WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Yesterday Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA), helped lead the House in passing the bipartisan Caregiver Outreach and Program Enhancement (COPE) Act which included his bipartisan VA Medical Security Report Act of 2023. Congressman Pappas introduced the VA Medical Security Report Act of 2023 alongside   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Inside Health Policy: Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill Would Extend SUD Care To Incarcerated By Dorothy Mills-Gregg Reps. Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Don Bacon (R-NE) unveiled a bill Thursday (Dec. 7) that would let Medicaid pay for behavioral health treatment in criminal justice settings, reforming the so-called Medicaid Inmate Exclusion policy in a way that advocates say would lower the risk of overdose and be  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. -- This week, Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Don Bacon (R-NE) introduced the Rehabilitation and Recovery During Incarceration Act, bipartisan and bicameral legislation to reform the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion policy. Specifically, this bill would provide Medicaid coverage to people incarcerated in public institutions seeking mental health and substance use services. U.S. Senator C  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Reps. Annie Kuster (D-NH), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Kim Schrier (D-WA) introduced the Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act, legislation extending a 30 percent investment tax credit (ITC) to American hydroelectric investments to improve power production, provide environmental benefits,   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) announces the launch of its J-1 Visa Waiver Program in collaboration with Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont in an ongoing effort to provide rural and underserved areas with adequate access to quality, affordable healthcare. The new program will help address the national healthcare provider shortage by easing the visa requirements for physicians who   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA), helped pass two bills focused on improving U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) services for vulnerable veteran populations, homeless and aging, in the House today. These two bills are the Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act andthe Housing our Military Veterans Effec  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today Congressmen Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Hellenic Caucus, led a letter calling on Great Britain to return to the negotiation table in discussions about returning the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. "Today we write to you as members of the Congressional Hellenic Caucus, urging British officials to return to earnest discussions with Greece over the reu  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today U.S. Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined Representatives Zach Nunn (IA-03), Angie Craig (MN-02), and Anthony D'Esposito (NY-04) in introducing bipartisan legislation to end pension benefits for Members expelled from Congress. The Congressional Pension Accountability Act ensures that a Member of Congress expelled from the House of Representatives is not able to collect a taxpayer-funded pens  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) are pressing the Department of Defense on its apparent purchase of sanctioned Russian oil as revealed by recent reporting. As the Senators write, the Department of Defense has paid Motor Oil Hellas, a Greek refinery, more than $1.1 billion since 2019 - even though a majority of Motor Oil Hellas's fuel oil comes from a Turkish shipping terminal which   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Chair of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, which funds the Department of Justice (DOJ), along with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), announced $1,563,304 allocated to New Hampshire through DOJ's Community Oriented Policing (COPS) grant fundin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- 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 Nov. 14, 2023, entitled "Examining Federal COVID-Era Spending and Preventing Future Fraud": * * * Good afternoon. Our hearing today focuses on federal spending in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, efforts to conduct oversight of those funds, and opportunities to   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement on the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission's (NH PUC) approval of the 2024-2026 Triennial Energy Efficiency Plan. This plan outlines ratepayer-funded energy efficiency program offerings through the NHSaves program. "I'm thrilled to see the new Triennial Energy Efficiency Plan approved, which will allow NHSaves to help more famili  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) issued the following statement applauding the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for advancing the nomination of Seth Robert Aframe of Hopkinton, New Hampshire, to serve as the next judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Aframe's nomination will be considered by the full Senate. "Seth Aframe is extremely qualified   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: **Shaheen's legislation comes on the heels of her meeting with the Democratic Leader of Belarus, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who is in Washington for the Strategic Dialogue between the U.S. Department of State and Belarusian Democracy Movement** (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and co-chair and founder of the Free Bela  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), Co-Chairs of the U.S. Senate NATO Observer Group, issued the following joint statement after meeting with the Turkish delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly to commend Turkiye's contributions to NATO and European security and calling on Turkiye's to swiftly approve NATO accession protocols for Sweden: "Turkiye is   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Elise Stefanik announced that following her advocacy the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) launched its J-1 Visa Program in collaboration with New York, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont to make quality healthcare accessible to rural America by easing the visa requirements for nondomestic physicians who trained in the U.S. if they agree to practice in underserved areas. NBRC will rec  more