WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 10: Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) hosted a virtual meeting with Granite Staters and employment attorneys from around the state to highlight the need for Congress to pass COVID-19 relief legislation that includes an extension of the enhanced unemployment benefits that were passed as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The event came after Senate R more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Aug. 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 13: Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) visited the Littleton Head Start to underscore the need for child care support in upcoming COVID-19 legislation. As New Hampshire's economy reopens, Granite State working families need child care in order to fully return to work, but providers in the state and across the country have been severely impacted by the fallout of the publi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 14: In response to efforts from Senator Hassan and her colleagues, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today announced that they will re-open registration to allow Americans who are not typically required to file taxes and who have not gotten their $500-per-child stimulus payment to enter their information on the IRS Non-Filer tool in order to receive their payment by mid-October of this year.  more PR

HOPKINTON, New Hampshire, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 12: Today, Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) hosted a virtual constituent coffee meeting to hear from constituents her office has assisted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kuster spoke with Susanna and James of Hopkinton, who experienced issues with passport processing delays, Samantha of Antrim, who was having difficulty getting the unemployment assistance she needed, and Kaitlyn of  more PR

HOPKINTON, New Hampshire, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 12: Today, Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) held a virtual roundtable with child care and early education providers as well as state officials from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to discuss the impact of COVID-19 and recent legislation passed by the House to support child care providers. "Child care is essential for millions of American families, and I am grat more PR

HOPKINTON, New Hampshire, Aug. 14 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 13: Yesterday, Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) held a virtual roundtable with Mayors and City Managers to discuss the impact of COVID-19 and the ongoing needs of New Hampshire communities. Kuster was joined by Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier, Keene Mayor George Hansel, Claremont Mayor Charlene Lovett, Lebanon Mayor Tim McNamara, Keene City Manager Elizabeth Dragon, Claremont City Manag more PR

HOPKINTON, New Hampshire, Aug. 14 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 13: Today, Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) held a virtual roundtable with New Hampshire college and university presidents to discuss campus testing strategies for COVID-19 and plans for reopening institutions for the upcoming fall semester. Kuster voted in favor of the HEROES Act, which passed the House nearly three months ago and includes $27 billion in aid for colleges and univ more PR

HOPKINTON, New Hampshire, Aug. 15 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 14: Today, Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) hosted a virtual roundtable discussion with leadership from the NH Bankers Association, Gibson's Bookstore, Lawson Group, Claremont Savings Bank, Ink Factory and Vegataball, and Governor Sununu's Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery (GOFERR), to hear about their experiences with the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and state grant p more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 12: 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 Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced the award of $1,364,423 in federal funding to the University of New Hampshire (UNH), Keene State College (KSC) and Plymouth State University (PSU) to bolster and expand more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that New Hampshire, as well as housing authorities and agencies throughout the state, will receive $39,568,585 in federal funding allocated as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), who serves as the Chair of Oversight and Investigations for the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, commended the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for making changes to effectively reduce their claim intake times. Due to all VA claims being initiated through the mail, and requiring manual review, long processing delays have been responsible for creating severe finan more PR

NORTH CONWAY, New Hampshire, Aug. 15 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: On Wednesday, August 12, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined Appalachian Mountain Club President John Judge and Vice President for Conservation Susan Arnold for a hike up North Conway's Black Cap. They also discussed the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), landmark conservation legislation that passed the House in July, and was signed into law in August. GAOA provides permanent, fu more PR

