WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and public health experts yesterday discussed how the U.S. government can continue to improve addiction treatment at a Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care hearing. Senator Hassan highlighted the importance of expanding access to medication-assisted treatment, which cuts the cravings for opioid use and is the gold standard for addiction treatment. First, Senat  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today voted to advance two of U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH)'s bipartisan bills to increase security at the Southern border. The bipartisan Contraband Awareness Technology Catches Harmful (CATCH) Fentanyl Act will help improve the process for inspecting cars, trucks, and cargo containers for fentanyl and other forms   more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure that states can collect fees during the boat registration and certificate of numbering process. These fees help fund programs to address aquatic invasive species, boating safety, search and rescue and others. The State Boating Act would reinstate the state's authority to collect those f  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to finalize PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation which issues strict Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCL) for PFAS chemicals. In today's announcement, EPA is also making available $1 billion in funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law to help address PFAS contamination in both munici  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) is applauding the EPA's decision to implement the first-ever national drinking water standards to protect communities from exposure to harmful per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as 'forever chemicals.' The final rule will reduce PFAS exposure for approximately 100 million people, prevent thousands of deaths, and reduce tens of thousands of se  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) helped introduce the Pink Tariffs Study Act, legislation to examine the prevalence and impact of "pink tariffs," which may directly contribute to women paying more for everyday goods than men, including everything from razors to clothes. Traditionally, gender bias in the consumer goods space has been referred to as the "pink tax," which occurs when companies c  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Congressman Marc Molinaro (R-NY) introduced the Teen Dating Violence Prevention Act, bipartisan legislation to equip young people with the tools and education to engage in healthy relationships. The bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program to provide schools and youth-serving organizations with funding opportunities  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Reps. Chris Pappas (NH-01), Grace Meng (NY-06), and Brad Schneider (IL-10), leaders in the Congressional Hellenic Caucus, Congressional Hellenic Israel Alliance, and Abraham Accords Caucus, led a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan expressing support for the Cyprus-led Amalthea maritime humanitarian corridor to increase the amo  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (NH) and Maggie Hassan (NH) in celebrating $20,258,400 in federal grant funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation to make New Hampshire Route 1A between North Hampton and Rye more resilient to sea-level rise and increasingly intense and frequent coastal storms. The funding comes   more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan applauded a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standard that will limit PFAS chemicals in drinking water. As part of that announcement, the EPA is also providing new funding through the bipartisan infrastructure law - which Senator Hassan helped negotiate and pass - to help water systems identify and treat PFAS contamination. The EPA also ann  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Chair of the Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight Subcommittee, led a bipartisan U.S. Senate hearing yesterday focused on strengthening the enforcement of export controls, which protect national security and prevent our adversaries from acquiring American-developed technology. This hearing builds on the bipartisan Export Controls Enforcement Imp  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, joined his colleagues Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Bernie Sanders (D-VT), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) about th  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), John Cornyn (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Jon Tester (D-MT) recently introduced the Creating Access and Resources in Education (CARE) for Student Mental Health Act. This bipartisan legislation will help schools in New Hampshire and across the country continue to recruit, train, and retain mental health professionals through strengthening pr  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today delivered opening remarks at a hearing to examine the urgent need to address America's broken child care business model, not just for families but for providers, employees and the economy. Read Chair  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today highlighted a new Small Business Majority report that shows more than two-thirds of small business owners support legislative action to address the child care affordability and accessibility crisis.   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Mitt Romney (R-UT), Ranking Member and Chair of the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight (ETSO) Subcommittee respectively, today introduced bipartisan legislation to help protect U.S. national security by strengthening export controls enforcement. The Export Controls Enforcement Improvem  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), along with U.S. Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01), celebrated $20,258,400 in federal grant funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation to make New Hampshire Route 1A between North Hampton and Rye more resilient to sea-level rise and increasingly intense and frequent coastal storms. The  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: **New Hampshire to receive $9.4 million for PFAS remediation** Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a lead negotiator for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, released the following statement applauding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) first-ever national drinking water standard to protect communities from per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and the announcement that nearly   more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today applauded the announcement from the Department of Justice that it was issuing a new rule that will provide clarity on who must obtain a federal firearms license and therefore run background checks when selling firearms, thus helping close the so-called gun show loophole. "Two years ago, Congress passed, and the President signed into law the most comprehensive gun  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services, Appropriations and Foreign Relations Committees, today attended the joint address to Congress by Fumio Kishida, Japan's Prime Minister. Earlier this month, Shaheen traveled to the Indo-Pacific, stopping in Japan where she met with Prime Minister Kishida, Minister of Defense Minoru Kihara and National Security Adviser A  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: (Pembroke, NH) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) invite New Hampshire students interested in attending any of the country's service academies to attend the New Hampshire Service Academy Day on Saturday, May 11th, in Pembroke at the New Hampshire National Guard Edward Cross Training Complex. Staff from the offices of U.S. Senators Shaheen and Hassan and U.S. Representativ  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), along with U.S. Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01), celebrated $20,258,400 in federal grant funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation to make New Hampshire Route 1A between North Hampton and Rye more resilient to sea-level rise and increasingly intense and frequent coastal storms. The fun  more