The public health and economic crisis caused by the spread of COVID-19 in the Granite State and across the U.S. is unprecedented, and it requires a coordinated, large-scale response. "This bipartisan legislation - another step in our ongoing efforts to protect the health and economic wellbeing of all Americans - will expand  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 21 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) is calling on Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to protect stimulus payments for individuals from private debt collectors. Kuster is urging regulations designating Economic Impact Payments (stimulus payments) authorized by the CARES Act as federal benefits exempt from garnishment. While the CARES Act explicitly prohibits the federal government from taking st  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and Representatives Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas called on President Trump to approve the state's request for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to fully reimburse costs that the state incurs under FEMA Public Assistance related to the COVID-19 pandemic. FEMA is reimbursing states for 75 percent of costs under the FEMA Public Assistance progra  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and Representatives Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas raised concerns over potential changes to how the Department of Veterans Affairs considers disability claims. The VA announced that it is ending its current 48-hour review period for a claim determination that historically has helped make sure that veterans don't lose out on benefits because of technical mi  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement after the announcement and Senate passage of a bipartisan stopgap deal to support small businesses and hospitals, while ramping up testing for COVID-19: "While Congress works to draft a comprehensive follow-up COVID-19 response package to the CARES Act, it is absolutely crucial that we pass stopgap measures immediately to help our small b  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 23: Congressman Chris Pappas and the NH delegation announced that New Hampshire is set to receive approximately $17 million for COVID-19 testing in legislation that will soon be voted on in the House. President Trump is expected to sign the legislation into law. "Our capacity to test for COVID-19 continues to be woefully inadequate, and we need a national strategy to allow us to ramp up test  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) led 8 lawmakers in calling on the IRS to extend its deadline for dependent registration. This request comes after the announcement made on Monday, April 20, 2020 by the IRS that people who are not typically required to file with the IRS, including Veterans Affairs beneficiaries and Social Security recipients, only have 48 hours to claim their dependents in order to re  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 23: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) applauded passage of interim emergency coronavirus relief legislation, while encouraging members of both parties to continue working together on the next comprehensive coronavirus response package. This interim emergency package contains key provisions Pappas has fought for, including $310 billion in additional funding for the Paycheck Protection Program   more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas, a member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, and Chairman of the Subcommitte on Oversight and Investigations, along with U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan and Congresswoman Annie Kuster raised concerns over potential changes to how the Department of Veterans Affairs considers disability claims. The VA announced that it is ending its current 48-hour review   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan recognized the Salem High School cheerleading team as April's Granite Staters of the Month for coming together, even while social distancing, to help raise the spirits of residents at a local nursing home. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Salem's cheerleading team was unable to compete at their New England conference meet, a moment that athletes had worked hard for all season  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan released the following statement on the announcement that New Hampshire has received the first half of the $1.25 billion included in the bipartisan CARES Act to support the state's efforts to confront COVID-19. The CARES Act, which was signed into law last month, included $150 billion to assist states incurring costs and other financial impacts due to the COVID-19 crisis. "T  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement after President Trump signed into law bipartisan legislation to significantly bolster funding for programs that support small businesses, hospitals, and COVID-19 testing: "I am glad that Congress passed and the President signed into law this bipartisan bill to get small businesses and our hospitals additional support that they desperately need during this unprecedented crisis. Importantly, this legislati  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement after the Senate approved legislation that significantly bolsters funding for programs that support small businesses, hospitals, and coronavirus testing: "This bipartisan bill includes essential additional funding to help small businesses that are facing extraordinary and unprecedented challenges, as well as our hospitals that are struggling to stay afloat as they deliver life-saving care. It also will h  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) led a group of 40 Senators in calling on the U.S. Treasury Department to ensure that families who are not required to file taxes and will automatically receive their COVID-19 stimulus payment do not need to wait until next year to receive the additional $500 payment per dependent child that they we  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: A bipartisan group of Senators urged the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to explore options for allowing non-filing Social Security and Railroad Retirement beneficiaries with dependents who missed the April 22 deadline to still receive the additional $500 per qualified dependent this year. The letter also asked that consideration be given to other federal beneficiaries who   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- 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) announced that New Hampshire is set to receive approximately $17 million for COVID-19 testing in legislation that will soon be voted on in the House. President Trump is expected to sign the legislation into law. "Testing is key to re-opening our economy and getting life back  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and Representatives Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas raised concerns over potential changes to how the Department of Veterans Affairs considers disability claims. The VA announced that it is ending its current 48-hour review period for a claim determination that historically has helped make sure that veterans don't lose out on benefits because of technical  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) led a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee this week, calling on the Committee to support robust funding for state, local and tribal Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) clinics in ongoing coronavirus response efforts. The Senators highlighted the unique role that these facilities and personnel play in responding to the pandemic due to their specialized tra  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the co-chair of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, and her colleagues are calling to protect at-risk Medicare beneficiaries and ensure access to potentially life-saving services by allowing for the full participation of CDC-recognized virtual providers in the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) for at least the duration of the COVID-19 emergency. In a letter to   more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement after New Hampshire hospital representatives testified before the Governor's Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery (GOFERR) about the financial and health obstacles they're facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. New Hampshire hospitals have been sounding the alarm on the financial