WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) pressed FDA Commissioner Robert Califf on details for when families can expect a readily available supply of baby formula on store shelves. Commissioner Califf shared that Americans can expect a "super supply" - on shelves in the next two to three weeks, despite Abbott Laboratories announcing a temporary plant closure in Sturgis, Michigan due to flooding. "When you testified in front of this committee three weeks ag more PR

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letter on June 13, 2022: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today pressed the CEOs of the major U.S. tampon manufacturers - Procter & Gamble, Edgewell Personal Care, Kimberly-Clark, and Johnson & Johnson - on public reports of a tampon shortage and reported price gouging. The letter is part of Senator Hassan's ongoing work to address high costs facing families. Across the co more PR

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Following Senator Maggie Hassan's push for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to address concerns with the Caregivers Program, the VA announced it will suspend its annual reassessment process for participants in the program as part of its ongoing review of the program's eligibility criteria. The annual reassessments of veterans and their caregivers is an extremely invasive process, often taking a mental and physical toll on family caregivers. VA more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), alongside Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), led 34 of their colleagues in introducing bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2016. Pappas's legislation would reauthorize the Fallen Heroes Flag Program for an additional five years. The program provides a flag flown over the Capitol to the families of firefighters, law enforcement officers, and other first responders who have lost their lives in  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the Agriculture Committee, participated in a hearing entitled, "The Role of Climate Research in Supporting Agricultural Resiliency." During the hearing, Kuster spoke about the importance of agricultural research in addressing climate change and pointed to the successes of USDA's Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, which has provided critical analysis studying New Hampshire's climate for the more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on June 15, 2022: * * * Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued four drinking water health advisories for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Kuster has pressed EPA officials to take immediate action on PFAS chemicals and hosted EPA Administrator Regan in NH to discuss contamination issues in New Hampshire. "Granite State households and communities across our nation have bee more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) voted for a comprehensive, bipartisan package of bills to lower prices for Granite Staters in the grocery store and at the gas pump. The Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act takes concrete steps to bring down expenses for Americans by lowering fertilizer costs for farmers, increasing meat processing capacity, and expanding access to Unleaded 88. "I am listening to Granite Staters every day and fighting to lo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) voted for the Financial Services Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Economic Justice Act, a package of bills focused on promoting racial and economic justice. Kuster submitted an amendment to this legislation that would study and report on the effects of and recommendations for implementation for smaller, community banks. "Every Granite Stater deserves equal access to financial services and economic mobili more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a lead negotiator of the water infrastructure provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that was signed into law in November, and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed today's announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that $1 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law out of the $5 billion all more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statement after EPA released new drinking water health advisories for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances including PFAS, PFOS, GenX, and PFBS chemicals: "Today's announcement of new drinking water health advisories is welcome news for communities that need to be able to accurately determine whether or not their water is safe. But the EPA continues to fall short of the action our  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined a group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill to call for the passage of the bipartisan Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act to combat rising costs and deliver relief to New Hampshire families. "There's no more pressing priority than lowering the cost of fuel and lowering the cost of groceries for New Hampshire families," said Congressman Pappas. "That's why it is so important that we move legislation forward on a bipartisan  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a small business owner and Co-Chair of the bipartisan House Small Business Caucus, alongside Congressman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), introduced the Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2022, bipartisan legislation to repeal the Federal Excise Tax (FET) on heavy trucks and trailers. This 12% FET is the highest percentage excise tax levied on any product in the country. "As a small business owner, I've seen firsthand just h more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate passed the Honoring Our PACT Act. The Senate-passed bill incorporates Pappas's VA Workforce Investment and Expansion Act, which would expand the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) workforce by enhancing VA hiring practices and incentives to better recruit and retain health care professionals, and streng more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Co-Chair of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus and New Hampshire's first openly gay member of Congress, issued the following statement after the Biden administration announced new executive actions advancing LGBTQ+ equality: "No one should be a second-class citizen in the United States, but some of our LGBTQ+ community members still don't have the same legal protections guaranteed to others. Th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on June 16, 2022: * * * Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), issued the following statement after helping pass the bipartisan Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act to combat rising costs and deliver relief to New Hampshire families: "There's no more pressing priority than lowering the cost of fuel and groceries for New Hampshire families. This bipartisan legislation will support America's farmers and lower costs in the grocery aisle, lower meat prices, and make c more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and Vice-Chair of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, voted to pass the bipartisan Ocean Shipping Reform Act in the House. This legislation takes direct aim at solving supply chain challenges by making the first major overhaul of U.S. international ocean-shipping regulations in over 20 years "I've fought to invest in our supply more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed today's announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that $1 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law out of the $5 billion allocated in the legislation to address PFAS and other emerging contaminants in small and disadvantaged communities will be made available. States wil more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 17, 2022: Following this week's announcement of energy rate increases approved by New Hampshire's Public Utilities Commission, the New Hampshire Congressional Delegation is urging the state to use remaining funding that the Delegation helped secure in the American Rescue Plan to provide financial assistance to help Granite Staters afford their home energy bills. * * * Dear Governor Sununu: In the wake of this week's announcement of rate incr more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: The U.S. Senate passed comprehensive, bipartisan legislation that Senator Maggie Hassan and her colleagues developed to deliver to all generations of veterans exposed to toxic substances the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care and benefits that they need. For more than a year, Senator Hassan and fellow members of the Senate and House veterans committees worked together with the VA and Veterans Service Organizations, resu more PR

