WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on May 3, 2022: Following the disclosure of a draft Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v Wade, Senator Maggie Hassan appeared on local news radio and TV, including with NH Today with Chris Ryan, Good Morning NH with Jack Heath, and WKBK's Open Mic with Dan Mitchell, to discuss her efforts to protect reproductive rights. In the interviews, Senator Hassan discussed how the draft Supreme Court  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed $603,820 to support New Hampshire fishermen impacted by the 2019 Atlantic herring fishery disaster. Shaheen led the delegation in a letter to former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in 2020 requesting a disaster declaration for the Atlantic herring fishery, to help com more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed $603,820 to support New Hampshire fishermen impacted by the 2019 Atlantic herring fishery disaster. Shaheen led the delegation in a letter to former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in 2020 requesting a disaster declaration for the Atlantic herring fishery, to help com more PR

PETERBOROUGH, New Hampshire, May 4 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) joined local leaders in Peterborough to discuss the town's watermain relocation project which Kuster secured $277,804 for in the 2022 government funding package. These federal resources are helping to repair and relocate the town's water distribution system and reduce the service interruptions that are frequently experienced by water users. "Water infras more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 4 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: * * * This evening, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement on the Supreme Court's consideration of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization after a draft opinion striking down Roe v. Wade in its entirety was reported. "If confirmed, the Supreme Court's pending decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is a heinous attack on women and disregards a half-century of precedent upholdin more PR

KEENE, New Hampshire, May 4 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) joined Keene City officials to tour the Keene Heritage Trail and discuss the $394,800 in Community Project Funding Kuster secured to construct and upgrade 4,100 feet of the trail and improve the quality, safety, and functionality of the City's transportation facilities for pedestrians, bicyclists, and other non-motorized users. "New Hampshire is home to the mos more PR

ALSTEAD, New Hampshire, May 4 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) joined USDA officials and the founder of Orchard Hill Breadworks, Noah Elbers, to tour the business and discuss a $31,245 Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant that Orchard Hill received to install solar panels. These panels will save the business an estimated $6,400 a year, furthering the company's vision of providing healthy food to the community wit more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced their plan to introduce the bicameral Clean Water Standards for PFAS 2.0 Act, which would further regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by setting deadlines for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop water quality criteria and limits on industrial PFAS discharges into water and to water treat more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) hosted a roundtable conversation at Little Frogs and Polliwogs, an early learning center in Manchester, on the urgent need to address rising costs for families by making child care more affordable, as well as extending the expanded Child Tax Credit, increasing the access and affordability of health care, and lowering the cost of prescription drugs. Pappas w more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement following confirmation that a reported draft Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade is genuine. "Abortion remains safe and legal right now. This is only a draft opinion, but when issued, this Supreme Court decision would directly endanger the reproductive health, freedom, and safety of Granite State women and families. Despite n more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a small business owner, and a Co-Chair of the bipartisan House Small Business Caucus, visited Winnipesaukee Playhouse in Meredith to hear about the positive impacts that the Shuttered Venue Operator Grants (SVOG) program and other small business relief efforts that Rep Pappas supported and voted to pass had on their business. Pappas met with members of the Winnipesaukee more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan and colleagues are pressing for answers from CVS Caremark, Optum Rx, and Express Scripts--the nation's largest pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs), which make key coverage decisions about 80% of the prescriptions filled in the U.S. -- amid ongoing reports that they are illegally delaying or denying patients insurance coverage for birth control. "We have heard numerous accounts  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on May 5, 2022: During a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan discussed technology and personnel needs at the southern border. Additional Investment in Border Security Technology Senator Hassan began by calling for more deployment of advanced technology to help secure the southern border. "I recently visited the southern border for a thi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: During a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing yesterday, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan questioned VA officials on issues important to Granite State veterans, including boosting veteran employment, addressing a backlog of volunteers waiting for approval to drive veterans to medical appointments, and whistleblower protection in the wake of the White River Junction allegations. Boosting Veteran Employm more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: During a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan questioned Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on resources at the Southern border and a resurgence of international terrorist threats. In addition, Senator Hassan highlighted her work to strengthen cybersecurity for federal agencies and state and l more PR

NASHUA, New Hampshire, May 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan welcomed Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to Nashua on Friday, where they visited two New Hampshire small businesses. Senator Hassan and Administrator Guzman first held a discussion at Monument Construction, a veteran-owned business that delivers nationwide construction services. The two then to more PR

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), led a bipartisan group of 19 colleagues in a letter urging President Joe Biden to expedite and bring to a swift conclusion the Administration's investigation into solar panels and cells imported from Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia and requesting a meeting  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) in cosponsoring the bipartisan Recovering America's Wildlife Act (RAWA). This landmark conservation legislation provides funding to state wildlife agencies, ramping up to $1.3 billion per year, to fully implement their State Wildlife Action Plans to address critical fish and wildlife conservation needs. "New more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on May 5, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed $603,820 to support New Hampshire fishermen impacted by the 2019 Atlantic herring fishery disaster. Shaheen led the delegation in a letter to former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in 2020 requesting a disaster declaration for the Atlantic herring fis more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation and a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after meeting with Bridget Brink, who was nominated by President Biden last month to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. "As Putin intensifies his attacks against the Ukrainian peop more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, May 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 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following statement in celebration of Small Business Week, which is from May 1 to May 5. "Small businesses are the backbone of New Hampshire's economy and embody the heart and soul of our communities. During National Small Business Week, I'm thrilled to help draw a more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: The U.S. Senate is voting on priorities for the upcoming U.S. competition and innovation package. On an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 90 to 5, the Senate passed U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Todd Young (R-IN)'s bipartisan motion to promote American research and development. The motion supports expanding the research and development tax credit for small businesses and preservi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced bipartisan legislation to help parents in Maine, New Hampshire, and across the country save for college. The Helping Parents Save for College Act would encourage families to invest in a 529 education savings account, which can be used to pay for a two- or four-year college education or vocational school. The legislation would provide tax  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced bipartisan legislation to help parents in New Hampshire, Maine, and across the country save for college. The bipartisan Helping Parents Save for College Act would encourage families to invest in a 529 education savings account, which can be used to pay for a two or four-year college education or vocational school. The bipartisan legi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and a group of bipartisan Senators in introducing the Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence and Accountability Act. This legislation would ensure the U.S. undertakes coordinated efforts to collect and maintain evidence of war crimes and atrocities committed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "A month and a half into Russia's bl more PR