WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee recently voted to pass a bipartisan bill introduced by Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), chair of the Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight Subcommittee, and Senator James Lankford (R-OK) to crack down on ships disabling and spoofing their transponder equipment to evade export controls and international sanctions, including sanctions against  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Legislation that Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) cosponsored to overhaul our nation's organ donation system is heading to President Joe Biden's desk to be signed into law. The Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act would, for the first time, create a competitive bidding process on multiple contracts to manage the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), which m  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on Aug. 1, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), Chair of the New Democrat Coalition, released the following statement on former President Donald Trump's indictment for efforts to overturn the 2020 election and block the transfer of power. "As a victim and a witness to the violent January 6th insurrection on our United States Capitol and the coordinated attack on our sacred demo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * NH Nonprofits, Including Houses of Worship, to Receive More than $2.1 Million in Grants to Increase Safety * * * Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined Senator Maggie Hassan (NH), a senior member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (NH), and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) in announcing more than $4.8 million for the State Homeland Secu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2023: Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), co-chair of the Congressional Hellenic Caucus, applauded the inclusion of an amendment that aims to strengthen US-Greece security cooperation in the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual authorization bill for the Department of Defense which was recently passed by the House of Representatives. Specifically, the amendment requires that the  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2023: Members of New Hampshire's congressional delegation announced this week that more than $700,000 in Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program funding is headed to fire departments in four rural communities. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Sen. Maggie Hassan, a senior member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, along with Reps. An  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following fact sheet: * * * Vessel Tracking for Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2023 Summary: Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and James Lankford (R-OK) introduced this bipartisan bill that would create a pilot program within U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) National Targeting Center to use data analysis to identify ships that are disabling or manipulating their Automatic Identification System to evade U.S. sanctions an  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * NH Nonprofits, Including Houses of Worship, to Receive More Than $2.1 Million in Grants to Increase Safety * * * U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, a senior member of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, led Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Representatives Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas in announcing more than $4.8 million for the State Homeland Security Program and $200,000 for Co  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: A bipartisan bill cosponsored by U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen to authorize the U.S. Department of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in honor of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Marine Corps in 2025 was signed into law. The coins will be manufactured at no extra cost to taxpayers and proceeds from coin sales will support efforts to preserve and share the branch's history an  more