WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: The United States and Canada share the longest international border in the world, spanning 5,525 miles with 120 land ports of entry. Last year, northern border communities saw a significant increase in apprehensions, and encounters at the northern border in April increased 1,240% compared to April of 2021. The U.S. Border Patrol Swanton Sector in New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont experienced 15,000   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today responded to a new U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy issue brief that details the role of small businesses in the child care industry and fills data gaps in child care industry research. The d  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Last week, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) was recognized with the Charlie Devlin Award for Excellence by Treatment Communities for America (TCA) for her work to address the addiction and mental health epidemic. TCA is a national consortium of more than 600 substance use disorder treatment provider agencies that provide integrated addiction and mental health care to individuals in need of treatment a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) issued the following statement slamming House Republican leadership for playing politics with the federal budget after the House failed to pass the GOP's partisan funding package. "Once again, Republicans are putting the well-being of hardworking families and our economy at risk by pushing a hyper-partisan government funding package that their entire caucus do  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: This week Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) introduced the State Boating Act alongside Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02) and Congressman Blake Moore (UT-01). This bipartisan legislation would ensure that states can collect boating fees during the boat registration and certificate of numbering process, which help fund programs to address aquatic invasive species, boating safety, search and rescue, and o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- 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 Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2024 with a bipartisan, unanimous vote. Pappas introduced this legislation alongside Congressman Morgan Luttrell (TX-08). The Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-L  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: On the 13th anniversary of the full repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT), Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee and Co-Chair of the Equality Caucus, alongside Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (CA-51) and Congressman Mike Levin (CA-49) reintroduced theSecuring the Rights our Veterans Earned (SERVE) Act to guarantee and protect VA benefits for LGBTQ+ veterans dis  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Following his call for action, House passes Pappas-backed bill to avert funding shortfall for veterans benefits Today, the House unanimously passed bipartisan legislation supported by Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) to close a funding shortfall at the Department of Veterans Affairs and prevent 7 million veterans from seeing their benefits stopped or reduced at the end of this week. Pappas joined Rep  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) are recognizing today, Friday, September 20th, as National Concussion Awareness Day. Senator Hassan has spearheaded Concussion Awareness Day since her time as Governor of New Hampshire, following the advocacy of Brooke Mills, a 25-year-old Granite Stater who experienced a l  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan toured The Apartments at 249 Main, a new NeighborWorks Southern NH affordable housing development in Nashua. The development was built with federal funding and contains 45 new units set to open for tenants to move into by the end of September. "New Hampshire's housing shortage is hurting families trying to make ends meet, and it is hurting businesses by preventing them fro  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate's proposed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes two bipartisan bills which U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) helped introduce to expand access to job training services for Gold Star and surviving spouses and help guarantee readmittance to higher education for National Guard and Reserve students. "We can never fully repay our debt to those who gave their lives in the ser  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today convened a hearing to discuss federal efforts that support rural small businesses, including the memorandum of understanding (MOU) that improves coordination between the U.S. Department of Agriculture  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, secured the inclusion of key provisions for small businesses in the Senate FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) manager's package, which was filed to the bill yesterday. The leadership of both the Senate Armed S  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 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 Bill Cassidy (R-LA) today introduced the bipartisan Helping Small Businesses to Hedge Risk and Insure against Volatile Expenses (Helping Small Businesses THRIVE) Act. It directs the U  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote to the Department of Justice calling for information - including the need for increased criminal penalties - to address recent reports that Iran is paying criminal organizations to commit violent crimes in the United States. "Recent reporting indicates Iran is paying criminal orga  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, is introducing the Assisting Family Farmers through Insurance Reform Measures (AFFIRM) Act to reform the federal government's crop insurance program, save roughly $40 billion over the next ten years and protect taxpayers without reducing support for farmers who need it. "I'm proud to introduce commonsense l  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chair of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee, met with Paul Whelan to express her gratitude for his safe return home and to discuss efforts to release American citizens who have been wrongfully imprisoned abroad. Whelan was detained in Russia for nearly six years, convicted on frau  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released the following statement after voting for the Right to IVF Act--legislation that would protect Americans' access to invitro-fertilization (IVF)--which has now been defeated twice by Senate Republicans: "Women deserve the freedom to decide if, when and how to start a family. For so many families, IVF has allowed them to bring children into the world when they o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- 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 Committee and Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to the release of the Seacoast Shipyard Association's Annual Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Economic Impact Report for 2023: "This year's report reaffirms what we already know to be true--the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is a fundamen  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and U.S. Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (D-IL) are writing to Congressional leaders and calling on them to act before enhanced Premium Tax Credits (PTCs) expire at the end of 2025 to protect the millions of Americans who rely on these tax credits for affordable health care. In their letters to the bipartisan leaders of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives,   more