constraints and revenue shortfall caused by the pande  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement ahead of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day: "The COVID-19 pandemic has been a sobering reminder of how connected we are to each other and to our environment. Many Granite Staters have found solace during these troubling times in nature - something that can't be taken for granted. While it is difficult to think about much beyond responding to this public health crisis, we are still facing a long-term env  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a lead negotiator of the small business assistance provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, including the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program, issued the following statement after President Trump signed legislation that provides help to small businesses, hospitals and ramp-up te  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement after $625 million in federal funding was transferred to New Hampshire from the Department of Treasury. The disbursement is half of the $1.25 billion that New Hampshire will receive through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which Shaheen helped negotiate. "These federal dollars are urgently needed to bolster  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a lead negotiator of the small business assistance provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, issued the following statement after congressional leadership and the Trump administration reached an agreement on further legislation to respond to the COVID-19 crisis: "Importantly, this agreement recognizes small businesses need help and  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) sent a letter with U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) to Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell expressing serious concern with the arbitrary population thresholds used to determine eligibility for cities and counties to receive relief under the newly created Municipal Liquidity Facil  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined eight Senate colleagues calling on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to alter the methodology for the next round of the CARES Act's $100 billion funding to better reflect the unique needs of health care providers that predominantly serve Medicaid patients, as well as rural hospitals. In a letter to HHS Secretary Alex Azar, the Senators wrote  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) sent a letter with a group of 36 Senators urging Vice President Mike Pence and other members of the Trump administration to take action to help ensure the safety of the nation's food supply and protect essential workers in the food supply chain. "It is vital that we do everything we can to protect food supply workers," wrote the Senators. "Breakdowns in the food s  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, 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) announced that New Hampshire is set to receive approximately $17 million for COVID-19 testing in legislation that will soon be voted on in the House. President Trump is expected to sign the legislation into law. "Testing is key to re-opening our economy and getting life bac  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shahen and Maggie Hassan and Representatives Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas called on President Trump to approve the state's request for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to fully reimburse costs that the state incurs under FEMA Public Assistance related to the COVID-19 pandemic. FEMA is reimbursing states for 75 percent of costs under the FEMA Public Assistance pro  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan and Representatives Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas raised concerns over potential changes to how the Department of Veterans Affairs considers disability claims. The VA announced that it is ending its current 48-hour review period for a claim determination that historically has helped make sure that veterans don't lose out on benefits because of technica  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined their colleagues in pushing for critical workforce development and career and technical education funding in the next COVID-19 relief bill. As unemployment in New Hampshire and across the country continues to hit record levels, the Senators' letter highlights the concern that workers will need additional training to meet current work  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Following reports of scammers seeking to steal Americans' identities and COVID-19 stimulus payments, U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Ron Wyden (D-OR), are calling for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to continue strengthening its fraud prevention efforts and further educate Americans about these scams. As Senators Hassan, Carper, and Wyden warn in their letter, "These sc  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) called on the Trump administration to immediately address concerns regarding the domestic supply chain for hypodermic needles and syringes needed to administer a COVID-19 vaccine to the nation once one has been developed. New Hampshire industry partners, including Smiths Medical which manufactures syringes and hypodermic needles in Keene, h  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) sent a letter with U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and a group of Senators to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, urging them to include $3.6 billion to help states expand v  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) sent a letter with U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and a group of Senators to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, urging them to include $3.6 billion to help states expand vo  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: In an effort to prevent people in small towns and rural communities--particularly low-income families, seniors and people with disabilities--from losing their housing during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) sent a letter with U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) and a bipartisan group of colleagu  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: In an effort to prevent people in small towns and rural communities--particularly low-income families, seniors and people with disabilities--from losing their housing during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) sent a letter with U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) and a bipartisan group of colleague  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: To better protect veterans, health care professionals, and all Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Jon Tester (D-MT) and 13 colleagues called on the Administration and its Coronavirus Task Force to make full use of the Defense Production Act (DPA). The depletion of medical supplies nationally and a broken federal procurement and distrib  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: To better protect veterans, health care professionals, and all Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Jon Tester (D-MT) and 13 colleagues called on the Administration and its Coronavirus Task Force to make full use of the Defense Production Act (DPA). The depletion of medical supplies nationally and a broken federal procurement and distribu  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) called on the Trump administration to immediately address concerns regarding the domestic supply chain for hypodermic needles and syringes needed to administer a COVID-19 vaccine to the nation once one has been developed. New Hampshire industry partners, including Smiths Medical which manufactures syringes and hypodermic needles in Keene,   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) and a group of their colleagues in calling on the U.S. Treasury Department to ensure that families who are not required to file taxes and will automatically receive their COVID-19 stimulus payment do not need to wait until next year to receive the addi  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) urged Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to maintain the readiness of U.S. forces under Indo-Pacific Command. This request comes after the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) recently carried out military exercises and   more