WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) celebrated the Energy Infrastructure Act clearing a committee vote this week with inclusion of significant portions of their legislation, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness (ESIC) Act. The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources voted to advance the bill with key provisions they fought for that will help improve energy more PR

FRANKLIN, New Hampshire, July 13 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 12, 2021: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) joined the groundbreaking ceremony for the first feature of Franklin's white-water park, Mill City Park at Franklin Falls. A strong supporter of the Mill City Park project, Rep. Kuster recently secured $1,200,000 in the INVEST in America Act to construct a pedestrian walkway on a historic trestle bridge in Franklin connecting Mill City with Trestle  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, participated in a full Committee markup of H.R. 4374, the Broadband Internet Connections for Rural America Act. Rep. Kuster voted to advance this legislation which will invest $43.2 billion in USDA's Rural Development broadband programs over the course of 8 years to bolster broadband infrastructure, support distance  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on July 14, 2021: * * * Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement ahead of the first enhanced Child Tax Credit payments created by the Kuster-backed American Rescue Plan. The new benefit, enacted to support working families as the nation recovers and rebuilds from the COVID-19 pandemic, will begin on July 15th and continue monthly through the end of 2021. "The new enhanced Child Tax Credit more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on July 13, 2021: * * * Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), founder and co-chair of the Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force, released the following statement on President Joe Biden's nomination of Dr. Rahul Gupta to lead the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP): "The Office of National Drug Control Policy plays a critical role in our coordinated efforts to end the substance use crisis in New more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 16 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) welcomed U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to New Hampshire to highlight new investments in family-friendly policies like expanding the Child Tax Credit, ensuring paid leave for all, and increasing public investments in child care. Rep. Kuster and Sec. Becerra started in Manchester for a community block part more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), participated in an Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee markup where she helped to advance two bipartisan bills that she has introduced, H.R. 550, the Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act, and H.R. 1978, the Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act. Both pieces of legislation are co-sponsored by Rep. Larry Bucshon M.D. (R-IN). "Today in the Ener more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following joint statement with Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, David Trone, D-Maryland, and Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Washington, on July 14, 2021: * * * 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 data showing that a record num more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 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 New Hampshire small rural hospitals will receive $3,100,512 to bolster COVID-19 testing and mitigation. Specifically, the funding was allocated through the American Rescue Plan and awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' ( more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, July 16 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: At the Environmental Working Group inaugural PFAS Conference Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01) reiterated his call for his Clean Water Standards for PFAS legislation to be included in the final bipartisan infrastructure bill. His call came following the release of new information by EWG identifying nearly 30,000 new industrial sites as suspected PFAS dischargers. "PFA more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 15, 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 small rural hospitals will receive $3,100,512 to bolster COVID-19 testing and mitigation. Specifically, the funding was allocated through the American Rescue Plan and awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 16, 2021: Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and the Senate Appropriations Committee urging immediate action to fully reimburse the New Hampshire National Guard for their deployment to the United States Capitol after the January 6th attack. Kuster and Pappas helped secure fundi more PR

BRISTOL, New Hampshire, July 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 12, 2021: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan visited downtown Bristol today to discuss the need to invest in infrastructure projects across New Hampshire, particularly broadband, as she works with her colleagues on a bipartisan infrastructure package. The Senator heard from Bristol's Town Administrator, Nicholas Coates, and other local leaders about the town's efforts to expand broadband to more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) in introducing the Supporting Our Direct Care Workforce and Family Caregivers Act to authorize over $1 billion in supporting the direct care workforce and family caregivers. Given low wages and high turnover, the direct care workforce has long experienced staffing shortages. Currently, 4.5 million workers - including n more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) participated in a Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing yesterday, where she pressed Department of Veterans Affairs' Secretary Denis McDonough on the Department's efforts to modernize its electronic health records. Improving the VA's electronic health records system is essential to providing veterans with the high-quality medical care that they have earned and more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: At a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan questioned two key nominees -- the Assistant Secretary at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Director of the U.S. Census Bureau -- on their preparedness to handle drug trafficking, protect New Hampshire's Indonesian immigrant community, and the 2030 census. Senator Hassan began by pressi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement after President Joe Biden announced that he will nominate Dr. Rahul Gupta to be the next Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), which focuses on addressing substance misuse. "The Director of the ONDCP will have a personal