WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 23, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee (SBC), announced with Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and SBC Chairman Ben Cardin (D-MD) that 95 groups have endorsed the PPP Extension Act of 2021, which would help small employers retain access to forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. Supportive organization more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL); Bob Casey (D-PA), Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions' Subcommittee on Children and Families; and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), member Subcommittee on Children and Families issued the following statements after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) accepted their recent request to study the barriers parents and children with d more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: President Joe Biden signed into law bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, and her colleagues that will expand COVID-19 vaccine access to all veterans, their spouses, and their caregivers through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). While many VA Medical Centers offer vaccines to veterans who receive their health care  more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 23 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 22, 2021: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and House Rural Broadband Task Force, joined a full-committee hearing entitled, "LIFT America: Revitalizing our Nation's Infrastructure and Economy." The full Committee hearing focused on the Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow's America Act, or the Lift America Act, to modernize our infrastructure for more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 23, 2021: Yesterday, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Rep. Sean Casten (IL-06) led 39 colleagues in the House of Representatives in sending a letter to President Biden and Cabinet members urging the inclusion of funding to retrofit, rehabilitate, and remove dams, as outlined in the Stanford University uncommon dialogue, in the next infrastructure package. Historically, the hydropower and river con more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 24 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 23, 2021: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, joined a Subcommittee hearing titled, "Building on the ACA: Legislation to Expand Health Coverage and Lower Costs." The Subcommittee heard from health experts about the importance and impact of the ACA, and how Congress can help to bolster the legislation for all Americans. "In the 11 years more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 25 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 24, 2021: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Energy Subcommittee, participated in a Subcommittee hearing entitled, "The CLEAN Future Act: Powering a Resilient and Prosperous America." The Subcommittee heard from power sector experts about the current state of the nation's energy infrastructure and the steps Congress can take to expand access to relia more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 23 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee, released the following statement ahead of the 11th anniversary of President Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. This is Kuster's second term serving on the influential House Committee on Energy & Commerce, which has jurisdiction over health care, Medicare & Medicaid, more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 25, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) today announced that New Hampshire community health centers are being awarded $20,217,250 to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines. Specifically, the funding is being awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and will help Granite State com more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 26, 2021: Yesterday Congressman Chris Pappas, a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, questioned Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at his first hearing before the full Committee on top New Hampshire infrastructure priorities. In this hearing, Congressman Pappas pressed Secretary Buttigieg on the Agency's commitment to supporting the Capitol Corridor Project more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Chair of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs (HVAC) led the Subcommittee's first hearing of the 117th Congress. This is the second hearing Chairman Pappas has led since joining HVAC examining supply chain issues within the VA that undermine the Department's response to COVID-19. At the hearing entitled "The Pandem more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) visited Portsmouth Senior Activity Center to tour the vaccination clinic being operated by members of the Portsmouth Fire Department. Rep. Pappas spoke with firefighters and community members at the facility about the work being done there and discussed the American Rescue Plan - legislation he supported that is providing $20 billion nationally to ramp up vaccination e more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Ahead of the one year anniversary of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act being signed into law, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement: "One year ago, Congress came together to pass the CARES Act to deliver immediate relief and ease the pain felt by Americans across the country," said Congressman Pappas. "This legislation was a down payment on the more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Chris Pappas and the New Hampshire federal delegation announced that New Hampshire community health centers are being awarded $20,217,250 to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines. Specifically, the funding is being awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and will help Granite State community health centers increase COVID-19 vaccinations, as well as virus testing and treatment fo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 23, 2021: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, applauded the announcement today that State Veterans Homes throughout the country are set to receive $1 billion in grants from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The funding for these grants was provided through critical COVID-19 respo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) introduced the Military Family Violence Prevention Act. Senator Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) and Senator John Cornyn (TX) introduced the legislation in the Senate. This bipartisan, bicameral bill aims to improve the Department of Defense's (DOD) Family Advocacy Program (FAP) by ensuring the program is properly resourced, improving coordination more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 24, 2021: On the 11th anniversary of President Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02), Don Beyer (VA-08), and Joe Courtney (CT-02) reintroduced legislation that would safeguard individuals with preexisting conditions from being denied coverage or charged more. The Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act was introdu more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations for the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and Rep. Tracey Mann (R-Kans.), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, released the following statements on the introduction of H.R. 2082, the VA Supply more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 25, 2021: During a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) highlighted the challenges that individuals with disabilities face in accessing COVID-19 vaccinations, as well the disparity that people of color in rural areas face in accessing primary care, which is a particular concern amid the COVID-19 pandemic. To watch the Senato more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan raised questions about how taxpayers are subsidizing drug companies that continue to raise prices, padding their profits at the expense of consumers, during a Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) subcommittee hearing on ways to reduce the skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs. To watch the Senator's questioning, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OPe2- more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and Finance Committee, joined her colleagues in reintroducing the bipartisan Innovation Zone Act. This bipartisan legislation would strengthen an initiative under the Higher Education Act that colleges, including Southern New Hampshire University, have used to create pilot-programs that can improve stu more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and