WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 21, 2021: The House of Representatives passed the PFAS Action Act of 2021, a comprehensive piece of legislation that seeks to limit the impacts of PFAS contamination on our communities and our environment. The PFAS Action Act contains provisions introduced by Congressman Pappas based on his Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act. These provisions would regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ( more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 21, 2021: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) voted in favor of the PFAS Action Act of 2021. Kuster helped to introduce this legislation, alongside Rep. Debbie Dingell (MI-12), which would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish a maximum contaminant level goal for PFAS and establish national drinking water safeguards for PFAS chemicals. The legislation includes Rep. Kuster's Protecting more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 22, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS), today applauded President Biden's signature on a bill that she fought to pass in the Senate to strengthen the Crime Victims Fund for the future. Earlier this week, Shaheen delivered a speech on the Senate floor urging lawmakers to overcome partisan p more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following joint statement: The co-signers are Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, Chris Coons, D-Delaware, Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, Susan Collins, R-Maine, Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, Joe Manchin, D-Wes more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 21, 2021: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), participated in an Energy and Commerce full committee markup where she helped advance her legislation, the Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act, to improve our nation's vaccine infrastructure in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kuster, who is a founder and co-chair of the Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force, also voted to advance H.R. 2 more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 22, 2021: President Joe Biden signed into law the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act, legislation Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) helped introduce to shore up the depleted resources of the Crime Victims Fund and ensure survivors of sexual violence get the support and assistance they need. "I have been proud to champion this legislation that averts a truly disastrous s more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on July 20, 2021: * * * In commemoration of the 47th anniversary of Turkey's invasion of the Republic of Cyprus, and following Turkish President Erdogan's move to illegally reopen Varosha Beach in violation of international law, Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statement: "Nearly five decades have passed since Turkey illegally invaded Cyprus. Turkish forces uprooted tens of thousa more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 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 Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP) will award Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) $450,000 to support marketi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 23, 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 nearly $2 million to support COVID-19 testing and mitigation efforts. Specifically, $1.47 million will go towards COVID detection and mitigation in prison facilities and $449,760 will go towards populations experiencing more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 20, 2021: Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra urging support for family planning services and health providers in New Hampshire who may be negatively impacted as a result of the biennial state budget signed into law June 25, 2021. The state budget enacts harmful restrictions on women's healt more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 21, 2021: Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging the administration to re-open the U.S.-Canada border and allow vaccinated Canadians to visit the United States. Last month, Rep. Kuster led a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging the safe re-opening of the U.S.-Canadian border. "Since the lan more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 20, 2021: Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Annie Kuster (NH-02) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra urging support for family planning services and health providers in New Hampshire who may be negatively impacted as a result of the biennial state budget signed into law June 25, 2021. The state budget enacts harmful restrictions on women's hea more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 21, 2021: Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging the administration to re-open the U.S.-Canada border and allow vaccinated Canadians to visit the United States. Last month, Rep. Kuster led a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging the safe re-opening of the U.S.-Canadian border. "Since the l more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 19, 2021: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined People's Action and End Substance Use Disorder for a virtual event yesterday on the importance of medication assisted treatment and the need to pass the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act. Senator Hassan introduced the bipartisan MAT Act, legislation that would vastly increase access to life-saving addiction medicine by eliminating a d more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Chair of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight, joined Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) in supporting the Arctic Security Initiative Act of 2021, bipartisan legislation requiring the Department of Defense (DOD) to conduct a security assessment of the Arctic region and establish an Arctic Security Initiative with a five-year pla more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan participated in a Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control hearing on addressing the substance use disorder crisis. It is the first hearing Senator Hassan participated in as a member of this caucus. Medication-Assisted Treatment Earlier this year, the Biden Administration announced that it was removing some requirements that limited health care providers' ability t more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 20, 2021: At a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) questioned three top administration officials helping lead the federal COVID-19 response - Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the United States Centers for D more PR

SOMERSWORTH, New Hampshire, July 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 23, 2021: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan today visited Somersworth Middle School to see the progress on the construction of the school's new HVAC system. The project is funded by federal COVID-19 relief that Senator Hassan helped passed into law, and comes after Senator Hassan successfully called on the U.S. Department of Education to clarify guidance so that New Hampshire schools c more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 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 Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP) will award Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) $450,000 to support market more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 23, 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 nearly $2 million to support COVID-19 testing and mitigation efforts. Specifically, $1.47 million will go towards COVID detection and mitigation in prison facilities and $449,760 will go towards populations experiencin more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 22, 2021: The President signed into law today bipartisan legislation cosponsored by Senator Maggie Hassan that will prevent deep cuts to programs that provide critical support and compensation to survivors of violent crimes, including survivors of child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking, through the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA). The Crime Victims Fund, which was est more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 19, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) participated in a virtual roundtable discussion with U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm entitled 'Investing in America's Energy Sector: An Opportunity to Recover and Build Back Better.' The panel highlighted the importance of the energy sector to our economic growth, job creation and energy independence in New Hampshire and across our nation more PR

