WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- 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, led the New Hampshire congressional delegation in announcing robust federal funding for New Hampshire from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in support of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). HHS announced a total of $25,192,436 for the Granite State, which follows a bipartisa more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, led the New Hampshire congressional delegation in announcing robust federal funding for New Hampshire from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in support of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). HHS announced a total of $25,192,436 for the Granite State, which follows a bipartisan more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2021: During an Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee markup, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) spoke on behalf of legislation she cosponsored, H.R.1667, the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act. This bill, which Rep. Kuster introduced alongside Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA), will support our health care workforce by creating grants to train health care providers on suicide prevention and othe more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on Nov. 2, 2021: * * * A deal was reached to include prescription drug pricing reforms in the Build Back Better legislation that is currently being negotiated in Congress. Following months of advocacy to include these provisions in the bill, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement: "No one should have to ration or go without lifesaving medications while big drug companies reap re more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2021: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) voted in favor of H.R. 3992, the Protect Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act to prevent older workers in New Hampshire and across the country from being discriminated against during the job application process. Currently, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) does not cover job applicants seeking relief from age discrimination. This bipartisan legislation wo more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 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 New Hampshire will receive $1,249,856 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support Granite State farmers. Of this funding, $749,856 was awarded to La more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 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 New Hampshire Legal Assistance (NHLA) will receive $333,907 from the American Rescue Plan to support fair housing for Granite Staters. The funding was allocated through the Departme more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statement after voting to pass the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the single largest dedicated infrastructure investment since the construction of the interstate highway system. "Today I voted to pass the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act which represents an historic investment in our infrastructure that will  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2021: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), alongside Hellenic Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Bilirakis (FL-12) and Maloney (NY-12), led 41 of his House colleagues in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken opposing US plans to sell Turkey F-16s and demanding information from the State Department following recent reports of a request from Turkey to purchase 40 F-16 fighter jets and dozens  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2021: Congressman Chris Pappas voted to pass the Protect Older Job Applicants Act of 2021, which clarifies that older job applicants can challenge disparate impact hiring practices under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and applauded the inclusion of his amendment to require the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to conduct a study on the number of job applicants impacted  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Nov. 5: Yesterday, during a House Veterans' Affairs Committee markup, two bills led by Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), the Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act, and legislation to establish the Advisory Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Veterans at VA advanced out of committee, setting them up to be voted on by the House. "It's unimaginable that members of the Nationa more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2021: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), along with U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) that New Hampshire will receive $1,402,083 in federal funds through the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) An more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, led the New Hampshire congressional delegation in announcing robust federal funding for New Hampshire from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in support of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). HHS announced a total of $25,192,436 for the Granite State, which follows a bipartisan  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, joined Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) in urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to continue fighting for a ban on the use of dangerous electrical stimulation devices (ESDs) on children and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The only school  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The Biden administration will direct 60,000 additional rapid antigen COVID-19 tests to New Hampshire as a direct result of Senator Maggie Hassan's letter to the administration urging them to address the state's shortage of testing supplies, a top Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official told the Senator today during a committee hearing. After hearing from Granite Staters about a lack of t more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: During a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan pushed Pentagon officials to strengthen suicide prevention efforts, sharing the story of Sean Cloutier of Concord, who died by suicide at the age of 22 after joining the United States Army and whose mother now advocates for increased suicide prevention measures focused on service members and veterans. To watch the Senator' more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2021: Wounded Warrior Project (R) (WWP) CEO Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Mike Linnington today applauded U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan for leading the charge on Capitol Hill for a centrally located Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC. On Nov. 3, Senator Hassan joined more than 30 post-9/11 veterans and Gold Star family members from across the country outside the U.S.