WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Following months of advocacy and calls for action from Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Biden Administration signed a memorandum today instructing FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security to reimburse 100% of COVID related emergency expenses under the Stafford disast more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the only woman on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, opposed an amendment offered on the Senate floor this evening by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) to the budget resolution that would codify the harmful Global Gag Rule. Shaheen leads bipartisan legislation in the Senate that would permanently repeal the ill-conceived policy, which she reintroduced last week. The Glo more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced that she has been named to the House Rural Broadband Task Force for the 117th Congress and congratulated the new members. Created in 2019, the Task Force is composed of 27 House Democrats working to close the digital divide within the next three years. "The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need for us to expand and ensure access to broadband in New Hampshir more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) voted to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14) -- who has spewed hateful conspiracy theories and advocated for political violence against Democratic leaders -- from her committee assignments. Greene has been a vocal supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theory, which has upended lives, and whose followers played a central role in the insurrection and attempt to overturn the el more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) helped reintroduce the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation she has championed since taking office. The Paycheck Fairness Act would help eliminate pay disparities based on gender. Rep. Kuster is an original co-sponsor of the bill, which would require employers to prove that pay disparities exist for legitimate, job-related reasons, ban retaliation against workers who voluntarily d more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2021: Rep. Annie Kuster (D-NH-02) and Congressman Chris Stewart (R-UT-02) introduced the Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act. This bipartisan legislation honors two top-secret WWII United States Army units that specialized in tactical deceptions with the Congressional Gold Medal, Congress's highest expression of national appreciation. Due to the classified nature, the soldiers of the Ghost  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) honored the life, service, and sacrifice of United States Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick and attended his lying in honor ceremony in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Officer Sicknick died on January 7th, 2021 from injuries he sustained while defending the U.S. Capitol from mobs of armed insurrectionists seeking to overturn the results of a free and fair democratic election on Jan more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2021: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), participated in a House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing entitled, "Road to Recovery: Ramping Up COVID-19 Vaccines, Testing, and Medical Supply Chain." The subcommittee heard from public health professionals and supply chain experts on the state of U.S. COVID-19 vaccinations, testing, and medical supply chains. "In the year since this pandemic beg more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2021: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), participated in a House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing entitled, "No Time to Lose: Solutions to Increase COVID-19 Vaccinations in the States." The Subcommittee heard from state public health officials from Illinois, Michigan, West Virginia, Louisiana, and Colorado to examine the distribution and administration of COVID-19 va more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The House passed the National Apprenticeship Act of 2021, bipartisan legislation supported by Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) that will invest more than $3.5 billion over five years to create nearly 1 million additional apprenticeship opportunities. This bill would reauthorize the National Apprenticeship Act for the first time since its enactment in 1937. Registered apprenticeships provide apprentices with paid more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02), along with the Bipartisan Opioid Task Force Leaders Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), David Trone (D-MD), and Donald Norcross (D-NJ) led a bipartisan coalition of nearly 80 lawmakers to urge congressional leadership to provide $10 billion in funding for mental health disorder and substance use disorder prevention and treatment. The funding would include $5 bi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) and U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) announced that St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua will receive $12,628,962 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Provider Relief Fund. The funding was allocated as an add-on payment to the previous round of disbursements from the Provider Relief Fund, from which New Ham more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Rep. Peter Welch (VT-AL) introduced legislation to provide $10 billion in utility debt relief for Americans struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Energy Debt Relief for American Families Act would provide urgently-needed relief to states through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to pay down utility bills in arrears for individuals exper more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: 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) $8,427,680 for New Hampshire organizations to provide emergency housing and other housing assistance to vulnerable homeless individuals and families throughout New Hampshire. Specifically, the funding more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: This morning, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) held a virtual roundtable with New Hampshire small business owners who have participated in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). PPP helped retain more than 120,000 jobs in New Hampshire's First District by last August, and Pappas has sought continued feedback from Granite Staters to ensure the program is strengthened in the next round of COVID relief leg more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) introduced legislation to ensure that low-income New Hampshire families who are covered by Medicaid can access COVID-19 treatments and vaccines free of charge. By waiving cost-sharing under these programs, the Ensuring Vaccination and Treatment Affordability Act will help guarantee vulnerable Granite Staters can receive necessary health services to protect themselves an more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced he will co-chair the bipartisan House Small Business Caucus, a group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers committed to strengthening small businesses throughout the country. Joining Pappas as co-chair will be Congressman Kevin Hern (OK-01). In addition to Reps. Pappas and Hern, 69 Members will join the Small Business Caucus this Congress. The Caucus will me more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chis Pappas (NH-01), who serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate vote to confirm Pete Buttigieg. "Pete Buttigieg's confirmation as Secretary of Transportation will provide the leadership we need to rebuild our country, get Americans back to work, and bolster