impact on the more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee passed U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan's bipartisan legislation to help strengthen security at houses of worship. The bipartisan Pray Safe Act, which Senator Hassan introduced with Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), would establish a federal clearinghouse through which faith-based organizations and houses of worship could access information on safety and se more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 16, 2021: As overdose deaths surge, fueled by synthetic opioids, lawmakers from both houses of Congress today reintroduced a framework to fight the rapid spread of deadly synthetic drugs, which can quickly be re-engineered to circumvent federal laws designed to outlaw them. The Stop Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act would allow for the temporary regulation of subs more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, 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 New Hampshire small rural hospitals will receive $3,100,512 to bolster COVID-19 testing and mitigation. Specifically, the funding was allocated through the American Rescue Plan and awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Small Rur more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 16, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and leading lawmaker in the Senate in support of the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program, participated in a discussion of how the U.S. can support our Afghan allies as the U.S. withdrawal concludes, including through improving and bolstering the SIV program. The Senator discussed her more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- 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 (SFRC) and Chair of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation SFRC Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to reports that Belarusian authorities raided the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty office in Minsk, as well as the homes of journalists, and detained multiple members of the press. " more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) delivered a virtual 'Capitol Hill Report' to members of the New England Council (NEC) on her ongoing efforts to advance a bipartisan infrastructure bill in the Senate. Shaheen is a negotiator in the group of lawmakers writing the bipartisan deal. During her remarks, Shaheen highlighted the historic investments the framework would make in American co more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 16, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Commitee on Foreign Relations, and U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today were joined by their Senate colleagues in condemning Turkey's continuing efforts to open the coastline of Varosha, Cyprus in contravention of several United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Reso more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 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 New Hampshire small rural hospitals will receive $3,100,512 to bolster COVID-19 testing and mitigation. Specifically, the funding was allocated through the American Rescue Plan and awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The Senate passed bipartisan legislation last night that U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan joined in introducing, and was cosponsored by Senator Jeanne Shaheen, to help ensure that goods made with Uyghur forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region do not enter the United States. "The Chinese Communist Party is committing horrific human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other predominately Muslim i more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The Senate passed bipartisan legislation last night that U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan cosponsored to help ensure that goods made with Uyghur forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region do not enter the United States. "The human rights atrocities committed by the Chinese government against Uyghurs Muslims are heinous and demand a fierce international rebuke," said Senator  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) led their colleagues in calling for continued federal resources to help students in rural communities. The Senators wrote to the leaders of the Education Appropriations Subcommittee to urge their continued support for the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) and the Rural Postsecondary and Economic Development Grant Program, which provide cr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) led their colleagues in calling for continued federal resources to help students in rural communities. The Senators wrote to the leaders of the Education Appropriations Subcommittee to urge their continued support for the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) and the Rural Postsecondary and Economic Development Grant Program, which provi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 12, 2021: Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) today sent a letter to President Biden urging the administration to promptly appoint a qualified individual as the Acting Inspector General to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and quickly nominate a permanent successor for the Senate's consideration. This comes after embattled FHFA Inspector General Laura Wertheimer res more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) reintroduced legislation to protect entry-level, low-wage workers from non-compete agreements that limit their employment opportunities and restrict their ability to negotiate higher wages and benefits. Specifically, the Freedom to Compete Act would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to prevent employers from using non-compete ag more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that White Mountain Community Health Center will receive $995,250 in American Rescue Plan funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The funding will boost the state's response and mitigation efforts against the spread of COVID-19 and enhance health care services in th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that White Mountain Community Health Center will receive $995,250 in American Rescue Plan funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The funding will boost the state's response and mitigation efforts against the spread of COVID-19 and enhance health care services in the more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced the Golden-preneurship Act, which would catapult senior-owned small businesses to the next level of success. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating negative effect on small businesses and their employees. More than 800,000 small businesses closed their doors permanently last year - 200,000 more than a normal year - while the un more PR