WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023, and a letter: This week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in a letter to President Biden urging the administration to prioritize addressing the deteriorating security situation between Kosovo and Serbia. Joining Senator Shaheen on the letter are U.S.   more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Last week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) helped advance the fiscal year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which was approved by the Committee across party lines. The NDAA is the annual defense bill that authorizes Pentagon priorities and programs for the year, and as a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Shaheen is instrumental in inc  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Last week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, participated in a full committee markup of key government funding legislation for fiscal year (FY) 2024. The two bills - the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2024 and the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis  more

HOLLIS, New Hampshire, July 1 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) toured Brookdale Fruit Farm and met with the owners to discuss their operations and funding made available through the United States Department of Agriculture. Kuster has advocated for strengthening technical assistance programs for farmers, streamlining nutrition assistance enrollment, and increasing access to locally grown food in this year'  more

HENNIKER, New Hampshire, June 29 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) participated in the NH Summit to End Veteran Homelessness, hosted by Harbor Care Veterans FIRST and New England College. The Summit is a collaboration between local, state, and federal leaders and assesses the state of veteran homelessness in New Hampshire and the impact of federal funding and the national public health emergency. Du  more

MILFORD, New Hampshire, July 1 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) visited the Souhegan Valley Boys & Girls Club to discuss the Club's initiatives and her efforts to support the Community Action for Safe Teens Coalition (CAST) and secure Drug-Free Communities (DFC) grant funding. Kuster, founder and co-chair of the Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force, sent a letter on behalf of the Boys & Girls Clu  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee - and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that the New Hampshire Department of Transportation will receive $20 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to support the General Sullivan Bridge Bicycle and   more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee - and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that the New Hampshire Department of Transportation will receive $20 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to support the General Sullivan Bridge Bicycle and  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee - and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that the New Hampshire Department of Transportation will receive $20 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to support the General Sullivan Bridge Bicycle and Ped  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced with U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas that the University of New Hampshire will receive $650,000 to support nursing students who commit to working in rural or underserved communities. This gr  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, announced with U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas that the University of New Hampshire will receive $650,000 to support nursing students who commit to working in rural or underserved communit  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead negotiator of broadband provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobst Act (IIJA) and Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Commerce, announced with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the State of New Hampshire will recei  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), alongside U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), announced that the State of New Hampshire will receive $196.56 million for the deployment and adoption of affordable, equitable and reliable high-speed internet service. Funding comes from the bipartisan infrastructure law, whic  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) -- a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee -- and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) -- a member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee - announced today with Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH) that $1,175,679 in Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program funding is headed to fire departments i  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) -- a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee -- and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) -- a member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee - announced today with Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH) that $1,175,679 in Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program funding is headed to fire departments   more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill led by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and cosponsored by Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to crack down on foreign adversaries' efforts to secretly influence U.S. policy by requiring certain lobbying disclosures. The Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act closes a loophole that the Chinese government frequently exploits to conceal its role in lobby  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Military Spouse Employment Act, led by Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and cosponsored by Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), to allow executive agencies to appoint military spouses to remote work positions. "Behind every brave service member who sacrifices to keep our country safe, there are family members who are also sacrificing a great deal," said Senator Hassan. "W  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation, the END FENTANYL Act, that Senator Maggie Hassan and colleagues introduced to target fentanyl trafficking at the border. This legislation would require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to update its policies at least once every three years to ensure drug interdiction guidance is up to date. This legislation builds o  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) -- a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee -- and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) -- a member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee - announced today with Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH) that $1,175,679 in Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program funding is headed to fire departments in Ke  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The New Hampshire delegation announced that the University of New Hampshire will receive $650,000 to support nursing students who commit to working in rural or underserved communities. This grant comes through the Department of Health and Human Services' Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Program and will help New Hampshire respond to its health care workforce shortage. "This investment will strengt  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: Today the New Hampshire delegation announced today that $1,175,679 in Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program funding is headed to fire departments in Keene, Ashland, Sunapee, Campton and the New Hampshire Department of Safety. The AFG program provides direct financial assistance to eligible fire departments to enhance the safety and training of firefighters. The City of Keene   more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released the following statement ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade: "One year ago, the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to a woman's fundamental freedom by overturning Roe v. Wade. Across the country, women are grappling with - often in horrific ways that jeopardize their health and their very lives -   more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on June 14, 2023, entitled "Examining the Findings and Recommendations of GAO's 2023 Report on Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Financial Benefits." GAO is the Government Accountability Office. * * * Good morning, and welco  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), co-chairs of the Senate NATO Observer Group, announced this week that they'll lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania next month. Joining Shaheen and Tillis will be Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe a  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan recognized Andrew Morin of Nashua as June's Granite Stater of the Month. Andrew co-founded the ReGenerative Roots Association, which runs community farms, farm-to-school programs, and a food hub to help Nashua families thrive. About 10 years ago, Andrew and a group of high school friends - who were also lifelong Nashua residents - became interested in tackl  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), and Representatives Matt Cartwright (D-PA) and Mike Ezell (R-MS) introduced a bill to ensure that students who serve in the National Guard and Reserve will be guaranteed readmission to their schools following a mobilization. The bicameral, bipartisan Servicemember Enrollment and Readmission for Valuable Education (SERVE) Act would amend   more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced bipartisan legislation to extend the state medical stockpile grant program and encourage regional coordination of these stockpiles. This bill builds upon Senator Hassan's successful efforts at the end of last year to establish the state stockpile grant program and improve the effectiveness of the Strategic National Stockpile. "One o  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023 and a letter: Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) are requesting that the Government Accountability Office review potentially hazardous dams operating under the authority of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and to make recommendations to improve dam safety. There are currently 24 dams operated by the USDA in New Hampshire, and 75 percent of those are classifie  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Chris Coons (D-DE), members of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, introduced legislation to ensure that American small businesses have continuous access to the Small Business Administration's (SBA) 504 loan program, which provides low-cost, fixed-rate, long-term loans for small businesses. The 504 Loan Availability Act will prevent the   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) applauded the clean energy jobs growth reported in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s 2023 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER), a comprehensive study designed to track and understand employment trends across the energy sector. The 2023 USEER, which Shaheen helped establish, shows that the energy workforce added almost 300,000 jobs (+3.8% growth) in 2022. The  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and a group of lawmakers in introducing the Right to Contraception Act, legislation to codify Americans' right to contraception, which the Supreme Court first recognized more than half a century ago in Griswold v. Connecticut. Enshrining the right t  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, June 29 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), hosted NASA Administrator Bill Nelson this afternoon at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) to showcase the University's impressive work in support of the U.S. Space Program  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead negotiator of broadband provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobst Act (IIJA) and Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Commerce, announced with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the State of New Hampshire will rece  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, July 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released a new video today highlighting the safety and economic benefits of dredging infrastructure projects for New Hampshire waterways. For years, Shaheen has led action in the U.S. Senate to secure the authorization and federal funding for dredging projects in New Hampshire, which is the process of removing sediment and debris from   more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced legislation with U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and John Fetterman (D-PA) that would provide tenants and owners of manufactured (mobile) homes with enhanced protections against predatory landowners in federally backed Manufactured Housing Communities (MHC). The Manufactured Tenant's Bill of Rights is the latest legislation led by Senator Shaheen   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) reintroduced their bipartisan legislation, the Jury Access for Capable Citizens and Equality in Service Selection (ACCESS) Act, which would prevent discrimination against LGBT citizens during the federal jury selection process. The bipartisan bill would prohibit discrimination against jurors in federal courts on the basis of  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), co-chair of the Senate NATO Observer Group and Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, and Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, led a Senate resolution to reaffirm U.S. support for Bosnia and Herz  more