WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined a major bicameral push led by Senator Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) with over 135 members of Congress, calling on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to review and increase the value of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) food packages. Created in 1974, the WIC program has been one of the most succ more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 16 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) toured the New Hampshire National Guard vaccination site at the Steeplegate Mall and thanked Guard members and volunteers for their work to support Granite Staters during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Kuster met with Perry Plummer, a member of the NH COVID-19 Vaccine Team, and heard from NH National Guard members about vaccine operations at the site. "We owe a tre more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) hosted a roundtable discussion with Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC) members to address sexual and domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. The roundtable was co-hosted by DWC co-chairs Lois Frankel (FL-21), Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), and Jackie Speier (CA-14), as well as Bipartisan Working Group to End Domestic Violence co-chairs Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Gwen Moore (WI-0 more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 17 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) hosted a virtual discussion with New Hampshire Child Care providers, advocates, and officials on the Child Tax Credit provision of the American Rescue Plan that President Biden signed into law last week. The Child Tax Credit provision of the American Rescue Plan Act would increase the tax break to $3,000 for every child age 6 to 17 and $3,600 for every child under  more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 18 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, participated in a Subcommittee hearing entitled, "Leading the Way Forward: Biden Administration Actions to Increase COVID-19 Vaccinations." The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee heard from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky M.D., M.P.H., NIH Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.,  more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 18 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) welcomed First Lady Dr. Jill Biden to New Hampshire at the Christa McAuliffe School in Concord. Rep. Kuster and Dr. Biden discussed the American Rescue Plan and the crucial support it provides to students, educators, and schools in New Hampshire and across the country. Signed into law last week, the American Rescue Plan Act provides over $120 billi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Representative Annie Kuster, and Representative Chris Pappas announced today that through the American Rescue Plan, New Hampshire K-12 schools will receive $350,501,633 to help schools safely reopen and support students. The American Rescue Plan includes Senator  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 18, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that New Hampshire will receive $40,953,829 from an initial installment of grants established under the American Rescue Plan to help expand COVID-19 testing in New Hampshire and across the country. Specifically, the funding is being awarded by the U.S more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, 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-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded $6,931,354 in federal grant funding to Manchester, Pease and Lebanon Airports through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act that was passed by Congress and signed into law in D more PR

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: As America's military continues to shift focus from asymmetrical threats to challenges from near-peer competitors, including Russia and China, and you align your budgetary priorities to reflect these new challenges, we urge your Administration to promote a budget which strengthens our Navy's ability to protect America's sizeable maritime interests. In order to strengthen, maintain, and modernize Amer more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) voted to pass the bipartisan reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act of 2021 (VAWA), which he co-sponsored. VAWA addresses gaps in existing laws and provides law enforcement officials and organizations the resources they need to help prevent domestic abuse, dating violence, sexual assault, and to seek justice for survivors. Since VAWA more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: Congressman Chris Pappas voted in favor of House Joint Resolution 17, which expedites the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution. The ERA, which is supported by 94% of Americans, was drafted to affirm gender equality in this country and create additional avenues of legal recourse for people who face discrimination under the law on the basis of sex. more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 16, 2021: Today the House passed H.R. 1779, the bipartisan PPP Extension Act of 2021, which Congressman Chris Pappas co-sponsored. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which has helped 34,000 Granite State businesses stay afloat, is set to expire at the end of the month despite the ongoing financial strain faced by so many small businesses. This legislation extends the deadline for applicat more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 18, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that New Hampshire will receive $40,953,829 from an initial installment of grants established under the American Rescue Plan to help expand COVID-19 testing in New Hampshire and across the country. Specifically, the funding is being awarded by the U more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) voted to award Congressional Gold Medals to the United States Capitol Police and DC Metropolitan Police who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest level of distinction that the House of Representatives can award. "On January 6, 2021, we saw an unprecedented attack on our democracy, and it would have succeeded were it  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 18, 2021: Today the House Passed HR 6, The American Dream and Promise Act, which Congressman Pappas co-sponsored. This legislation will provide protections for up to 3.4 million immigrants, many of whom have spent much of their lives in the United States yet currently face significant obstacles to gaining citizenship. "Over the last year, more than 200,000 DACA recipients have been identified more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, 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-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded $6,931,354 in federal grant funding to Manchester, Pease and Lebanon Airports through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act that was passed by Congress and signed into law in more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Representative Annie Kuster, and Representative Chris Pappas announced today that through the American Rescue Plan, New Hampshire K-12 schools will receive $350,501,633 to help schools safely reopen and support students. "Our kids need to get back to fully in- more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH), David Trone (D-MD), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) announced the creation of the Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force, an effort to promote policies to combat the addiction and mental health crises in America. The new group merges the Bipartisan Opioid Task Force, which was co-chaired by Reps. Kuster and Fitzpatrick in the 11 more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, joined her colleagues in introducing bipartisan legislation to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all veterans, their spouses, and their caregivers through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). While the Manchester VA Medical Center and many other VA Medical Centers offer vaccines to veterans who receive their heal more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: During a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) pressed top administration officials on the need to strengthen cybersecurity across all levels of government and the private sector following the SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange breaches. Senator Hassan serves as the Chair of the Committee's Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight Subcommittee. To watch Senator  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) pushed for answers on the failures that have led to a significant number of COVID-related deaths in long-term care facilities in New Hampshire and across the country during a Senate Finance Committee hearing today. To watch the Senator's questioning, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa1hGZz-cIk&feature=youtu.be Senator Hassan began, "Mo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) questioned administration officials on COVID-19 vaccine access during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing today. To watch Senator Hasan's questioning, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y93iDCE3I0s&feature=youtu.be Vaccine Access for Individuals with Disabilities Senator Hassan first asked Dr. David Kessler, more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Finance Committee and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, voted to confirm Xavier Becerra as the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. "Xavier Becerra is an experienced leader who will play a critical role in our country's efforts to get American Rescue Plan funds out so that we can get more vaccines into arms  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 16, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced the Federal Advisory Committee Transparency Act, legislation that will impose stricter ethics requirements on advisory committee members, require agencies to make more information about committees public, make the procedures for est more PR

