WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: As tax filing season begins, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) called on IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to address a series of outstanding issues regarding the implementation of COVID-19 relief packages. "Over the last year my office has helped resolve hundreds of constituent cases to ensure Granite Staters receive their Economic Impact Payments, federal tax refunds more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01) held a telephone town hall to discuss COVID-19 and take questions regarding the state's COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Pappas was joined by Dr. Benjamin Chan, the New Hampshire State Epidemiologist, Director Perry Plummer, former Assistant Commissioner of Safety who is overseeing New Hampshire's vaccine distribution efforts, and Kevin Forrest, Chief Executive Office more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Energy Subcommittee, participated in a hearing entitled, "A Smarter Investment: Pathways to a Clean Energy Future." The Subcommittee heard from energy professionals and industry experts on the current U.S. energy grid and the outlook for developing more incentives for clean energy production and use. "For the good of our pu more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- 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, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) today announced that New Hampshire will receive $1,027,500 from NeighborWorks America. Specifically, the funding was allocated through government funding legislation passed by Congress and signed into law in Dec more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- 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) that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $100,921 in federal funding to New Hampshire through the CARES Act. The funding will support emergency purchases of lifesaving personal  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) led a letter joined by U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) to address the housing crisis in New Hampshire by calling on the Treasury to broaden the permissible uses of emergency rental funds. In their letter to Secretary Yellen, the delegation notes how the pandemic has worsened housing insecurity faced by more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced the start of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition in New Hampshire's First Congressional District. Each spring, a nationwide high school arts competition is sponsored by Members of the U.S. House of Representatives in collaboration with the Congressional Institute. The competition is an opportunity to recognize and encourage the artistic talent across the n more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a co-chair of the House Equality Caucus, helped re-introduce the Equality Act in the 117th Congress. Pappas is an original co-sponsor of this legislation and fought to pass the bill last Congress. This legislation amends existing civil rights statutes to provide LGBTQ Americans with the same protections all other Americans enjoy in key areas of life, including employm more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Paul Tonko (NY-20) introduced the Advancing Enrollment and Reducing Drug Costs Act to expand low-income seniors' access to prescription drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program, also known as Medicare Part D. Medicare Part D was created to help low-income seniors afford their prescription drugs despite sky-rocketing costs. However, current law  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Chris Pappas (D-NH) released the following statements praising VA's decision to pause debt collection owed to both the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) through September 30th due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "The economic turmoil of the more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Hassan (D-NH) discussed priorities for cybersecurity during a wide-ranging discussion hosted by the Royal United Services Institute, the leading UK defense and security think tank. Robert Hannigan CMG, the former director of the UK's largest intelligence and security agency, moderated the conversation. Senator Hassan kicked off the conversation discussing the SolarWinds breach. "We're ha more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) is calling for the Department of Labor to revise a policy that has limited the ability of workers whose hours have been reduced from receiving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). Senator Hassan is joined in her call by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Mark Warner (D-VA). Senator Hassan and colleagues are raising this iss more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan met virtually with third grade students at Bicentennial Elementary School in Nashua to discuss what it is like to be a United States Senator and answer their questions. Students had wide-ranging questions for the Senator, including why each state only has two Senators regardless of its size and Senator Hassan's favorite part about being a Senator. The third grade students a more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today voted in favor of the article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump. See below for excerpts from the Senator's statement: "In this week's trial, our country has relived the chilling and un-American assault on the foundations of our democracy. New video footage reinforced both the brutality of the rioters and also the heroism of members of law enfor more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2021: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee announced today that U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan will serve as Chair of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight, which will conduct oversight of efforts to address national security threats and waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars. "As Chair of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending O more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2021: 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) today announced that New Hampshire will receive $1,027,500 from NeighborWorks America. Specifically, the funding was allocated through government funding legislation passed by Congress and si more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2021: 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 $100,921 in federal funding to New Hampshire through the CARES Act. The funding will support emergency purchases of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) led a letter joined by U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) to address the housing crisis in New Hampshire by calling on the Treasury to broaden the permissible uses of emergency rental funds. In their letter to Secretary Yellen, the delegation notes how the pandemic has worsened housing insecurity faced more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- 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, reintroduced legislation with a group of lawmakers led by U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) that would create a $75 billion Homeowner Assistance Fund. The Homeowner Assistance Fund would help protect struggling homeowners and communities by preventing avoidable forec more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined a letter led by Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to help workers who are temporarily laid off or working reduced hours during the pandemic receive unemployment