WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- 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. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced $7.5 billion in Provider Relief Funds (PRF) for rural communities across the nation, which Shaheen fought to secure as a set-aside during negotiations of the American Rescue Plan (ARP). New Hampshire received a total of $76,744,300 across 226 different providers. " more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) today welcomed $426,453 for New Hampshire from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The funding will support rural infrastructure projects around emergency response services, food security  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, cosponsored bipartisan legislation to help low-income veterans obtain the medical assistance that they need in order to more quickly receive their VA disability benefits. The bipartisan Veterans Pro Bono Corps Act, which was introduced by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), would create a five-year pilot more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan cosponsored a bipartisan bill to improve mental health care for Americans by permanently repealing Medicare's 190-day lifetime limit for inpatient psychiatric care. The bipartisan Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act was introduced by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Tina Smith (D-MN). "Americans with serious mental health challenges need consistent care in order to more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and thirteen of their Senate colleagues are pushing the Biden Administration to implement changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program that will make it easier for military service members to access benefits. The letter is the latest in Senator Hassan's work on this issue. The Senator introduced a bipartisan bi more PR

DOVER, New Hampshire, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) encouraged holiday shopping at small businesses during a Small Business Saturday Downtown Walk. As a senior member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship committee and a former small business owner, Shaheen understands the importance of putting small businesses first. Shaheen was joined by Dover Mayor Robert Carrier, New Hampshire Small Business more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations subcommittee, led the New Hampshire congressional delegation in welcoming $3,794,613 in new grants from the National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF) for New Hampshire to support coastal resilience projects. The funding was announced through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administr more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations subcommittee, led the New Hampshire congressional delegation in welcoming $3,794,613 in new grants from the National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF) for New Hampshire to support coastal resilience projects. The funding was announced through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administ more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, led the New Hampshire delegation in welcoming $8,942,186 to the University System of New Hampshire from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The Every Student Succeeds Act/Preschool Development Grant is part of a three-year (2020-2022) $26.8 million grant package and will strengthen New Hampshire more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, led the New Hampshire delegation in welcoming $8,942,186 to the University System of New Hampshire from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The Every Student Succeeds Act/Preschool Development Grant is part of a three-year (2020-2022) $26.8 million grant package and will strengthen New Hampshir more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released the following statement in response to President Biden's announcement that his administration will address surging gas prices by making available 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: "Families in New Hampshire and across the nation are facing sky-high gas prices, exacerbating the financial pressures families have experienced thro more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate passed bipartisan legislation to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 American service members who terrorists killed in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021 while the service members were bravely working to evacuate Americans and Afghan partners at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. The bill, which U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Veterans' Af more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate passed bipartisan legislation to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 American service members who terrorists killed in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021 while the service members were bravely working to evacuate Americans and Afghan partners at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. The bill, which U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Sena more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced bipartisan legislation that would increase the amount of time a physician can hold long-acting injectable (LAI) buprenorphine - a form of medication for opioid use disorders - from a specialty pharmacy. U.S. Representatives Madeleine Dean (PA-04), Victoria Spartz (IN-05), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA- more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2021: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - a senior member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees - and Jim Risch (R-ID) - ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee - today led the bipartisan Senate delegation to the Halifax International Security Forum in a press conference. Joined by U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Roger Wicker ( more PR