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Small Business Administration's announcement that it will begin accepting applications for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program starting April 8th. These grants will provide critical economic relief for music halls, m more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee (SBC), issued the following statement calling for the Senate to swiftly pass House-approved legislation that would extend the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) application deadline for another two months to May 31, 2021. The bill passed the House Tuesday evening by an ove more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation yesterday to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which expired two years ago. The House passed the bill by a vote of 244 to 172, with bipartisan support, on the landmark legislation that enshrines protections for victims of domestic and sexual  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) in reintroducing the Keeping Critical Connections Act to help small broadband providers ensure rural broadband connectivity for students and their families during the coronavirus pandemic. This legislation would appropriate $2 billion for a Keeping Critical Connections fund at the Federal Communications C more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, March 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 15, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) hosted a virtual discussion with key stakeholders highlighting additional relief for New Hampshire's hospitality and tourism industries included in the American Rescue Plan. Hospitality and tourism are crucial to New Hampshire's economy, supporting thousands of jobs and producing millions of dollars in revenue each year for local co more PR

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) in introducing the Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching (BEST) Act to prepare young people to compete in the global workforce. The bill establishes a federal grant program to help states implement a Seal of Biliteracy program that encourages high school students to achieve proficiency in English and at least one other language.  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and a bicameral group of lawmakers to introduce legislation that would honor Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's service and dedication to our country by establishing a monument in the U.S. Capitol Complex. "Justice Ginsburg was a trailblazing force on the Supreme Court and an unwavering champion for women's rights and civil liberties more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) led a bipartisan letter to President Biden urging him to prioritize robust investments in programs that promote energy efficiency in his upcoming budget proposal to Congress. In the letter, Shaheen and the Senators noted these investments would combat climate change by reducing harmful emissions and pollution and stimulate our economy by creating  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 16, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) reintroduced the Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2021 with Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI). The bill would undo Trump-era rulemaking and guidance that, if fully enacted, would destabilize the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance market, weaken protections for Americans with pree more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee (SBC), released the following statement after voting in favor of Isabel Guzman to serve as Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA). Guzman's confirmation cleared the Senate by a vote of 81 to 17. "For the millions of small businesses in New Hampshire and across the country that  more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, March 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 19, 2021: This morning, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) visited the New Hampshire Food Bank's mobile food pantry to highlight food and nutrition assistance included in the American Rescue Plan to help Granite State families struggling to put food on the table during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of this crisis, 1 in 11 men, women and children in the state are now food  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Angus King (I-ME), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) urged President Joe Biden to rescind former-President Donald Trump's ban on seasonal, employer-sponsored and cultural exchange visas under Proclamation 10052 and to ensure timely processing of these nonimmigrant visas. In June 2020, Trump instituted Proclamatio more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Chair of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation SFRC Subcommittee, reintroduced the Ukraine Security Partnership Act today with Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) - ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee -Rob Portman (R-OH), Ch more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee,, Representative Annie Kuster, and Representative Chris Pappas announced today that through the American Rescue Plan, New Hampshire K-12 schools will receive $350,501,633 to help schools safely reopen and support students. The American Rescue Plan includes Senator more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 18, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that New Hampshire will receive $40,953,829 from an initial installment of grants established under the American Rescue Plan to help expand COVID-19 testing in New Hampshire and across the country. Specifically, the funding is being awarded by the more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 16, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded $6,931,354 in federal grant funding to Manchester, Pease and Lebanon Airports through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act that was passed by Congress an more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on March 18, 2021: * * * Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent letters to Arkansas and New Hampshire withdrawing federal approval of the states' adoption of these burdensome restrictions on Medicaid: "This is a critical step towards demolishing the mountain of bureaucracy the Trum more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) today advanced key bipartisan bills introduced and cosponsored by U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH). Senator Hassan serves as the Chair of the HSGAC Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight. REPORT Act to Strengthen Counterterrorism Efforts The Committee advanced the bipartisan REPORT Act that S more PR