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 12, 2022: Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) helped introduce bipartisan legislation led by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) to aid in combating the deadly fentanyl epidemic. "Bruce's Law," named after Robert "Bruce" Snodgrass, who passed away from a fentanyl overdose in 2021, will bolster federal prevention and education efforts surrounding the dangers of drugs laced with fentanyl. It also authorizes new Community-Based Coalition Enhancement grants to more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Chair of the Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight Subcommittee, led a Subcommittee hearing on cutting waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government. The hearing focused on the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) most recent annual report detailing duplication, overlap, and fragmentation and ways for Congress and federal agencies to address these issues. In her opening remarks, Senator Hassan stated, "Co more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) was today named a 2022 Fiscal Hero by Fix the Debt, a project of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to finding comprehensive solutions to address the national debt. "I'm honored to be recognized as someone who is working across the aisle to eliminate wasteful spending, cut taxes, increase innovation and efficiency, and reduce the national debt," said more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, pushed back against out-of-state taxes on small businesses resulting from the burdensome Supreme Court Wayfair ruling. In February, Senator Hassan led a bipartisan call for the Committee to hold this hearing, which featured John Hennessey, President & CEO of Littleton Coin Company, which is based in Littleton, NH. "John has been with the company for 15 years and - as we'll see fro more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: * * * Following the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement of new lifetime health advisory levels for four types of PFAS chemicals, including PFOA, PFOS, GenX and PFBS, Senator Maggie Hassan issued the following statement: "The EPA's new health advisories are a step in the right direction to combating PFAS exposure in our environment, but there is still much to do to help Granite State families and communities who have felt the scourge o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 14, 2022: The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee passed bipartisan legislation, including a measure authored by Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and James Lankford (R-OK). The Improving Access to Retirement Savings Act makes it easier for employers who offer 403(b) plans, prevalent among tax-exempt organizations, to participate in multiple employer plans (MEPs) by allowing 403(b) plans. The meas more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a lead negotiator of the water infrastructure provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that was signed into law in November, and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed today's announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that $1 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law out of the $5 billion  more PR

