WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on May 24, 2022: Annie Kuster (NH-02), founder and co-chair of the Bipartisan Task Force to End Sexual Violence, questioned communications safety experts during a legislative hearing in the Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee entitled, "Strengthening our Communications Networks: Legislation to Connect and Protect." Kuster's line of questioning focused on her bipartisan legislatio more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 26 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on May 25, 2022: During an Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) questioned officials from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and major infant formula manufacturers about the nation's formula shortage, steps that have been taken to increase supply, and what further action is necessary to ensure families' access to safe form more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on May 27, 2022: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined Representatives David N. Cicilline (RI-01), Robin Kelly (IL-02), and John Larson (CT-01) and 131 of their colleagues in calling on House leadership to take immediate action to combat gun violence. In their letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Majority Whip James Clyburn, the Members write, "More than 240,000 Americans h more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on May 25, 2022: * * * Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement on the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. "Yesterday's news from Texas is gut-wrenching and heartbreaking. My heart is with the students, families, and entire community of Robb Elementary. "No child or educator should feel unsafe in their classroom and no parent should fear their child's safety when more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed $18,688,000 in funding headed to New Hampshire to improve water infrastructure. This federal funding through the fiscal year (FY) 2022 government funding bill will expand access to safe drinking water, protect water resources and create new jobs across the state. The fu more PR

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) led a bipartisan call demanding the Department of State take action to address J-1 Visa processing delays ahead of the summer. These visas sponsor students from around the world to participate in exchange programs and support New Hampshire's tourist economy. Participation in the program declined due to the pandemic and no more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on May 26, 2022: Today at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing, Senator Hassan pressed Federal Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf on the current national baby formula shortage. To watch Senator Hassan's questioning, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJhSu54RKek "Granite Staters have shared with me their struggles to obtain formula for their infa more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) issued the following statement on the shooting at Robb Elementary School. "The news out of Texas is every parent's worst nightmare, and I am praying for the children, their families, and the Uvalde community. "We don't know all the details yet, but we do know that 14 children and a teacher are dead because of another mass shooting. It is a horrific tragedy, and y more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Gary Peters (D-MI), and Joni Ernst (R-IA) to help prevent potential conflicts of interest between taxpayer-funded projects and government contractors' other business opportunities has advanced in the Senate. Recent reports have highlighted the need to prevent conflicts of interest within companies that are aw more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letters on May 23, 2022: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan today joined a letter, led by Senator Jeanne Shaheen, to Abbott Laboratories CEO Robert Ford along with Senators representing New England states, urging him to provide relief to state WIC programs and the mothers they serve. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont jointly contract with Abbott to provide WIC recip more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and colleagues in introducing the Elimination of the VA Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission Act, which would eliminate the commission that is tasked with finding VA facilities that should be consolidated or realigned. "I have been raising alarm bells on the VA's recommendations to the AIR Commission  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, who serves on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, is teaming up with a bipartisan group of colleagues to introduce two pieces of legislation to strengthen the FDA approval process pipeline and increase transparency for critical medicines, which would lower costs and increase availability of key medications. "While Big Pharma makes record profits, it more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed $18,688,000 in funding headed to New Hampshire to improve water infrastructure. This federal funding through the fiscal year (FY) 2022 government funding bill will expand access to safe drinking water, protect water resources and create new jobs across the state. The funding will be more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release and letter on May 23, 2022: U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today in sending a letter to Abbott Laboratories CEO Robert Ford along with Senators representing New England states, urging him to provide relief to state WIC programs and the mothers they serve. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont jointly contract with Abb more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- 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 co-chair of the Senate NATO Observer Group, introduced a resolution with SFRC Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) and Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ), as well as Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-WI more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on May 25, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Senate Appropriations subcommittee, today chaired a hearing with testimony from Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray. The hearing focused on the Bureau's fiscal year (FY) 2023 funding request, particularly on efforts to reduce gun violence in the wake of the more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letter on May 26, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, today joined Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) in a letter to the Biden administration raising concerns about the inconsistencies in the treatment of humanitarian parole applicants from Ukraine and Afghanistan. The letter points out that while applications from Ukrainia more PR

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letter on May 24, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation and co-chair of the Senate NATO Observer Group, today led a bipartisan group of 80 Senators with Senate NATO Observer Group co-chair, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), in a letter to President Biden urging him to expedite the Executive Branch's pr more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letters on May 23, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today sent a letter to Abbott Laboratories CEO Robert Ford along with Senators representing New England states, urging him to provide relief to state WIC programs and the mothers they serve. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont jointly contract with Abbott to provide WIC recipients with access to form more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked bipartisan legislation recently passed by the House of Representatives that would enhance efforts to monitor, analyze, investigate and prosecute domestic terrorism. Shaheen is a cosponsor of companion legislation in the U.S. Senate, the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2022, which is led by U.S. Sena more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following commentary to the New Hampshire Union Leader: * * * U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) wrote an op-ed in the Union Leader outlining the alarming consequences of a reversal of Roe v. Wade. She discussed why women deserve full autonomy on decisions around their bodies and starting families, and how Republicans' extreme partisan agenda flies in the face of public opinion around fundamental freedoms enjoyed over the  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed $18,688,000 in funding headed to New Hampshire to improve water infrastructure. This federal funding through the fiscal year (FY) 2022 government funding bill will expand access to safe drinking water, protect water resources and create new jobs across the state. The  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA) are calling for federal agencies to close oversight gaps that delay generic drugs - and in turn keep drug prices high. "The lack of coordination between the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed the pharmaceutical industry to obtain patents of questionable validity. Through these patents, drug manu more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase investments in substance misuse prevention, treatment, and recovery programs. The Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Act reauthorizes and strengthens the Substance Abuse Block Grant program, including by requiring that funding goes to evidence-based services,  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the bipartisan Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit Stipend Act to authorize the existing Transnational Criminal Investigative Units (TCIUs) in law. TCIUs are key components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Homeland Security Investigat more PR

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release and letter on May 24, 2022: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in a letter urging Abbott Laboratories CEO Robert Ford to provide relief to state WIC programs and the mothers they serve. Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont jointly contract with Abbott to provide WIC recipients with ac more PR