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, and her colleagues to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all veterans, their spouses, and their caregivers through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). While the Manchester VA Medical Center and many other VA Medical Centers offer vaccines to veter more PR

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 19, 2021: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced the National Manufacturing Guard Act of 2021, bipartisan legislation to invest $1 billion over five years in the ability of the U.S. government to mitigate future supply chain emergencies. The bill is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas). "In the early months of the COVID more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to allow the U.S. Mint to adjust the metal content of circulating coins to save taxpayer dollars. The U.S. Mint estimates that by adjusting the metal content of circulating coins, the federal government could save between $10-17 million a year. "Our commonsense, bipartisan legislation could help save million more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 16, 2021: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Todd Young (R-IN), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Ben Sasse (R-NE), all 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. At 10 AM today, the Senate Finance Committee will hold more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 16, 2021: Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Congressman Bobby Scott, Chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released a report from the Government Accountability Office looking at the risk cybersecurity threats pose to retirement plans that serve over 100 million people. GAO cond more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: Legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) to help protect the health and safety of firefighters, emergency responders and the communities they serve has advanced in the Senate. The legislation was unanimously approved by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, where Peters ser more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 15, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the Medicare Sequester Relief Act, bipartisan legislation that would prevent substantial payment cuts to Medicare payments to health care providers from taking effect during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Since 2013, Medicare spending has been subject to "sequestration", a process that enacts automatic, more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) issued the following statements after the Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Coin became available for purchase by the public today. Shaheen led the bipartisan legislation, which was signed into law in 2019, with Senators Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Hassan to create the commemorative coin in honor of Christa McAuliffe, the Concord t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) issued the following statements after the Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Coin became available for purchase by the public today. Shaheen led the bipartisan legislation, which was signed into law in 2019, with Senators Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Hassan to create the commemorative coin in honor of Christa McAuliffe, the Concord  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and a group of Senators in reintroducing strongly-supported legislation to protect domestic violence survivors from gun violence. The Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act is narrowly crafted to close loopholes that allow domestic abusers to legally obtain weapons. The bill is  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) helped introduce the For the People Act, a package of comprehensive reforms that would end the influence of special interests in our politics and make government work for the people. The landmark legislation aims to restore the promise of American democracy by guaranteeing every American citizen full access to the ballot by addressing vote more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) met with First Lady Dr. Jill Biden at the White House ahead of the First Lady's visit to the Christa McAuliffe elementary school in New Hampshire later this afternoon. They discussed how the American Rescue Plan will help families recover from the economic and public health crisis, and how the education funding in the pack more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) met with First Lady Dr. Jill Biden at the White House ahead of the First Lady's visit to the Christa McAuliffe elementary school in New Hampshire later this afternoon. They discussed how the American Rescue Plan will help families recover from the economic and public health crisis, and how the education funding in the pac more PR

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and urged his immediate review of the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) given a dramatic decline in deposits into the Fund. The CVF is administered by the Justice Department and provides compen more PR