WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Hartford, CT Today, the Connecticut Congressional Delegation and Governor Ned Lamont announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding a coalition of states known as the New England Heat Pump Accelerator Coalition which includes Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island with a $450 million grant through the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant(link is exter  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) has been nominated as a "New Englander of the Year" by the New England Council for her collaboration with the organization over her six terms in Congress to bring New England voices and values to Washington. The Council presents the New Englander of the Year Awards each fall at its Annual Celebration in Boston, an event that has drawn over 1,700 guests from throughout t  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH), Mike Carey (R-OH), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) introduced the bipartisan Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Act of 2024. The legislation extends the 40A Biodiesel Tax Credit through 2025 and promotes the production and use of biodiesel fuels to help lower consumer energy costs and reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions. Blends of biodiesel   more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, New Democrat Coalition Chair Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Vice Chair Brad Schneider (IL-10) issued the following statement after Republicans failed to pass a series of hyper-partisan government funding bills that did not adhere to the government funding agreement set by last year's bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act: "When New Dems reached across the aisle to end the debt ceiling crisis last year,   more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Last week Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA) Subcommittee of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee (HVAC), introduced three bipartisan bills to improve processes at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and expand eligibility for survivors' benefits, insurance coverage, and burial processes. These bills are the Gulf War Survivor B  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today met with New Hampshire small businesses attending the Farnborough International Airshow in England through the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP). A primary focus of Chair Shaheen's bipartisan Congres  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: **Shaheen secured more than $24 million for critical projects across New Hampshire** Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Chair of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Subcommittee and a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, participated in a full committee markup of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 CJS Appropriations bill. In a 26-3 vote, the Committee approved the  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) Chair of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, returned from the bipartisan Congressional delegation she co-led with U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) to the Farnborough Airshow, which provided an opportunity to showcase New Hampshire's role in American aerospace and defense, as well as send a statement of bipartisa  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement on President Joe Biden's decision to end his re-election campaign: "President Biden has been one of America's most accomplished and consequential presidents. From fixing our nation's broken infrastructure systems to strengthening our global alliances in the face of unprecedented challenges to enacting the most sweeping climate change legis  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) are introducing new, bipartisan legislation to better protect the health of Granite Staters, and all Americans, who have been exposed to toxic per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The Better Care for PFAS Patients Act would ensure the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Research (ATSDR) regularly assesses and updates clinical guidance  more