WASHINGTON, July 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 Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after securing and supporting numerous New Hampshire and national security priorities in the committee-approved National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2022. The annual legislation authorizes national defense objectives for the fiscal year. The FY22 NDAA  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) in introducing the Fighting Homelessness Through Services and Housing Act, a bill to increase federal resources to battle homelessness. The bill authorizes $1 billion in grants annually for the next five years for local governments to combat homelessness. As a way to address the root causes of homeless more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) helped introduce a bipartisan, bicameral bill with Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) called the Semiquincentennial Commemorative Coin Act. The year 2026 will be the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. As a member of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, Shaheen is working to prepare the nation for the commemoration of this historic milesto more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) led the bipartisan, bicameral introduction of legislation to protect children from the dangers of e-cigarettes. The Resources to Prevent Youth Vaping Act would require that e-cigarette manufacturers pay user fees to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help to fund more activity at the FDA to conduct stronger oversight of the e-cigarette industry and increase a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 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 Armed Services Committee, successfully led a comprehensive amendment to the fiscal year (FY) 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) to investigate, combat and remediate exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at current and former U.S. mil more PR

WASHINGTON, July 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 Armed Services Committee (SASC), announced that two provisions pertaining to the U.S. Government's response to directed energy attacks against U.S. personnel were included in the SASC-approved National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY)2022. Shaheen has long led measures in the Senate to support public servants and t more PR

WASHINGTON, July 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 Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, released the following statement applauding the Biden administration for evacuating a group of Afghan allies to Fort Lee to process their Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applications. "Our Afghan allies risked their lives and the safety of their families to advance the U.S. mission in Afgh more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- 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 the Biden administration's announcement of an agreement on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline: "Germany is a critical U.S. ally and I welcome steps by the administration to try to nego more PR

MERRIMACK, New Hampshire, July 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 23, 2021: This morning, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a key negotiator in bipartisan infrastructure talks, visited Pennichuck's Merrimack River Interconnection Project to tour the site, learn more about the project and underscore key New Hampshire priorities that will be addressed in the bipartisan infrastructure package. During her visit, Shaheen met with state and local more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate unanimously cleared the Ensuring Survivor Benefits During COVID Act last night, which is a bipartisan bill that would ensure family members of veterans who passed away due to COVID-19 receive the dependent benefits they've earned. The?Ensuring Survivor Benefits During COVID Act?was introduced by Senators Kyrsten S more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 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 Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP) will award Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) $450,000 to support marke more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 23, 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 nearly $2 million to support COVID-19 testing and mitigation efforts. Specifically, $1.47 million will go towards COVID detection and mitigation in prison facilities and $449,760 will go towards populations experienci more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following joint statement: * * * U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Mark Warner (D-VA), Richard Burr (R-NC), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Chris Coons (D-DE), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Angus King (I-ME), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Rob Portman (R-OH), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 20, 2021: The U.S. Senate today passed bipartisan legislation cosponsored by Senator Maggie Hassan that would prevent deep cuts to programs that provide critical support and compensation to survivors of violent crimes, including survivors of child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking, through the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA). The Crime Victims Fund, which was establish more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate unanimously passed three bipartisan bills that Senator Hassan worked to advance as a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee: the Hire Veteran Health Heroes Act, the Veterans' Disability Compensation COLA Act, and the Ensuring Survivor Benefits During COVID-19 Act. "Veterans put their lives on the line to keep our country safe, secure, and free, and we must ensure that vetera more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and John Boozman (R-AR), both members of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, introduced the bipartisan VA OIG Training Act of 2021 to require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide training to employees on reporting waste, fraud, and abuse. This training would be in coordination with the VA Office of the Inspector General (VA OIG), which serves vet more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 21, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced the Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings (PALS) Act of 2021, a bill to preserve coverage for routine breast cancer screening for women in their 40s. The bill extends a congressional moratorium, first passed in 2015, on recommendations made by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Fo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 23, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Susan Collins (R-ME) secured key provisions and funding in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that cleared the Senate Armed Services Committee this week, which would provide American government employees and their families suffering from symptoms of directed energy a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 20, 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, joined U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Chairman of the International Republican Institute and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) to welcome Be more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 20, 2021: Following the news that Becca Meyers, a six-time Paralympic medalist and member of the U.S.A.'s Paralympics team, withdrew from the team after being denied a reasonable accommodation, Senator Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) called on the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee as well as the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to take action and ensure that all athlete more PR