WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, the Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force co-chairs, Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH), David Trone (D-MD), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Lisa McClain (R-MI) hosted a roundtable discussion with addiction education experts to raise awareness about the gaps in addiction training in medical schools. Representative Lori Trahan (D-MA) was also in attendance.  Last year, the  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: **The child care workforce, which has been one of the slowest sectors to recover from COVID, is projected to lose another 232,000 jobs without congressional action** Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH) introduced the Early Childhood Workforce Advancement Act, alongside Reps. Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Bonamici (D-OR), and Lawler (R-NY). This legislation will address the child care w  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: As the traditional May 1st "college decision day" approaches, U.S. Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02), as well as U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), joined U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in urging the Department of Education to address ongoing problems with the process that ensures timely financial aid to students in need. After Congress passed leg  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: New Democrat Coalition Chair Annie Kuster (NH-02), Immigration and Border Security Task Force Chair Greg Stanton (AZ-04) and Vice Chair Salud Carbajal (CA-24), and New Dem Members held a press conference to unveil the Immigration and Border Security Task Force's framework for bipartisan immigration and border security reform that will secure the border, bolster the U.S. economy and workforce, improve pat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: New Democrat Coalition Chair Annie Kuster (NH-02), Vice Chair for Communications Brad Schneider (IL-10), Vice Chair for Policy Derek Kilmer (WA-06), and National Security Task Force Chair Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) released a statement following the Senate's strong bipartisan passage of essential national security legislation to fund Ukraine, Israel, our Indo-Pacific allies, and provide humanitarian assi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), alongside Senator Jeanne Shaheen (NH) and Senator Maggie Hassan (NH), sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Election Commission (FEC) urging further coordination to prevent unlawful robocalls. The New Hampshire delegation also applauded the FCC's recent efforts to address the prerecorded robocalls mad  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) led Senator Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Senator Maggie Hassan (NH), and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Election Commission (FEC) urging further coordination to prevent unlawful robocalls. The New Hampshire delegation also applauded the FCC's recent efforts to address the prerecorded robocalls made  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement after Speaker Johnson's second vote in two weeks to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas while continuing to block bipartisan national security funding: "Another week, another political vote that does nothing to secure our southern border, reform our broken immigration system, provide vital aid and support to our a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, is strongly opposing an amendment offered by Senator Ted Cruz to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization legislation that would allow members of Congress and other "political VIPs" to get special privileges including police escorts through airport terminals and expedited private securit  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: A new report from CQ Roll Call's annual Vote Studies analysis shows that Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) broke from his party in House votes more than 97% of other Democrats and is among the most independent members of the 118th Congress. The report analyzes Pappas's voting record, showing that he is the 8th most likely Democrat to break party ranks and cross the aisle to vote in a bipartisan manner.   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on Feb. 13, 2024: * * * Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released the following statement after the Senate passed a bipartisan security assistance package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The package also includes the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, legislation Senator Hassan cosponsored that increases sanctions enforcement on people engaged in the illicit international trafficking of fentanyl and other opioids, as w  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2024: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan and other members of the bipartisan, bicameral Paid Leave Working Group called on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to update its information on the paid parental leave policies available to federal employees. The group pointed out that OPM handbooks and webpages haven't been updated since 2019 - before the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act of 2019 (FEP  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Angus King (I-ME), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) in introducing the Strengthening Cybersecurity in Health Care Act, which requires the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General to perform consistent evaluations of the Department's cybersecurity systems and report its findings to Congress. There has been a significant   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) led Senator Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Senator Maggie Hassan (NH), and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Election Commission (FEC) urging further coordination to prevent unlawful robocalls. The New Hampshire delegation also applauded the FCC's recent efforts to address the prereco  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee issued the following testimony by Tabitha Croscut, a shareholder at Devine, Millimet and Branch, involving a hearing on Jan. 24, 2024, entitled "Succession Planning: Opportunities to Build Wealth and Keep Jobs in Local Communities": * * * Good afternoon Chairman Shaheen, Ranking Member Ernst, and members of the Committee. My name is Tabitha Croscut and I am a Shareholder at the New Hampshire law firm of Devine, Mil  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (SBC), and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), Ranking Member of the SBC, sent a letter today to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking for a comprehensive review of the role that the U.S. Small Busines  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) to allow current grant funds to be used to train and educate students, teachers, caregivers, and other adults who work with children in a professional or volunteer capacity on how to prevent, recognize, and report child sexual abuse. The  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: As the traditional May 1st "college decision day" approaches, U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), as well as U.S. Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02), joined U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in urging the Department of Education to address ongoing problems with the process that ensures timely financial aid to students in need. After Congress passed   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) is sending a letter to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) calling on the agency to clarify whether grant funds from the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) can be used to make local elections more accessible to voters with disabilities. To maximize the resources available to remove barriers to accessing the ballot box for Granite Staters with disabilities, Shaheen's   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, is traveling with a bipartisan Congressional Delegation to participate in the Munich Security Conference (MSC). The MSC is widely considered the world's leading forum for international security policy. This year's conference comes on the heels of the U.S. Senate pas  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Roger Marshall (R-KS), sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging the administration to renew its efforts to increase cervical cancer screening rates. Data from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) shows that cervical cancer incidence in women under the age of 50 has been increasing in recent years, in particular for rural and unde  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, today released the following statement regarding the passage of the supplemental legislation to stem the flow of fentanyl into the United States, supply additional aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan and provide humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza and other vulnerable populations.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) sent a letter to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urging them to jointly address AI-generated deepfake technologies and the threat they pose to the democratic process. Shaheen's letter, which was sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland and CISA Director Jen Easterly, came in response to Ne  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: Today, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Election Commission (FEC) urging further coordination to prevent unlawful robocalls. The New Hampshire delegation also applauded the FCC's recent efforts to address the   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Angus King (I-ME) introduced bipartisan legislation to address PFAS contamination in private wells. The Technical Fix for the State Response to Contaminants Program bill would ensure that states have flexibility to use funding from the $5 billion provided in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for PFAS and  more