WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: US Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined AmeriCorps leaders in Manchester last week to announce more than $3.4 million in federal funding for AmeriCorps in New Hampshire. The funding is awarded to Volunteer NH, New Hampshire's State Service Commission, which will then distribute them to AmeriCorps State and National program grant recipients. The grant award will support the work of more than 150 AmeriCor  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Today U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Ben Cardin (D-Maryland), Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire), John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Katie Britt (R-Alabama) and John Thune (R-South Dakota) issued this statement in response to the International Criminal Court (ICC) announcing the decision to apply for arrest warrants for democratic  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro requesting a study on the accessibility and affordability of FDA-approved opioid overdose reversal agents, including naloxone and nalmefene. This letter was co-led by Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (NJ-06), alongside Representatives Lisa Blu  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Nashua, N.H. -- Today, U.S. Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02), alongside U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the U.S. Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, joined President Biden in Nashua to mark one million approved claims under the PACT Act, including more than 4,300 Granite State veterans. A historic an  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement after the announcement that State Senator Lou D'Allesandro will not seek re-election this year: "Lou D'Allesandro has been a tireless advocate for working families in New Hampshire for decades, and I'm honored to have called him a friend and mentor for years. In addition to being a legislator, Lou is an educator, a coach, a dedica  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship today reported out four bills, which legislate critical improvements to the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) and improve access to federal contracting opportunities for small businesses. "Through today's legislation, we're helping to make STEP more fl  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) highlighted the birthing unit at Speare Memorial Hospital in Plymouth, New Hampshire, at a recent Senate Finance Committee hearing about the need to improve rural health care resources. "I recently toured the birthing unit at Speare Memorial Hospital in Plymouth, New Hampshire," said Senator Hassan. "It's the only birthing unit left in that area of the state." "Eleve  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on May 23, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan issued the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan border security package, which Senator Hassan voted to advance: "Today, the Senate had the opportunity to pass strong bipartisan legislation to make major improvements to our security at the Southern border, legislation that drew wide support from, among others, the National Bord  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on May 21, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) issued the following statement on the retirement of New Hampshire State Senator Lou D'Allesandro: "New Hampshire's State House will not be the same without Senator Lou D'Allesandro's voice booming through its halls. For more than half a century, Lou has served his fellow Granite Staters as a State Representative, a Member of the Executive Council,   more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee issued the following information for a field hearing entitled: "Small Business Export Opportunities: Accessing Resources to Expand International Sales" at 10 a.m. on May 29, 2024, at University of New Hampshire Innovation, 21 Madbury Road, #100 Durham, NH 03824: Witness Panel 1 * Mr. Justin Oslowski, Director, U.S. Commercial Service Portsmouth, Portsmouth, NH * Ms. Lisa Rogers, Vice President and Director of Opera  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Ted Budd (R-NC) introduced bipartisan legislation to cut taxes for small businesses with fewer than 10 employees that create retirement accounts for their employees. The current tax credit that helps small businesses pay for the costs of starting retirement plans for employees is often insufficient for the smallest businesses, as the tax credit is provided on a pe  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) recently introduced bipartisan legislation to stiffen penalties on people who use pill presses to make counterfeit drugs, which can be laced with fentanyl. The Criminalizing Abused Substance Templates (CAST) Act strengthens the criminal penalty for making counterfeit drugs using a pill press. Current law prohibits this practice but has in  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) reintroduced the bipartisan Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act to better support kinship caregivers - the vast majority of whom are grandparents - who have taken over as primary caregivers for children exposed to substance misuse or other trauma. The bipartisan bill would encourage state and local child welfare agencies to work with th  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), John Cornyn (R-TX), Angus King (I-ME), and Laphonza Butler (D-CA) today introduced legislation to hold accountable people who create and share non-consensual intimate deepfake images online, often referred to as "deepfake porn." Using advanced technology, such as artificial intelligence, it is easier than ever to make fake photos and videos of people   more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the U.S. Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, alongside U.S. Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) joined President Biden in Nashua to mark one million approved claims under the PACT Act, including more than 4,300 Granite State veterans. A historic   more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today released the following statement after voting for the bipartisan border legislation that would secure the border and stem the flow of fentanyl, which has now been defeated twice by Republicans: "We have a crisis at the southern border that is directly affecting New Hampshire, where there are too many deadly drugs flowing into our country. A bipartisan group of Sen  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released the following joint statement celebrating the confirmation of Seth Robert Aframe of Hopkinton, New Hampshire, as judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit: "We are pleased that Seth Aframe has been confirmed by a bipartisan vote in the U.S. Senate to serve as the next judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the   more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: (Nashua, NH) - Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the U.S. Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, alongside U.S. Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) joined President Biden in Nashua to mark one million approved claims under the PACT Act, including more than 4,300 Granite State veterans. A historic   more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: In response to the foreign agents bill that recently passed out of the Georgia Parliament to restrict the ability of civil society and independent media to operate in the country, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Chair of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee, and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of SFRC,  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), co-chairs of the U.S. Senate NATO Observers Group, led a bipartisan letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging the country to immediately develop a plan to increase the required two percent of GDP for defense spending, as agreed to by all NATO Allies at the Vilnius Summit in 2023. Canada's most recent projection showed it will not mee  more