insurance. The letter calls for the Department of Labor to revise a policy that has limited the ability of workers whose hours have been reduced from receiving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). Curre more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined a letter led by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Bob Casey (D-PA) to deliver $1.4 billion to assist older adults during the pandemic through Older Americans Act (OAA) programs. The letter calls for $750 million in funding for the OAA Nutrition Services and $480 million to support providers' efforts to vaccinate older adults in the next coronavirus relie more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today joined a letter led by Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Bob Casey (D-PA) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) to support an increase in funding that would support Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) in the upcoming COVID-19 relief package that Congress is developing. The House of Representatives has proposed a 7.35 percent increase to Feder more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2021: 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) today announced that New Hampshire will receive $1,027,500 from NeighborWorks America. Specifically, the funding was allocated through government funding legislation passed by Congress and s more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2021: 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 $100,921 in federal funding to New Hampshire through the CARES Act. The funding will support emergency purchases of more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) led a letter joined by U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) to address the housing crisis in New Hampshire by calling on the Treasury to broaden the permissible uses of emergency rental funds. In their letter to Secretary Yellen, the delegation notes how the pandemic has worsened housing insecurity face more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2021: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) led a group of their colleagues today in supporting an increase in funding that would support Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) in the upcoming COVID-19 relief package that Congress is developing. The House of Representatives has proposed a 7.35 percent increase to Federal Medical Assista more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Following the first confirmed New Hampshire case of the COVID-19 variant that was first identified in the United Kingdom, U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen are pushing Congressional leaders to include funding in the next relief package to help New Hampshire and other states address variants of COVID-19. In their letter, the Senators note that the three new variants of the virus may be mo more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Following the first confirmed New Hampshire case of the COVID-19 variant that was first identified in the United Kingdom, U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen are pushing Congressional leaders to include funding in the next relief package to help New Hampshire and other states address variants of COVID-19. In their letter, the Senators note that the three new variants of the virus may be m more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which has oversight over the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined their colleagues in urging Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to restore on-time mail delivery. Senator Hassan led negotiations to include $10 billion for the USPS in the COVID-19 relief and government funding pa more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2021: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) announced today that they are introducing the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act, a bipartisan bill to help save lives and improve the health of newborn babies by providing federal funding for comprehensive and standardized newborn screening tests for conditions such as critical congenital heart disease, cystic  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following joint statement on Feb. 19, 2021, with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire: * * * U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chair of the Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, today released the following statement on recent events in Georgia: "We are deeply concerned b more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- 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 group of lawmakers in submitting an amicus brief in the case of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists v. United States Food and Drug Administration (ACOG v. FDA). The brief challenges the FDA's in-person dispensing requirement for the abortion medication, mifepristone, during the COVID-19 public health emergency. U.S. more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined a group of lawmakers in submitting an amicus brief in the case of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists v. United States Food and Drug Administration (ACOG v. FDA). The brief challenges the FDA's in-person dispensing requirement for the abortion medication, mifepristone, during the COVID-19 public health emergency. U.S.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 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 their colleagues in urging Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to restore on-time mail delivery. Senator Hassan led negotiations to include $10 billion for the USPS in the COVID-19 relief and government funding package that was signed into law in December to help the agency address pandemic-related mail delays. "Our constituents have exp more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01) today joined a bicameral group of lawmakers in a letter urging President Joe Biden and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to designate Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) due to ongoing armed conflicts and i more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01) today joined a bicameral group of lawmakers in a letter urging President Joe Biden and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to designate Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) due to ongoing armed conflicts and inc more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) reintroduced the Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act to address the national shortage of affordable, quality child care, especially in rural communities. Many families are struggling to find access to available child care, and states are continuing to experience an expansion of "child care deserts" due to the notice more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following joint statement on Feb. 19, 2021, with Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho: * * * U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chair of the Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on recent events in Georgia: "We are deeply concerned by recent political developments in Georgia. The people of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2021: A special enrollment period for health insurance plans offered under the Affordable Care Act marketplace begins today following the Biden administration's decision last month to re-open the marketplace. Senator Hassan had long called for this special enrollment period given the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Granite Staters have from February 15 to May 15 to sign up f more PR