WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: U.S Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today urged Congressional leadership to address the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color in the next COVID-19 response package. The Senator's outreach follows a discussion she held recently with a group of predominately Black and Latina public health leaders in New Hampshire about racial disparities in health care outcomes. "Earlier th more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the U.S. Census Bureau, today called on the Bureau's Director Stephen Dillingham to answer a series of questions to ensure the 2020 Census is completed fairly and accurately. Her letter comes in response to reports that the Trump administration is trying to rush execution of the Census for pol more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), with Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), today called for additional funding and flexibility for states to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular to help states use the funding to build out additional broadband infrastructure to support telehealth, remote learning, and working from home. In a l more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: Today, President Trump signed into law the Great American Outdoors Act, bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and provide mandatory funding for deferred maintenance on public lands. The LWCF helps preserve and maintain critical lands for national parks, forests, wildlif more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: Today, President Trump signed into law the Great American Outdoors Act, bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and provide mandatory funding for deferred maintenance on public lands. The LWCF helps preserve and maintain critical lands for national parks, forests, wildli more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: Today on the floor of the Senate, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) called on Senate leadership to prioritize funding for states and municipalities in future COVID-19 relief legislation to confront dire budgetary shortfalls as a result of the economic fallout from the pandemic. 46 states, including New Hampshire, have suffered severe revenue reductions over the course of the pandemic, with  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following joint statement: * * * U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following joint statement after President Trump authorized an extension of the New Hampshire National Guard's activation through December 31st to help respond to COVID-19 but with reduced federal more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and Representatives Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas are calling for additional funding and flexibility for states to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular to help states use the funding to build out additional broadband infrastructure to support telehealth, remote learning, and working from home. In a letter to Congressional leaders, the De more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 7: Today Congressmen Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Jim Himes (CT-04) introduced the Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act to protect thousands of Granite Staters who are currently working from home from increased taxes. During the COVID-19 pandemic, telework has become necessary across a range of industries to keep workers and their families safe. Unfortunately, in a break from clearly established pre more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 6: Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01), along with 6 other lawmakers, sent a letter today to the USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue and Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Bette Brand expressing their grave concerns about the impact of the U.S. Postal Service's dire financial condition and potential reductions in service on rural communities across the country. The Postal Service's revenue ha more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 3: Yesterday, Reps. Annie Kuster (NH-02), Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11), Cheri Bustos (IL-17), and Chellie Pingree (ME-01) led a group of 19 House Democrats in a letter to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue sounding the alarm on the USDA's failure to help small farms, farmers of color, beginning, minority and veteran farmers, and others through its implementation of more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and Representatives Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas are calling for additional funding and flexibility for states to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular to help states use the funding to build out additional broadband infrastructure to support telehealth, remote learning, and working from home. In a letter to Congressional leaders, the more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 5: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan took to the Senate floor today to push for significant additional funding for schools in the next COVID-19 relief package as teachers, parents, and students prepare for the upcoming school year. The Senator also discussed the importance of additional funding to expand broadband access in order to support the remote learning needs of students and teachers. To watch  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 6: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan today questioned Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), during an oversight hearing on the federal government's response to protests in Portland, Oregon. To watch the Senator's questioning, click here https://youtu.be/6KK5-ZRYlLk. "As DHS personnel work to protect federal buildings and their occupants, it is critical that they ta more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan met virtually with New Hampshire Army National Guard Lieutenant Colonel Woody Groton, who helped organize the annual Cyber Yankee cybersecurity training exercise that concluded on Friday. This year, the two-week exercise brought together all New England states' National Guards, as well as local, state, and federal officials to simulate a response to fictitious potential cybe more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan took to the Senate floor today to underscore the importance of providing significant and flexible funding to support state and local governments' efforts to save lives and protect the economy in the next COVID-19 relief package. In her speech, the Senator outlined how this additional funding will be crucial in order to preserve jobs and ensure that communities can c more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following joint statement after President Trump authorized an extension of the New Hampshire National Guard's activation through December 31st to help respond to COVID-19 but with reduced federal fundin more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and a group of Senators filed an amicus brief in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to support litigation that would overturn a Trump administration rule that threatens access to health care for millions of Americans. The case challenges a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule finalized in May 2019 that  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 5: Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) announced her support for legislation introduced last month by U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) to help college students nationwide exercise their right to vote in the 2020 elections, even as millions are displaced from campus due to the pandemic. U.S. Congressman Raja Krishnamoor more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 3: Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Senate Armed Services Committee, visited ArgenTech Solutions in Concord, a veteran-owned small business that provides