WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Patty Murray (D-WA) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar calling on the Trump administration to take action following troubling reports on the potential increased risk that vaping poses for COVID-19 infection. Shaheen and Murray were joined by Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jack Reed (D-RI), Richard Blumenthal (D more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 19: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and a bipartisan group of Senators including Chris Murphy (D-CT), James Lankford (R-OK), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and David Perdue (R-GA) called on the Trump administration today to lead an international effort to help the Lebanese people recover in the aftermath of the Beirut blast that killed more than more PR

LACONIA, New Hampshire, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 17: Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) held two events in New Hampshire's Lakes Region focusing on small business and veterans issues. Pappas visited Orion Entrance Control in Laconia, which has shifted their production to manufacture products to assist in the response to COVID-19. Pappas also met with Jeff Varney, a Tilton veteran who would benefit from legislation that Congr more PR

HOPKINTON, New Hampshire, Aug. 20 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 19: Today, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) held a virtual roundtable discussion with NH housing advocates to discuss the immediate and lasting impacts of COVID-19 on housing agencies, landlords and residents. The group discussed state-wide eviction trends and the need for more housing relief funding. According to a report by the Aspen Institute, 24,000-39,000 households in New Hampshire ar more PR

HOPKINTON, New Hampshire, Aug. 20 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 19: Today, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) held a virtual conversation with various New Hampshire Boards of Realtors to discuss the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on Realtors and the real estate market. The group discussed the importance of access to quality broadband when it comes to buying and selling homes during the pandemic; the need for additional unemployment benefits to assis more PR