Representatives Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas are calling on the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support landlord-tenant mediation programs that help prevent evictions as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to increase housing instability. The NH Congressional Delegation discussed the important role that landlord-tenant mediation pr more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released the following statement after the United States and allies, including the European Union, United Kingdom, and Canada, announced new sanctions on China for human rights abuses against Uyghurs: "It is time that we take decisive action against the Chinese Communist Party's human rights abuses against their own people. I applaud the Biden administration a more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) voted to pass the bill that will extend the deadline for small businesses to apply for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to May 31. "Small businesses power New Hampshire's economy and are a vital part of our communities - and the Paycheck Protection Program has helped to ensure that this will continue to be the case long after this pandemic," said Senator Hassan more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 26, 2021: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) led a number of her colleagues in reintroducing bipartisan legislation to support and expand programs such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a collaborative effort across states including New Hampshire that uses market-based tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector. "Climate change threatens our economy, our he more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, and a bipartisan group of her colleagues recently introduced legislation to honor the groundbreaking service of the women who served as telephone operators during World War I, and who were crucial in connecting American and French forces on the front lines. The bipartisan Hello Girls Congressional Gold Medal Act wo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined her colleagues in urging the Biden administration to help more older Granite Staters and Americans schedule their COVID-19 vaccine appointments. In a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director, Rochelle Walensky, the Senators noted that many older Americans--who account for more than 80 percent of COVID-related deaths--lack broadb more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 25, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) today announced that New Hampshire community health centers are being awarded $20,217,250 to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines. Specifically, the funding is being awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and will help Granite State  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has joined Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and others in reintroducing bipartisan legislation to support and expand programs such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a collaborative effort across states including New Hampshire that uses market-based tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector. "Climate change threatens our economy, our health,  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH) in introducing the Repairing Existing Public Land by Adding Necessary Trees (REPLANT) Act, legislation to help the U.S. Forest Service plant 1.2 billion trees on national forests and create nearly 49,000 jobs over the next ten years. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) and Mike Simpson (R-ID) intro more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 25, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH a senior member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee (SBC), joined Senators John Thune (R-SD) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) in introducing the Rural Capital Access Act. This bipartisan legislation would incentivize additional capital investments in rural America by improving the Small Business Investment Company's (SBIC's) ability t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 26, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in introducing the bipartisan Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) 3.0 to help combat the opioid epidemic that has worsened during the coronavirus pandemic. The bill increases the funding authorization levels for the Comprehensive Addiction & Recovery Act (CARA) programs e more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 25, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, reintroduced the Turn the Tide Act to invest $63 billion over the next 10 years to bolster our national response to the substance use disorder crisis. This reintroduction comes as the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated rates of drug and substance misuse, leaving communities across the Granite more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 25, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) led the bipartisan reintroduction of her legislation with Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD), Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to increase the amount of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other national security related items it receives from American companies. The Homeland Pro more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 24, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released the following statement in recognition of Equal Pay Day. Equal Pay Day raises awareness of the gender wage gap in the United States and marks the day in the new year when the salary of the average American woman finally catches up to the salary earned by the average man during the previous year. Women of color experience even more egregio more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 23, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement on the eleventh anniversary of the Affordable Care Act being signed into law: "The Affordable Care Act changed the way we view health care in the United States - as a right, not a privilege," said Shaheen. "Over a decade later - with millions of Americans and more than 100,000 Granite Staters covered due to the heal more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 23, 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 Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that the Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester will receive $400,000 in federal funding to support local suicide prevention efforts through government funding legislation that was passed by Congress and more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 25, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) today announced that New Hampshire community health centers are being awarded $20,217,250 to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines. Specifically, the funding is being awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and will help Granite State more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on March 26, 2021: U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and a number of their colleagues in reintroducing bipartisan legislation to support and expand programs such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a collaborative effort across states including New Hampshire that uses market-based tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector. "The Commonwealth of  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 24, 2021: U.S. Senators Mike Braun (R-IN) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced bipartisan legislation that helps the Department of Veterans Affairs actively recruit and hire separating Department of Defense medical department personnel to help fill its more than 45,000 open positions. The Hire Veteran Health Heroes Act of 2021 directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a program tha more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) this week reintroduced the bipartisan Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act to help close the rural-urban digital divide and expand access to broadband in rural parts of West Virginia, New Hampshire, and across the country. The bipartisan bill will help ensure that there is equitable wireless service in rura more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 23, 2021: In a bipartisan effort to help rural communities thrive, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Elise Stefanik (NY-21) and Josh Harder (CA-10) introduced The Success for Rural Students and Communities Act. Their bipartisan, bicameral bill would assist rural students in reaching their higher education goals and connect them with employment opp more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 23, 2021: U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), along with Senators Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Representatives Cindy Axne (R-Iowa) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), are leading a bipartisan, bicameral effort to increase access to child care for working families in Iowa, New Hampshire, and across the country. The Improving Child Care For Working  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on March 23, 2021: U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), along with Senators Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Representatives Cindy Axne (R-Iowa) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), are leading a bipartisan, bicameral effort to increase access to child care for working families in Iowa, New Hampshire, and across the country. The Improving Child Care For Working Families Act more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen joined colleagues in reintroducing the Jumpstart Our Businesses By Supporting Students (JOBS) Act. This bipartisan legislation would help expand access to more job training programs for students and workers who need additional training, or a leg up in their career, by making high-q more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) reintroduced the bipartisan Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act to help close the rural-urban digital divide and expand access to broadband in rural parts of New Hampshire, West Virginia, and across the country. The bipartisan Rural Reasonable and Comparable Wireless Access Act will help ensure that there is equitable more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and Jeanne Shaheen commended the announcement that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will provide $1 billion in grants for State Veterans Homes. Congress provided the funding for these grants as part of the broader COVID-19 relief included in the American Rescue Plan and CARES Act that Senators Hassan and Shahee more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined in introducing legislation to lower the costs of prescription drugs for older Americans by allowing Medicare to negotiate the best possible price when it pays for prescription drugs. Current law prohibits Medicare from bargaining for prices. "Because Medicare can't negotiate drug prices, older Granite Staters and Americans are needl more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 23, 2021: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) today introduced the Toxic Exposure in the American Military (TEAM Act), bipartisan legislation that fundamentally reforms and improves how veterans exposed to toxic substances receive health care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Senators Hassan and Tillis are joined by Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS), A more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), both members of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, led 10 of their colleagues on the Committee in introducing a bipartisan resolution honoring Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs) for their work supporting veterans amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The resolution discusses the immense challenges that veterans have faced during the pandemic,  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee (SBC), and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) provided an update to the New Hampshire Commerce Corridor Chamber Coalition on new relief heading to local businesses through the American Rescue Plan. During the event, they listened to the challenges facing New Hampshire's business community  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) reintroduced the Forest Incentives Program Act with Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) to help landowners make forest management more affordable and provide them with sustainable options to preserve their land. With financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), private forest owners would be encouraged to employ environmentally-conscious for more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) issued the following statements after the Senate passed their bipartisan legislation by a vote of 90-2, that will prevent substantial payment cuts to Medicare payments to health care providers from taking effect next month, while health care providers are still grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic. Without this legislation, hospitals, nurs more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 25, 2021: By a vote of 92-7 today, the Senate passed the PPP Extension Act of 2021, legislation authored by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) which will help small employers retain access to forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. The bill previously passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 415-3 and now heads to the President more PR

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) announced that several New Hampshire projects have been selected to receive funding through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and the newly created National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund, which was established by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) to support outdoor recreation, conservation efforts and address more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) announced that several New Hampshire projects have been selected to receive funding through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and the newly created National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund, which was established by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) to support outdoor recreation, conservation efforts and address  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs commended the announcement that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will provide $1 billion in grants for State Veterans Homes. Congress provided the funding for these grants as part of the broader COVID-19 relief included in the American Rescue Plan and CARES Act that Senators Shaheen and Hassa more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 25, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) called on the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support landlord-tenant mediation programs that help prevent evictions as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to create housing instability. The NH Congressional Delegation discussed the import more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan D-NH), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, joined colleagues in reintroducing the Jumpstart Our Businesses By Supporting Students (JOBS) Act. This bipartisan legislation would help expand access to more job training programs for students and workers who need additional training, or a leg up in their career, by more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) helped reintroduce bipartisan legislation led by Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to support and expand programs such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a collaborative effort across states including New Hampshire that uses market-based tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector. "In New Hampshire and throughout the northeast, we are more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined in introducing legislation to lower the costs of prescription drugs for older Americans by allowing Medicare to negotiate the best possible price when it pays for prescription drugs. Current law prohibits Medicare from bargaining for prices. "Allowing Medicare to negotiate drug costs is a common-sense solution to one of the most se more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 25, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) led the bipartisan reintroduction of her legislation with Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD), Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to increase the amount of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other national security related items it receives from American companies. The Homeland Proc more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 24, 2021: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Chair of the SFRC Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation - and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), the subcommittee's ranking member, held a hearing on bolstering democracy in Georgia in light of the country's recent political developments. During the hea more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's (SFRC) Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, are calling on the Biden Administration to advance United States' interests in Europe through a full diplomatic push to stop the Nord Stream 2 pipeline (NS2). I more PR