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Approprations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that New Hampshire Legal Assistance (NHLA) will receive $333,907 from the American Rescue Plan to support fair housing for Granite Staters. The funding was allocated through the Department of Housing  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 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 New Hampshire will receive $1,249,856 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support Granite State farmers. Of this funding, $749,856 was awarded to more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced bipartisan legislation that Senator Hassan cosponsored to strengthen supply chains by expanding a trusted shipping program that will help expedite commerce at ports of entry. The CTPAT Pilot Program Act was introduced by Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ). "Granite Staters and our small businesses are being squee more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), co-chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, welcomed the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee's bipartisan passage of the Defense of U.S. Infrastructure Act - Senator King's comprehensive bill to strengthen America's cyber resilience, improve security in the national cyber ecosystem, and strengthen leadership within key cyber-focused federal o more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) will award New Hampshire $1 million to support economic development planning in communities across the state. The funding was allocated through the American Rescue Plan, which S more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that New Hampshire will receive $1,402,083 in federal funds through the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Anti-Heroin Task Forc more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that New Hampshire will receive $1,402,083 in federal funds through the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Anti-Heroin Task Force more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement after President Biden's address at the United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP26 - in Glasgow, Scotland. The international climate summit is a global convergence of world leaders to address the existential threat of climate change. The conference kicked off yesterday and continues through November 12. "After four years of U.S. p more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- 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 and Armed Services Committees, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. State Department's announcement that Ambassador Jonathan Moore will serve as the Senior Advisor to the Health Incident Response Task Force (HIRT), in addition to Ambassador Margaret Uyehara leading efforts to support care for affected more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement in response to the White House's announcement that a deal has been reached in the reconciliation package to lower prescription drug costs. The agreement in President Biden's Build Back Better legislation specifically includes a provision to lower the cost of insulin, which as co-chair of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, has long been a top S more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today sent a letter to Secretary Xavier Becerra at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to urge immediate action to increase the supply of rapid COVID-19 testing kits. Given the recent spike in COVID cases - particularly in New Hampshire, which is among the fourth highest state in the nation for surging infection rates - Shaheen pushed t more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) applauded the House of Representatives' passage of the landmark, bipartisan infrastructure legislation that she helped steer key negotiations around. This package will provide a $550 billion investment in our nation's core infrastructure priorities - including roads and bridges, rail, transit, ports, airports, the electric grid, water systems and broadband. The bill  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Approprations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that New Hampshire Legal Assistance (NHLA) will receive $333,907 from the American Rescue Plan to support fair housing for Granite Staters. The funding was allocated through the Department of Housing more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) today applauded an announcement from the Small Business Administration (SBA) that the New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority (CDFA) was awarded $2.5 million. The funding comes from the SBA Community Navigator Pilot Program, which provides funding to organiz more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- 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) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that New Hampshire will receive $1,249,856 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support Granite State farmers. Of this funding, $749,856 was awarded to Land for Good  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) passed bipartisan legislation introduced by Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to help strengthen cybersecurity in the federal government by expanding the cyber workforce. Senator Hassan is the chair of the HSGAC Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight. "Cyberattacks are a new frontier of warfare - and it is essential that the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2021: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today advanced Hassan-backed legislation to strengthen protections for Inspectors General (IGs) who conduct independent oversight of federal agencies. The legislation, which is led by Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), includes important measures introduced by Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to strengthen inde more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for a nomination hearing at 10 a.m. on Nov. 3, 2021, at 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witnesses Panel I * Gabriel P. Sanchez to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Panel II * Samantha D. Elliot to be United States District Judge for the District of New Hampshire * Linda Lopez to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California * Katherine Marie Menendez to be more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Josh Hawley (R-MO), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Steve Daines (R-MT) announced they introduced bipartisan legislation to update and make permanent the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), to ensure federal agencies are able to quickly and securely adopt cloud-based technologies that improve go more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, cosponsored the bipartisan Save Our Servicemembers (S.O.S.) Act to strengthen the Defense Department's (DoD) suicide prevention efforts. The bill is led by Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ). "No one should ever suffe more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) delivered introductory remarks at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Samantha Elliott, who has been nominated by President Biden to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. During their remarks, Shaheen and Hassan highlighted Elliott's extensive legal experience, qualifications and commitment to ju more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) delivered introductory remarks at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Samantha Elliott, who has been nominated by President Biden to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. During their remarks, Shaheen and Hassan highlighted Elliott's extensive legal experience, qualifications and commitment to jus more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and all other 22 women Senators in a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden calling on him to protect the rights of Afghan women and girls following the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan. In a letter to the President, they wrote, "In the wake of the U.S. military withdrawal more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and all other 22 women Senators in a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden calling on him to protect the rights of Afghan women and girls following the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan. In a letter to the President, they wrote, "In the wake of the U.S. military withdrawa more PR