technical support for unmanned aerial systems around the world, including those used by the U.S. military. During her visit, Shahee more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 6: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined a group of 23 Senators today, led by Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), in introducing a Senate Resolution to recognize, commemorate and celebrate the 55th anniversary of the enactment of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon Johnson proposed the legislation just days after the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, during wh more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Bob Casey (D-PA) on a letter last week, condemning Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for failing to get emergency support to school districts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Senators urged her to follow congressional intent when allocating coronavirus relief funds to elementary and secondary schools. Shaheen, Tester, Casey  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The Senate unanimously passed the Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athlete Act - sweeping Olympic reform legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) that will reform the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) in the wake of abuse allegations that impacted nearly all corners of Olympic sport. The bill was introduced by U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Richard Blu more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following joint statement: * * * U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following joint statement after President Trump authorized an extension of the New Hampshire National Guard's activation through December 31st to help respond to COVID-19 but with reduced fed more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act - bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) - to improve veterans' access to mental health care. This landmark legislation is a comprehensive and aggressive approach to connect more veterans with mental health care. This bill will bolste more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act - bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) - to improve veterans' access to mental health care. This landmark legislation is a comprehensive and aggressive approach to connect more veterans with mental health care. This bill will bolst more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Given that the public health and economic challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic will last well past the end of this year, U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced bipartisan legislation to extend the current year-end deadline for states to use federal CARES Act assistance - as well as any future funding to state and local governments - through 2021. Senator Hassan and G more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced bipartisan legislation to maintain critical safeguards to help assure the public that a potential COVID-19 vaccine that receives emergency use authorization is safe and effective. The Safe Authorization for Vaccines during Emergencies (SAVE) Act also aims to improve public confidence in a potential COVID-19 vacc more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve patient record matching among health care providers and strengthen the country's COVID-19 response efforts. The bipartisan Patient Matching Improvement Act works to address inadequate patient matching - the ability to link records for an individual patient across multiple health care providers -  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) introduced the bipartisan Automatic Cash Assistance Act, which would ensure that Social Security, Veterans Affairs (VA), and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries receive the COVID-19 relief stimulus payments that they are entitled to. The bill is supported by DAV (Disabled American Veterans) and Paralyzed Ve more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced bipartisan legislation that would expand educational assistance programs to help ensure that employers have the tools to hire and retrain workers who may have lost their jobs due to COVID-19. The bipartisan Upskilling and Retraining Assistance Act would increase the amount of tax-free educational assistance that employees in workforce  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 7: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) called on the administration today to delay the start of the recoupment period for health care providers under the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments (AAP) program. Under the AAP program, this week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is scheduled to start withholding payment on 100 percent of all otherwise more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 7: Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced an $821,500 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) to the Nashua Transit System. Specifically, the funding was awarded through the Federal Transit Administration's Grants for Buses an more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 6: This week, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-MN) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and a group of Senators in calling on Senate leadership to prioritize the inclusion of their plan for a $50 billion child care stabilization fund in the next coronavirus (COVID-19) relief package. The Child Care is Essential Act would stabilize the child c more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 6: This week, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-MN) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and a group of Senators in calling on Senate leadership to prioritize the inclusion of their plan for a $50 billion child care stabilization fund in the next coronavirus (COVID-19) relief package. The Child Care is Essential Act would stabilize the child  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), both members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday made the following statement on the political and economic crisis in Lebanon, and the explosions that rocked Beirut: "The blasts in Beirut exacerbate an already dangerous and fragile situation in Lebanon, and our hearts go out to the innocent civilians who were killed more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) are teaming up to make it easier for Americans to obtain personal protective equipment (PPE) that is critical in the fight against COVID-19. The pair is introducing two bipartisan bills that aim to address persistent nationwide shortages by temporarily cutting taxes on imported PPE, requiring interagency coordination around domestic PPE suppl more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 5: Today, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced the Advancing Teachers and Home Office Modernization for Employees (AT HOME) Act to help alleviate some of the costs Americans have incurred as they work from home due to the coronavirus. The bill would establish a tax credit for small businesses and an above-the-line deduction for individuals to help offset the co more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following joint statement on Aug. 5: * * * New Hampshire Congressional Delegation issued the following joint statement after President Trump authorized an extension of the New Hampshire National Guard's activation through December 31st to help respond to COVID-19 but with reduced federal funding support. Starting August 21st, New Hampshire will be reimbursed 75 percent for the Guard's activation rather than the current reimbu more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: As reports of domestic violence increase across the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) in introducing strongly-supported bicameral legislation to protect domestic violence survivors from gun violence. The Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection more PR