HOPKINTON, New Hampshire, Aug. 21 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 20: Today, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) issued the following statement on Keene State College being awarded $1 million in funding from the Northern Border Regional Commission's (NBRC) Economic & Infrastructure Development grant program to finance construction of the Keene State Business Partnership Hub ("the Hub"). Kuster strongly advocated for the Monadnock Economic Development Corpora more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on Aug. 18: * * * Today, Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement on the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote. "One hundred years ago today, women's suffrage became the law of the land,'" said Kuster. "The ratification of the 19th Amendment was a critical milestone in our nation's long and ongoing journey to live u more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 18: Today, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) visited Terrill Park, a recreational area undergoing redevelopment along the Merrimack River Greenway Trail. Kuster toured the site and met with state environmental leaders to discuss the project and critical funding made possible by the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Last year, the City of Concord received a $100,000 LWCF grant from NH Pa more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 17: Today, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) along with Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), and Kathy Castor (FL-14) introduced new legislation to reverse the dangerous decrease in vaccination rates, which have plummeted during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act (H.R. 8061) makes critical investments to develop, scale, and more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 17: Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead Democrat on the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations subcommittee which funds the National Science Foundation (NSF), announced with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the NSF has awarded the University of New Hampshire (UNH) $1,999,5 more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 21: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) is calling on the United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General to investigate a media report that the USPS sold a mail sorting machine at the facility on Goffs Falls Road in Manchester for scrap parts to a man from Pennsylvania. The report comes as the Postmaster General has spent months systematically attacking the Postal Service and undermin more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 21: Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) is announcing that he has filed two amendments to H.R. 8015, the Delivering for America Act. These amendments follow reports that USPS facilities across the country, including the Goffs Falls Road facility in Manchester, were dismantling, scrapping, and selling mail sorting machines in recent months. Congressman Pappas held an event outside the Goffs F more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement in response to systematic, political attacks on the U.S. Postal Service that are undermining this critical public service that voters, small businesses, veterans, and families depend on: "The systemic undermining of the U.S. Postal Service by this Administration, less than three months before an Election that will rely on mail delivery, s more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 21: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan grilled United States Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Louis DeJoy today over the significant and damaging operational changes he is making to the USPS that are slowing mail delivery for Granite Staters and all Americans. Senator Hassan began her questioning by highlighting how these mail delays have impacted people in New Hampshire, including veteran fam more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, a member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee which oversees the United States Postal Service (USPS), released the following statement after USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced that he would "suspend" some of the harmful operational changes that he made to the agency, which have slowed mail delivery. Senator Hassan and a number of her De more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined a bipartisan group of her colleagues in requesting that federal health agencies bolster efforts to protect residents and workers in nursing homes. In New Hampshire, more than 80 percent of COVID-19 deaths are associated with nursing homes and long-term care facilities. The letter was led by Senators Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Bob Casey (D-PA). "We share a commitme more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Aug. 20 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 19: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that New Hampshire agencies and organizations have been awarded $4,443,428 from the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) for various projects that invest in the Gra more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 17: Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead Democrat on the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations subcommittee which funds the National Science Foundation (NSF), announced with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the NSF has awarded the University of New Hampshire (UNH) $1,99 more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement calling on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring the Senate back into session. "Mitch McConnell needs to immediately bring the Senate back into session to reverse the Trump administration's sabotage of the Postal Service and finally pass a COVID-19 relief bill to help hurting Granite Staters and small businesses," said Shaheen. more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the Ranking Member of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations subcommittee which is charged with funding the Census Bureau and Census operations, led a letter signed by all the Democrats on the panel calling for the Government Accountability Office to thoroughly assess and compile a report on the "completeness and quality" of the 2020 Cen more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Aug. 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 19: Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) participated in a virtual tour of Smiths Medical in Keene, following the facility's award of a $20 million federal contract to help ramp up production of syringes and hypodermic needles needed for an expected COVID-19 vaccine. The company secured the federal contract through a new partnership with the Biomedical Advanced Research and more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 18: To mark the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) authored an editorial today reflecting on the historic achievement that secured women the right to vote on August 18, 1920. Senator Shaheen's editorial is featured in the National Museum of American History's Creating Icons exhibit on women's suffrage and can also be read in the Conc more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Aug. 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 19: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that New Hampshire agencies and organizations have been awarded $4,443,428 from the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) for various projects that invest in the Gr more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 17: Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead Democrat on the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations subcommittee which funds the National Science Foundation (NSF), announced with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the NSF has awarded the University of New Hampshire (UNH) $1,9 more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 17: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, a member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee which oversees the United States Postal Service, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen joined their colleagues today in calling on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to answer questions about his significant operational changes, which are leading to serious delays for postal customers in New Hampshire and acro more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined a bicameral group of their colleagues in urging the Office of Child Care at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide more detailed public health guidance to support child care providers during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter was led by Senator more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 19: Today, The Guardian published additional details about a 2006 Department of Justice memo laying out federal prosecutors' strong criminal case against Purdue Pharma. The Guardian's reporting discusses crimes that Purdue Pharma allegedly committed, the evidence that the Department of Justice had against Purdue Pharma, and the Department of Justice's decision to settle instead of prosecuting P more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) are demanding immediate action following reports of significant delays in veterans' prescription medications through the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). In a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and VA Secretary Robert Wilkie, Shaheen, Hassan and a group of Senators urged USPS to correct operational changes that are needlessly delaying vet more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) are demanding immediate action following reports of significant delays in veterans' prescription medications through the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). In a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and VA Secretary Robert Wilkie, Shaheen, Hassan and a group of Senators urged USPS to correct operational changes that are needlessly delaying vete more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 17: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan joined their colleagues today in calling on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to answer questions about his significant operational changes, which are leading to serious delays for postal customers in New Hampshire and across the country. The Senators called on Postmaster General DeJoy to testify before Congress and provide clear, transparent ans more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined a bicameral group of their colleagues in urging the Office of Child Care at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide more detailed public health guidance to support child care providers during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter was led by Senato more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Aug. 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 21: 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 $468,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Turning Points Network in Claremont to strengthen the organization's capacity to serve survivors of domestic and s more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Aug. 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 21: 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 $468,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Turning Points Network in Claremont to strengthen the organization's capacity to serve survivors of domestic and  more PR