HOLLIS, New Hampshire, June 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 17, 2022: Senator Maggie Hassan, Congressman Chris Pappas, and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today discussed efforts to help small farmers and announced new initiatives to help reduce costs for farmers and support local economies during a roundtable at Brookdale Fruit Farm, a local family-owned and operated farm, which is one of the state's largest fruit and produce farms. "New Hampshire's farms are central to our economy  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letter: Following this week's announcement of energy rate increases approved by New Hampshire's Public Utilities Commission, the New Hampshire Congressional Delegation is urging the state to use remaining funding that the Delegation helped secure in the American Rescue Plan to provide financial assistance to help Granite Staters afford their home energy bills. * * * June 17, 2022 To: The Honorable Christopher T. Sununu, 107 North Main Street, S more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- 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, issued the following statement after successfully including numerous provisions in the fiscal year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act to assist U.S. personnel and their loved ones suffering from anomalous health incidents (AHI) - also known as Havana Syndrome or directed-energy attacks - to get the medical attention they deserve. Specifically, Shaheen suc more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after securing and supporting numerous New Hampshire and national security priorities in the committee-approved National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2023. The annual legislation authorizes national defense objectives for the fiscal year. The FY23 NDAA was passed by the Senate Armed Services Committee.  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after the Senate Armed Service Committee advanced the fiscal year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes $800 million in additional military aid to Ukraine. The annual defense legislation also includes other priorities championed by Shaheen in response to Vladimir Putin's unprovoked invasion of Ukrai more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a lead negotiator of the water infrastructure provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that was signed into law in November, and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed today's announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that $1 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law out of the $5 billion more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, successfully secured the authorization of $20 million for a per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) health impact study at current and former U.S. military installations across the country, including at Pease Air National Guard Base in New Hampshire, in the fiscal year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Shaheen establishe more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- 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 Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement of new lifetime health advisory levels for four types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including PFOA, PFOS, GenX and PFBS. Read the EPA's announcement in full here (https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-new-drinking-water-health-advisories-pfas-chemicals-1-billion-bipartisan). "As numerou more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 17, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the SFRC Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, released the following statement in response to the European Commission recommendation's today that Ukraine and Moldova be granted candidate status to become members of the European Union. "I applaud the European Commission's recommendation that Ukraine and Moldova be granted EU candidate status - the crucial first step  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement after voting in favor of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022 (the PACT Act). The bipartisan bill passed the Senate with a vote of 84 to 14. The House of Representatives is expected to take up the Senate version of the legislation soon before it is sent to the President's desk. "Our veterans deserve access to the full scope of care they need to get we more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letter: Following this week's announcement of energy rate increases approved by New Hampshire's Public Utilities Commission, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) are urging the state to use remaining funding that the delegation helped secure in the American Rescue Plan to provide financial assistance to help Granite Staters afford their home energy bills. A more PR

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) to support the National World War II Memorial. The legislation now heads to the House of Representatives. The Greatest Generation Commemorative Coin Act authorizes the U.S. Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Proceeds from coin sales will go toward much-needed repai more PR

HANOVER, New Hampshire, June 18 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 17, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), co-chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and a Dartmouth College alumnus, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), chair of the SFRC Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, and a member of the bipartisan Ukraine Caucus, participated in a discussion hosted by Dartmouth on Russia's invasi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: A bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) to lower the cost of prescription drugs cleared a key committee hurdle this week. The Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2021 would tackle exorbitant prescription costs by increasing competition from generic drugs through better oversight of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) citizen petition process. Helping families afford life-saving prescript more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 17, 2022: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) met with Evgenia Kara-Murza, the wife of Russian opposition leader, Vladimir Kara-Murza. During their meeting, they discussed his unjust detention and continued pressure to release him and other Russian political prisoners. "Yester more PR

HANOVER, New Hampshire, June 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 17, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), chair of the SFRC Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, and a member of the bipartisan Ukraine Caucus, and U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), co-chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and a Dartmouth College alumnus, participated in a discussion hosted by Dart more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), co-chairs of the Senate North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Observer Group, announced two additional stops on their bipartisan delegation to the NATO summit in Spain later month, which will include Finland and Sweden. The Senators will make stops in Finland and Sweden ahead of the NATO summit to reaffirm bipartisan U.S. support for the nations as they begin the historic app more PR