LONDONDERRY, New Hampshire, Aug. 15 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: On Thursday, August 13, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) visited Moonlight Meadery in Londonderry to discuss to impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on their business, as well as hear from other local business leaders about their experiences with the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and other small business support programs created through the CARES Act. Joining Congressman Pappa more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 10: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced today that New Hampshire, as well as housing authorities and agencies throughout the state, will receive $39,568,585 in federal funding allocated as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act from the U.S. Department of more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 13: Today Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01), along with Representatives Joe Neguse (CO-02), Ruben Gallego (AZ-07), Grace Meng (NY-06), and Stephanie Murphy (FL-07) announced the landmark Protect the Youth Vote Act in response to systematic efforts across the country to suppress the voices of young Americans. While the Twenty-Sixth Amendment was ratified in 1971 to bring young people into the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan cosponsored the bipartisan Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act to return billions of dollars to Americans through a national, online "lost and found" website to track retirement accounts as people move between jobs. The bipartisan, bicameral legislation was re-introduced by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Steve Daines (R-MT) and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) cosponsored bipartisan legislation to provide financial relief to state and local governments that are responding to both an unprecedented public health crisis and other disasters, all the while grappling with dramatic losses to their revenue. The bipartisan Local Community Emergency Relief Act was introduced by Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Robert Menendez (R-NJ) more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and Representatives Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas are calling for answers on mail delivery concerns that they have heard from Granite Staters. The letter follows recent changes instituted by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who started in his position in May. "We are very concerned about reports of recent policy decisions made at the agency under your ten more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 12: 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 Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced the award of $1,364,423 in federal funding to the University of New Hampshire (UNH), Keene State College (KSC) and Plymouth State University (PSU) to bolster and exp more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 11: Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $644,296.35 in federal funding to support Granite State firefighters around the state. Through the a more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), joined SFRC Ranking Member Bob Menendez (R-NJ) and Chairman Jim Risch (R-ID) and fellow committee members U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mark Warner (D-VA), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Rob Portman (R-OH) in introducing a Senate Resolution regarding the massive explosion in the Port more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 11: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Service Committee, joined a group of 33 U.S. Senators led by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) yesterday, asking President Trump to restore full funding to states for the National Guard forces responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, the President reduced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reimbursement more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 13: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) announced new legislation today that would provide $200 million to invest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. Specifically, the bill provides federal funds for hands-on STEM learning opportunities, including via remote learning, afterschool activities, and innovative learning opportunities such as robotics competitions. S more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 12: With the live music industry shuttered across the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) announced her support today for the Entertainments New Credit Opportunity for Relief and Economic Sustainability (ENCORES) Act, which was introduced last month by U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Tom Carper (D-DE), to make sure small, independent music and entertain more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 10: Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) joined with U.S Representatives David Trone (D-MD) and Michael McCaul (R-TX) to announce the introduction of bipartisan, bicameral legislation to increase global cooperation in the fight against synthetic drug trafficking. The Fighting Emerging Narcotics Through Additional Nations to Yield Lasting (FENTANYL) Results Act wou more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a senior member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, introduced bipartisan legislation with U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME), Jon Tester (D-MT) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) aimed at enhancing support for rural communities, family farms and small businesses facing increased fiscal pressures due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Rural Equal Aid Act would pro more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations subcommittee that's charged with funding the census, sent a letter to the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Commerce requesting an investigation into whether political pressure from the White House and Department of Commerce leadership led to the decision to shorten field data c more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 12: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and a group of 15 Senators in a letter to Senate leaders urging them to include long-term relief for millions of Americans with student loans in the next coronavirus relief package as negotiations between Senate Republicans and Democrats continue. The letter comes after the President issued an executive or more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-01) and Chris Pappas (NH-02) are calling for answers on mail delivery concerns that they have heard from Granite Staters. The letter follows recent changes instituted by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who started in his position in May. "We are very concerned about reports of recent policy decisions ma more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 12: 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 Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced the award of $1,364,423 in federal funding to the University of New Hampshire (UNH), Keene State College (KSC) and Plymouth State University (PSU) to bolster and ex more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that New Hampshire, as well as housing authorities and agencies throughout the state, will receive $39,568,585 in federal funding allocated as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CA more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen joined Senate Democrats in urging U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to answer questions about recent changes to long-standing practices at the United States Postal Service (USPS) that would result in increased delivery times and costs for election mail, and calling on him not to take any further action that makes it harder and more expensive for states  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) sent a letter with a group of Senators calling on President Trump to reopen the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) marketplace to allow more people to enroll in health insurance and access federal subsidies, and to take steps to ensure seniors can enroll in Medicare coverage as they disproportionately face potential health issues related to COVID-1 more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 12: Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined a bipartisan group of 48 Senators, led by Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), calling for the extension of the statutory deadlines for the delivery of apportionment data and redistricting files following the 2020 Census. The Senators urged House and Senate leaders to include the extension in  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 12: Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined a bipartisan group of 48 Senators, led by Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), calling for the extension of the statutory deadlines for the delivery of apportionment data and redistricting files following the 2020 Census. The Senators urged House and Senate leaders to include the extension in t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan joined Senate Democrats in urging U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to answer questions about recent changes to long-standing practices at the United States Postal Service (USPS) that would result in increased delivery times and costs for election mail, and calling on him not to take any further action that makes it harder and more expensive for states more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, 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