WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 15, 2021: The House passed H.R. 1460, the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act, which was introduced by Reps. Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) to create a new grant program to install carbon monoxide alarms in the homes of elderly and low-income individuals, as well as schools and other public facilities. The Carbon Monoxide Poisoning P more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The House passed H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) helped introduce earlier this year. This legislation would help eliminate pay disparities based on gender by requiring employers to prove that pay disparities exist for legitimate, job-related reasons, banning retaliation against workers who voluntarily discuss or disclose their wages, improving enforcement of pay discri more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 13, 2021: The House of Representatives cleared bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) that will prevent Medicare payment cuts to health care providers from taking effect, while health care providers are still grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic. Without this legislation, hospitals, nursing homes, physicians and other frontline health  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following transcript of an interview on CNN: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member and the only woman serving on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke with CNN last week about the urgent need for the United States to prioritize women's rights amid peace talks in Afghanistan. Shaheen has long been a champion for Afghan women and fought for their inclusion in negotiations between the Taliban and Afghan  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 14, 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 $2,740,000 in federal grants to support infrastructure, operations and safety at Pease, Lebanon and Manchester Airports. The federal funding was awarded under the agency's Airport Improvement P more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- 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 $2,740,000 in federal grants to support infrastructure, operations and safety at Pease, Lebanon and Manchester Airports. The federal funding was awarded under the agency's Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Shaheen more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 15, 2021: Yesterday, President Biden signed into law legislation led by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) to prevent Medicare payment cuts to health care providers from taking effect for the rest of the year, while health care providers are grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic. Without this legislation, hospitals, nursing homes, physicians and other frontline healt more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Washington, issued the following joint statement with Rep. Kuster, D-New Hampshire, Rep. Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania and Rep. Trone, D-Maryland: * * * U.S. Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Annie Kuster (D-NH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and David Trone (D-MD), founders and co-chairs of the Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force, this week released the following statement on new CDC data showing a steep increase in ove more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 13, 2021: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) helped introduce the bipartisan PFAS Action Act of 2021. The legislation, which Kuster is an original cosponsor of, would set national drinking water standards and designate PFAS as a hazardous substance under the Superfund Program, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act. This bill also includes language from Kuster's bill, the Protecting Communities from  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 14, 2021: Yesterday, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) reintroduced her bipartisan legislation, the Invest in American Railroads Act. This legislation would make critical improvements to the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program (RRIF) and help New Hampshire pay for the Capitol Corridor Project to connect Manchester, Nashua, and Concord to Boston via commuter rail. Rep. Kuster reintr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, released the following statement after the United States reached 200 million COVID-19 vaccine shots administered, surpassing the Biden-Harris administration's goal of 200 million shots in arms in 100 days: "Reaching 200 million shots in arms at this stage of our pandemic response is incredible news in our nati more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) voted in favor of H.R.1195, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act. This legislation would protect health care and social service employees from workplace violence by requiring industry workplaces to adopt proven prevention techniques in coordination with the Department of Labor and be prepared to respond in the event of a violent incid more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: * * * Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), David Trone (D-MD), and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), founders and co-chairs of the Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force, released the following statement on new CDC data showing a steep increase in overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: "The health and economic consequences of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have been more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), the co-chair of the House Small Business Caucus, hosted a virtual Small Business Workshop focused on women business owners to provide information and resources, as well as answer questions from attendees alongside small business leaders from the Center for Women and Enterprise and the National Association of Women Business Owners. Pappas was joined on the workshop pa more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Granite State clean water advocates are praising legislation that Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped introduce this week that will help address the harmful impact of PFAS contamination in New Hampshire communities. The PFAS Action Act contains a key provision introduced by Congressman Pappas based on the Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act, which he authored. This will require the Environmental P more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 15, 2021: Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) voted for the passage of H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act. The Paycheck Fairness Act seeks to address the gender pay gap by building upon The Equal Pay Act passed in 1963. This legislation will strengthen repercussions for employers practicing sex discrimination in pay and close loopholes in the original legislation. "Despite the passage of th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- 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 $2,740,000 in federal grants to support infrastructure, operations and safety at Pease, Lebanon and Manchester Airports. The federal funding was awarded under the agency's Airport Improvement Program (AIP). "New more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 (TNSRes) -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following joint statement on April 14, 2021, with Sens. Patty Murray, D-Washington, and Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire: * * * Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Labor, Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released the following statement more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, issued the following joint statement with Annie Kuster, D-New Hampshire, Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, and Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Washington: * * * Representatives David Trone (D-MD), Annie Kuster (D-NH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), founders and co-chairs of the Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force, released the following statement on new CDC data showing a steep increase in overdose death more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02), Lori Trahan (MA-03), Chris Pappas (NH-01), and Seth Moulton (MA-06) applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) newly announced availability of $67 million in federal grant funding through the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant program. The funding will help local communities like those along the Merrimack River address stormwater and more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 13, 2021: Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), who serves as the Chair of Oversight and Investigations on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, and Ranking Member of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Tracey Mann (KS-01) introduced the Affordable Housing for Homeless Veterans Act. This bill aims to increase the number of affordable housing options to help reduce the recent uptic more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 16, 2021: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan discussed the importance of holding for-profit colleges accountable with President Biden's nominee for Undersecretary of Education, James Kvaal, during a Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing yesterday. The Senator also spoke about her bipartisan efforts to encourage innovation in higher education and support adult learners. To watch the more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 15, 2021: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, raised the importance of implementing bipartisan legislation she worked to pass into law to help end surprise medical billing. She also discussed avoiding a steep drop-off in grant funding to address substance misuse and supporting home- and community-based care. To watch Senator Hassan's questioning, clic more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 13, 