WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Oct. 21: Today, Bipartisan Opioid Task Force co-chairs Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) released the following statement on the Justice Department's (DOJ) announcement that Purdue Pharma, the company that makes the powerful and highly addictive prescription painkiller OxyContin, will plead guilty to three federal criminal charges including conspiracy to defraud the Unite more PR

HOPKINTON, New Hampshire, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Oct. 21: Today, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) unveiled her 2020 Jobs and Opportunity Agenda, which outlines a comprehensive approach to help alleviate the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis and get our country on the road to recovery. The agenda includes policies that invest in essential workers, support those who are unemployed, ensure workers have the skills they need to return to work, expand  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Oct. 23: Today, Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH), David McKinley (R-WV), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Scott Peters (D-CA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), David Schweikert (R-AZ) and Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced the Carbon Removal, Efficient Agencies, Technology Expertise (CREATE) Act. This bipartisan legislation authorizes a whole-of-government approach to research more PR

ROCHESTER, New Hampshire, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) convened a 'Made in America' discussion with leaders from New Hampshire-based manufacturing companies at Lydall Performance Materials in Rochester. Pappas was joined by leadership from Lydall, Velcro USA, and Granite State Manufacturing who toured the construction site of Lydall's expanded facility and then held a conversation about domestic manufacturing  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Oct. 23: Today, Reps. Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Anthony Gonzalez (OH-16) introduced the Protecting Our KIDS Act, legislation that will allow mobile applications to better identify registered sex offenders on their platforms and protect their users. It has been over a decade since federal legislation was passed to address the risk posed by sex offenders on the internet, and the Protecting Our KIDS Act re more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) is calling for answers from the Healthcare Private Equity Association about the impact of private equity investment in the health care sector. As Senator Hassan discusses in her letter, private equity groups have increasingly acquired physician practice groups, resulting in many local doctors working not for themselves or local hospitals, but for these increasingly l more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan is cosponsoring two pieces of bipartisan legislation to help connect Word War II and women veterans with the health care services that they need and have earned. The bipartisan WWII Veterans Hospital and Medical Eligibility Act opens up the Department of Veteran Affairs' (VA) health care system to all WWII veterans who are not already enrolled. Currently, the VA's eligibili more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following joint op-ed with Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, which was provided to the TIME: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on the health and economic well-being of families and communities across the country, and this virus will remain a significant threat until a safe and effective vaccine can be made available to all. While we all hope to get potential vaccines reviewed, produced and distribute more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Oct. 23: This morning, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice (DOJ), hosted a virtual roundtable discussion on the $1.75 million federal grant awarded through DOJ to the New Hampshire Judicial Branch to establish a new family treatment court program in Sullivan County. The event follows Shaheen and the New Ha more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement following reports from the New York Times and GQ that mysterious injuries experienced by federal employees and their families while serving in China and Cuba are the result of a nefarious attack, likely by Russia. "This report is deeply troubling and should spur the Trump administration to do everything in its power to protect federal more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: In a letter, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and a group of Senators have asked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of the Treasury to conduct an analysis of how the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in California v. Texas would affect health care coverage in the United States, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter was led by U.S. Senators Elizabe more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and a group of 33 Senators sent a letter urging Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to ensure all struggling federal student borrowers can gain access to crucial federal relief. Since March, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act has provided forbearance, waived interest, and halted collections for borrowers whose student loans were directly h more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Oct. 19: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that funds the census, and U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Gary Peters (D-MI) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) today released the following joint statement in response to the Trump administration's political decision to reverse course and end counting for the 2020 Census: "After initially announcing  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following joint statement on Oct. 21 with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island: * * * Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) released the following statement today on the settlement reached by the U.S. Department of Justice and opioid maker Purdue Pharma: "The Department of Justice owes it to the millions of Americans affected by the opioid epidemic to hold Purdue Pharma and its leadership accountab more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced a bipartisan bill to support the National Guard's role in helping state and local governments improve their cybersecurity infrastructure. Right now, the National Guard is limited in how it can support state efforts to improve their cyber defenses, and the Senators' bill makes clear that states are authorized to use the National Gua more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Todd Young (R-IN), both members of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced the bipartisan American Innovation and Jobs Act to support research and development (R&D) investments by innovative small businesses and startups. Companies and startups can either deduct R&D investments or claim them as a tax credit, which helps them to invest in developing new, innova more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: With colder weather approaching and energy costs projected to increase this winter, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and a group of Senators urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release funds for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) as swiftly and at the highest level possible under the current continuing resolution. HHS typically r more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: With colder weather approaching and energy costs projected to increase this winter, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and a group of Senators urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release funds for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) as swiftly and at the highest level possible under the current continuing resolution. HHS typically  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a senior member of the Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, worked with the Committee's Ranking Member Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to introduce the HEROES Small Business Lifeline Act--a comprehensive package of measures that would provide over $370 billion of support to the hardest-hit and most vulnerable small businesses more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Creare LLC in Hanover $784,347 in federal funds in support of climate change research. Specifically, the funding was awarded through DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agen more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), along with 18 Senators, sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr, urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to rescind its support of the Supreme Court lawsuit that seeks to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In the letter, the Senators highlight how health insurance protections for millions of Americans are at stake in light of t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), along with 18 Senators, sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr, urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to rescind its support of the Supreme Court lawsuit that seeks to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In the letter, the Senators highlight how health insurance protections for millions of Americans are at stake in light of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Creare LLC in Hanover $784,347 in federal funds in support of climate change research. Specifically, the funding was awarded through DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agenc more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Oct. 19: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) issued the following statements after three bipartisan bills they cosponsored were signed into law, including the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act, the Merrill's Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act and the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act. The Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Oct. 19: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) issued the following statements after three bipartisan bills they cosponsored were signed into law, including the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act, the Merrill's Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act and the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act. The Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced legislation to increase cooperation between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and veterans legal clinics. The Veterans Legal Support Act of 2020 would allow the VA to provide funding to law school legal clinics that provide pro bono legal services to veterans. Some law schools and their student volunte more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following joint statement on Oct. 21 with Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire: * * * Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released the following statement today on the settlement reached by the U.S. Department of Justice and opioid maker Purdue Pharma: "The Department of Justice owes it to the millions of Americans affected by the opioid epidemic to hold Purdue Pharma and its leadership accountab more PR