our economic recovery,'' said Congressman Pappas. "As a forme more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The House passed a 5-year reauthorization of the National Apprenticeship Act containing key language introduced by Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) to increase apprenticeship opportunities and create more good, high-paying jobs amid the on-going economic crisis caused by COVID-19. The National Apprenticeship Act will invest more than $3.5 billion over the next 5 years in expanding opportunities and acc more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2021: Yesterday, Rep. Annie Kuster (D-NH-02) and Rep. John Katko (R-NY-24) led 22 colleagues as they re-introduced the bipartisan Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act. This legislation will improve the federal government's child abuse data collection program by extending it to specifically evaluate animal abuse as a risk factor for child abuse. "As a mother and animal lover, I am  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Reps. Annie Kuster (D-NH-02) and John Katko (R-NY-24) introduced legislation, the Emergency Support for Substance Use Disorders Act, to create emergency grants during the COVID-19 crisis for states and community-based organizations that serve individuals with substance use disorder (SUD). Kuster and Katko introduced a previous version of this bill during the 116th Congress, which was included in the HEROE more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Rep. Chris Pappas (NH-01) met with the New Hampshire Hospital Association's members and leadership to discuss New Hampshire's COVID-19 response, the current capacity of hospitals, the ongoing distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, and federal support for New Hampshire's health care system. "Our New Hampshire hospitals, health care professionals, and first responders have worked  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) joined Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and Kathy Castor (FL-14) in introducing legislation to support local COVID-19 vaccination efforts and reverse dangerous drops in vaccination rates for other life-saving immunizations for children and adults. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced the companion legislation in the Senate. The Communi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2021: Building on her previous efforts to help ensure that veterans receive their Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits in a timely fashion, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) is urging the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC), which maintains the personnel, health, and medical records of millions of veterans, to immediately use the $50 million included in the December COVID-19 reli more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Providing a new opportunity to build on her bipartisan work supporting veterans, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan will join the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, which conducts oversight of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and advances legislation on matters pertaining to veterans, including education, health care, VA benefits, and job training. "As the daughter of a World War II veteran, it is  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2021: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) is leading a bipartisan, bicameral effort to strengthen the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Solid Start program, which aims to contact every veteran multiple times by phone in the first year after they leave active duty to check in and help connect them to VA programs and benefits. Senator Hassan, along with Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Represen more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2021: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today participated in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee nomination hearing for Dr. Miguel Cardona, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be the Secretary for the Department of Education. Watch Senator Hassan's questioning here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnWfkUgJin8&feature=youtu.be COVID-19 Education Relief Senator Has more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2021: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today participated in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee nomination hearing for Marty Walsh, President Joe Biden's nominee to be the Secretary for the Department of Labor. Watch Senator Hassan's questioning here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5Hfzh2achY&feature=youtu.be Strengthening Workforce Development During her questio more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on Feb. 2, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after the Senate voted on a bipartisan basis today to confirm Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security: "The Department of Homeland Security is instrumental in keeping our country safe, secure, and free. Bet more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined a bipartisan group of her Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. This bipartisan bill will help ensure that goods made with Uyghur forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) do not enter the United States. Earlier this year, the State Department issued a determination that the Chinese Communist Party is commi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) reintroduced a bipartisan bill to help protect the health and safety of firefighters, emergency responders and the communities they serve. The Protecting Firefighters from Adverse Substances (PFAS) Act, which passed the Senate last Cong more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- 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, announced with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) $8,427,680 for New Hampshire organizations to provide emergency housing and other housing assistance to vulnerable homeless individuals and families throughout New Hampshire. Specifically, the fundi more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2021: This afternoon, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) attended the ceremony for the delivery of the 12th and final KC-46 refueling tanker to be stationed at the Pease Air National Guard Base. During the event, Shaheen was joined by Lieutenant General Michael Loh, Director of the Air National Guard and senior leadership from the New Hampshire Air National Guard and 157th Air more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced legislation to bolster veterans' access to lifesaving health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Emergency Care for Veterans During COVID Act would ensure New Hampshire veterans can access emergency health care without incurring massive medical bills during this crisis. Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) introduced companion legislation in more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a resolution with Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) to condemn the activities of Russian national Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner Group, a Russian private military contractor. The resolution calls for broad cooperation between Congress and t more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2021: This morning, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) questioned Isabel Guzman, nominee to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration, during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee (SBC). During the hearing, Shaheen - a senior member of the SBC - questioned Guzman on a number of priorities, including the need to expedite the allocat more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Jan. 30: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced the End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act, a bill that would prohibit pharmaceutical drug manufacturers from claiming tax deductions for expenses on advertising directly to consumers. Under current law, drug manufacturers are allowed to deduct the cost of advertising expenses from federal taxes, meaning taxpayer dollars are used to subsidize d more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement after voting in favor of Pete Buttigieg to serve as Secretary of Transportation. Buttigieg's confirmation cleared the Senate by a vote of 86 to 13. "Before the pandemic, our roads, rails, bridges, buses, airports and waterways needed federal investments, but after the economic crisis we've experienced over the last year, that urgency  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement after voting in favor of the budget resolution early this morning: "Our country is facing an unprecedented public health emergency that spurred the greatest economic crisis of a generation. Delivering our communities the resources they need to address the pandemic, survive the financial fallout and access the tools necessary to recover more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA) reintroduced 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, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) are part of a bipartisan group of Senators calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to prioritize and quickly distribute federal funding to rural and underserved communities hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding was made possible by the December COVID-19 relief and government funding package that Senators Hassan a more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen are calling on Congressional leadership to provide specific relief to the restaurant and hospitality industries in the upcoming COVID-19 package. "In order to protect workers' paychecks and support major employers in New Hampshire communities, we write to urge you to prioritize direct economic relief that will help restaurants and hospitality businesses t more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined their colleagues in reintroducing legislation to provide $130 billion in federal funds to help schools in New Hampshire and across the country improve their aging infrastructure and modernize classrooms to increase student and teacher safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The reintroduction of the Reopen and Rebuild America's Schools Act  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen joined their colleagues in reintroducing the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that would help eliminate the gender wage gap and guarantee that women can challenge pay discrimination and hold employers accountable. The bill would end the practice of pay secrecy and strengthen the available remedies for wronged employees. "When women are paid less than me more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced bipartisan legislation with Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) to close the orphan drug loophole that drug companies use to keep competition off the market and rake in profits. "Health care costs were going through the roof before the pandemic, which is why as this crisis continues, Congress needs to do everything in its power to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) sent a letter with a group of Senators calling for additional relief for state, localities, and tribal governments in the next COVID relief package, including a strong all-state minimum to ensure every state can meet the economic and public health challenges the nation still faces. U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) led the letter. In March,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) sent a letter with a group of Senators calling for additional relief for state, localities, and tribal governments in the next COVID relief package, including a strong all-state minimum to ensure every state can meet the economic and public health challenges the nation still faces. U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) led the letter. In March, more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) sent a letter with a group of 44 Senators calling for the inclusion of robust supplemental funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in the next COVID-19 relief package. U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) led the letter. LIHEAP is the main federal program that helps low-income households and seniors with t more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) sent a letter with a group of 44 Senators calling for the inclusion of robust supplemental funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in the next COVID-19 relief package. U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) led the letter. LIHEAP is the main federal program that helps low-income households and seniors with  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan joined their colleagues in reintroducing the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that would help eliminate the gender wage gap and guarantee that women can challenge pay discrimination and hold employers accountable. The bill would end the practice of pay secrecy and strengthen the available remedies for wronged employees. "Despite the passage of legislat more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced that St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua will receive $12,628,962 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Provider Relief Fund. The funding was allocated as an add-on payment to the previous round of disbursements from the Provider Relief Fund, more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced that St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua will receive $12,628,962 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Provider Relief Fund. The funding was allocated as an add-on payment to the previous round of disbursements from the Provider Relief Fund more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester will receive $4 million in federal funding allocated under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act that was passed by Congres more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester will receive $4 million in federal funding allocated under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act that was passed by Congre more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) reintroduced bipartisan legislation with Senator John Thune (R-SD) requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to act on languishing applications under the renewable fuel standard (RFS), including moving forward with allowing renewable electricity made from biomass to qualify if it is used to power electric vehicles. This would level the playing field among f more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) reintroduced bipartisan legislation with Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) to provide rural communities under economic strain during the COVID-19 pandemic with emergency assistance to repair, modernize and renovate failing water infrastructure. The Emergency Assistance for Rural Water Systems Act would provide $1 billion in emergency grants, low- and zero-interest loans and more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, reintroduced bipartisan legislation with Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) to expand access to eating disorder treatments for U.S. service members and their families. Studies show that women in the armed forces are disproportionately impacted by eating disorders, affecting military readiness and healt more PR