2021: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) questioned Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig today on what the agency is doing to address delayed IRS tax returns and expand outreach to small businesses about COVID-19 relief available to them. To watch the Senator's questioning, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuZ0tedUgIA "I sent you a letter in January urgin more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 15, 2021: During a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing yesterday, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan questioned Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) General Counsel Nominee Richard Sauber on whistleblower protections and what the VA is doing to address backlogs in the processing of veterans' VA benefits. To watch the Senator's questioning, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia59PJ_Ux2 more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released a statement on President Joe Biden's announcement that he will nominate Anne Milgram to be Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). If confirmed, Milgram would be the first Senate-confirmed Administrator at the DEA in nearly six years: "The substance use disorder crisis remains one of the toughest public health and safety challenges i more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) subcommittee that oversees emerging threats, released the following statement after President Joe Biden announced that he will nominate Chris Inglis to be National Cyber Director and Jen Easterly to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA): "Following the far-reachi more PR

PORTSMOUTH, England, April 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan met with fire fighters at Portsmouth Fire Station 1 last week to discuss the additional relief that the Senator helped secure in the American Rescue Plan to support fire stations in New Hampshire. Earlier in the week, the Senator visited fire stations in Berlin and Nashua, and thanked fire fighters for their steadfast dedication to protecting their communities amid more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 14, 2021: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan joined a bipartisan group of her colleagues in urging the Biden administration to support fully funding a Hassan-backed measure that is now law to help out-compete China and secure domestic supply chains by rebuilding semiconductor manufacturing on American soil. Semiconductors are used in many kinds of electronic devices including computers and smart phon more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 15, 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 Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced that the Berlin Housing Authority will receive a $239,250 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Specifically, the funding was allocated through HUD's Resident Opportunities  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Europe Subcommittee and co-chair of the Senate NATO Observer Group, helped reintroduce a bipartisan bill with Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) to explicitly prohibit any President of the United States from withdrawing from NATO without Senate approval. The bill requires the President to seek the advice and cons more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) led a bicameral group of lawmakers in a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), requesting the agency include measures to better support the involvement of residential and small commercial energy consumers as it works to establish the Office of Public Participation (OPP). As one of the lead agencies responsible for developing energy infrastructu more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 15, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, issued the following statement in response to President Biden's new executive order that levies additional sanctions against Russia in response to the Kremlin's persistent malign behavior, including the unprecedented SolarWinds cyberattack, efforts to interfere in the  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration's confirmation that it plans to withdraw U.S. forces in Afghanistan by September 11, 2021: "I'm very disappointed in the President's decision to set a September deadline to walk away from Afghanistan. Although this decision was made in more PR

SALEM, New Hampshire, April 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 16, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) visited Salem High School to discuss federal resources from the CARES Act, the December COVID-19 response package and the American Rescue Plan that will help New Hampshire schools safely reopen and support students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The visit follows Shaheen's recent announcement of $350.5 million from the American Rescue Pla more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 15, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and a group of Senators in introducing new international climate change legislation in support of President Biden's ambitious climate action agenda. The United States Climate Leadership in International Mitigation, Adaptation, and Technology Enhance more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 14, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) reintroduced the Fair Housing for Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Survivors Act. This legislation would provide legal protections for victims of domestic violence, sexual violence and sex trafficking who are seeking housing. The pandemic has exacerbated incidents of domestic violence and sex more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 14, 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 $2,740,000 in federal grants to support infrastructure, operations and safety at Pease, Lebanon and Manchester Airports. The federal funding was awarded under the agency's Airport Improvement  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- 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 two bipartisan bills to increase maternal vaccination rates and ensure that these vaccines are free of cost for Medicaid enrollees. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends that pregnant patients receive a flu shot, as well as the tetanus, diphtheria more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), and Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA), all members of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, reintroduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen the Solid Start program, created by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in 2019, to contact every veteran three times by phone in the first year after they leave active duty to check in and help connect th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and Marco Rubio (R-FL) reintroduced the bipartisan Veterans' Education, Transition, and Opportunity Prioritization Plan (VET OPP) Act to prioritize veterans' employment, transition, and education benefits at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Representatives Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and Mike Levin (D-CA) more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chairman of the Committee, led a group of their colleagues in urging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to challenge any abusive tax deductions that opioid companies may take for settlements that they are paying out related to their role in fueling the opioid epidemic. The Senators' letter follows rece more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 (TNSRes) -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following joint statement on April 14, 2021, with Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Virginia, and Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire: * * * 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 th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) reintroduced the bipartisan Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Act. The legislation would make breast cancer diagnostic tests more accessible and affordable by eliminating copays and other out-of-pocket expenses for these diagnostic tests. "Detecting and treating breast cancer as quickly as possible saves lives. No one should ever forgo a scre more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- 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 Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced that the Berlin Housing Authority will receive a $239,250 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Specifically, the funding was allocated through HUD's Resident Opportunities & Self-Sufficiency (R more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 14, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) and a bipartisan group of Senators in a letter urging Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to allow state, tribal, and local governments to use funds allocated through the American Rescue Plan to address contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including in local wate more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 15, 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 Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced that the Berlin Housing Authority will receive a $239,250 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Specifically, the funding was allocated through HUD's Resident Opportunities more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) recently introduced two bills that aim to better position the United States to be globally competitive in quantum information science (QIS). The Quantum Network Infrastructure and Workforce Development Act - led by Senator Thune - would strengthen national security by advancing U.S. capabilities in quantum networking and establishing a more co more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Veterans Service Organization leaders applauded the return of the POW/MIA flag to atop the White House last week, marking the end of a nearly year-long effort to again fly the POW/MIA flag above the White House with the American flag. The raising of the flag followed bipartisan efforts led by U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Elizabeth Warren ( more PR