WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Pushes Toward Recession, Heinrich & Lujan Demand Answers on Cuts to New Mexico Manufacturing Center WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are demanding answers on the Administration's decision to cancel funding for ten National Institute of Standards and Technology Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers across the country, including in  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security has released the following public communication dated July 1, 2024, from Giffords. This is in response to a Federal Register rule initially posted on April 30, 2024. * * * To: Anthony Christino Acting Director Office of Nonproliferation and Foreign Policy Controls Bureau of Industry and Security United States Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 ATTN: BIS-2024-0003, R  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated March 27, 2025, from Earthjustice, Center for Environmental Health, Clean Air Action of Glens Falls and Defend Our Health: * * * To: Dr. Martin Makary, Commissioner Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Ave. Silver Spring, MD 20993 Re: Comments on Testing Methods for Detecting and Identifying Asbestos in Talc-Containing Cosme  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Goodlander, Pappas Demand Answers from FEMA on Cancelation of Disaster Preparedness Program WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined 58 of their colleagues in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and Senior Official Performing the Duties of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administr  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 19 -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release on April 18, 2025: * * * Six NH seniors named semifinalists in U.S. Presidential Scholars Program CONCORD, NH -- Considered one of the nation's highest honors for graduating high school seniors, six New Hampshire students have been named semifinalists in the 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The semifinalists include: * Charles J. Anderson of Portsmouth, Portsmouth High S  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on April 18, 2025: * * * Ranking Members Shaheen and Warren Express Deep Concern Following Sanctions Reversal for Corrupt Hungarian Official WASHINGTON--Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing   more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen, Collins, King Visit Portsmouth Naval Shipyard with Navy Secretary John Phelan, Highlight Shipyard's Role in Supporting U.S. National Security (Portsmouth, NH) - Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) visited Portsmouth Naval Shipyard with Secretary of the Navy John Phelan. The visit was Secretary Phelan's first to a public shipyard sin  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Statement on Trump Undermining USDA-Rural Development WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, released the following statement on the Trump Administration's efforts to reduce the workforce of U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development (USDA-RD) offices in Vermont and New Hampshire through buyouts an  more