WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a key member of the bipartisan group of Senators that spent months negotiating the bipartisan infrastructure package, delivered remarks on the Senate floor in support of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This landmark legislation would provide a $550 billion investment in our nation's core infrastructure priorities - including roads and br more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02) introduced legislation with Congresswomen Gwen Moore (WI-04), Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Alma Adams, PhD (NC-12) to study the harmful effects of intimate partner violence on maternal health. The Protect Moms from Domestic Violence Act would research domestic and sexual violence as a social determinant of healt more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2021: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan hosted a virtual roundtable with New Hampshire leaders to discuss how the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will help New Hampshire communities. Senator Hassan was joined by New Hampshire community leaders and stakeholders who spoke about the need for infrastructure investments. "We have been working to get this bipartisan infrastructure bill  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan participated in two Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearings this week to examine the threat posed by domestic terrorism and violent extremism. During the hearings, the Senator focused her questioning on the threat of online radicalization, as well as the danger domestic terrorism poses to houses of worship. To watch the Senator's questioning during thes more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, chair of the Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight Subcommittee, successfully led efforts to create and fund a state and local cybersecurity grant program in the recently released bipartisan infrastructure package. The State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act authorizes a new grant program at the Department of Homeland Security dedicated to improving cybersecurity fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) is working across the aisle to pass a bipartisan infrastructure package. She was one of the 22 original negotiators of the bill, and now that the final draft legislation has been released, the Senate is working to get this bill across the finish line. The bill includes key provisions that Senator Hassan secured to expand high-speed internet access, support coastal resi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan successfully led efforts to secure significant federal funding to strengthen coastal resiliency efforts for coastal communities in New Hampshire and across the country in the recently released bipartisan infrastructure package. The funding that Senator Hassan helped to secure in the final package will help protect coastal communities from flooding as climate change continues  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced the approval of New Hampshire's American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) plan and distributed remaining ARP ESSER funds to them. New Hampshire's plan details how the state is using and plans to use ARP ESSER funds to safely reopen and sustain the safe operation of schools and equitably expan more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate passed bipartisan legislation that Senator Maggie Hassan helped introduce to expand access to important substance use disorder treatment in jails and prisons around the country, and help those exiting correctional facilities continue their treatment in the community. "We need to do everything that we can to expand substance use disorder treatment to all who need it. As individuals prep more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) announced key New Hampshire priorities that she secured in the historic infrastructure package, unveiled by Shaheen and fellow negotiators last night. Shaheen is part of the bipartisan group that's been negotiating the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, legislation that would provide a $550 billion investment in our nation's core infrastructure priorities- inclu more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced more than $3.74 million for eleven New Hampshire projects was included in bipartisan funding legislation for fiscal year (FY) 2022, which cleared a key committee hurdle this week. This funding would support economic development projects across the state, provide critical upgrades to local emergency fa more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a bipartisan resolution with Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) to recognize the anniversary of the explosion at the Port of Beirut and express solidarity with the Lebanese people. The blast killed over 200 people, injured over 7,500 and displaced an estimated 300,000. Shaheen's more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, successfully secured a number of critical Granite State and national priorities in bipartisan funding legislation for fiscal year (FY) 2022 that passed the committee earlier this week and will next be considered by the full Senate. The three bills considered by the Appropriations Committee will fund priorities more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement commemorating the 56th anniversary of the enactment of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965: "Passage of the Voting Rights Act was a pivotal moment in our nation's history that affirmed every American's right to vote. Yet fifty-six years later, we have seen the Voting Rights Act assaulted and undermined by the passage of voter suppre more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, unveiled new bipartisan legislation with Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) to reform the U.S. government's investigation and response to suspected directed energy attacks, also referred to as "Havana Syndrome," and improve access to care for impacted individuals. The legislation would require the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, issued the following joint statement with Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Chris Coons (D-DE), Helsinki Commission Chairman Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-I more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02) introduced legislation with Congresswomen Gwen Moore (WI-04), Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Alma Adams, PhD (NC-12) to study the harmful effects of intimate partner violence on maternal health. The Protect Moms from Domestic Violence Act would research domestic and sexual violence as a social determinant of h more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee voted to pass U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan's bipartisan bill to address rising youth suicide rates, which she introduced with Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) earlier this year. The Suicide Training and Awareness Nationally Delivered for Universal Prevention (STANDUP) Act encourages states, public schools, and Tribes to implement evidence-based policie more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation that Senator Maggie Hassan cosponsored to authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to create a pilot program on dog training therapy and provide service dogs to veterans with mental health challenges regardless of whether they or not they have mobility issues. "Upon returning home, many veterans struggle with PTSD and other mental heal more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following joint statement: * * * U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Rob Portman (R-OH), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Susan Collins (R-ME), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Mark Warner (D-VA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Jon Tester (D-MT) issued the following statement on the finalized bipartisan infrastructure agreement legislative text: "Over the last four days we have worked day and night to finaliz more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen joined a bipartisan group of Senators in introducing the Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act to help ease the transition from high school to college for students with disabilities. The legislation would amend the Higher Education Act (HEA) and clarify that students with previous documentation of a disability would be able to continue using t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2021: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo met virtually with stakeholders involved in the home building supply chain, including the lumber industry, affordable housing advocates and the home building industry in Kansas and New Hampshire. The group discussed supply chain disruptions, recent price volatility, the shortage in avai more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced bipartisan legislation with Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) that would help ensure federal rights for survivors of sexual assault - which were codified by Shaheen's Survivors' Bill of Rights Act - are recognized and protected at the state level. The Survivors' Bill of Rights in the States Act builds on Shaheen's previous legislation by incentivizing states  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined a bipartisan group of Senators in introducing the Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act to help ease the transition from high school to college for students with disabilities. The legislation would amend the Higher Education Act (HEA) and clarify that students with previous documentation of a disability would be able to c more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, 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), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon $1 million in federal funding thr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Amy Klobuchar led nine of their Senate colleagues in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) urging him to include funding for Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) programs in the upcoming reconciliation package. The senators highlighted the importance of this funding in light of increased reports of domestic violence during the pandemic, particular more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: This afternoon, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jerry Moran (R-KS), Chair and Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Commerce, hosted a virtual roundtable discussion with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo highlighting the need to bolster the home building supply chain in New Hampshire, Kansas and across the country. Supply chain i more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that their bipartisan Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness (ESIC) Act has been included as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the end result of the bipartisan infrastructure negotiations the Senators have helped to lead over the past three months. The ESIC Act will improve energy efficiency in three key sec more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2021: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today announced the formation of the Free Belarus Caucus, which will advocate for democracy and free and fair elections in the former Soviet Republic that has been rocked by increasing political violence and repression after decades of rule by current President Alexander Lukashenka. Wicker and Shaheen will serve as co-chairs o more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Bob Casey (D-PA) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) issued the following statements after the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted out the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, landmark legislation introduced by the Senators that would protect pregnant workers from workplace discrimination. The bill now heads to the full Senate for more PR