WASHINGTON, Aug. 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 Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, was part of a bipartisan group this week, including U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), who were briefed by representatives from the U.S. State Department and USAID on the status of Afghan women and girls nearly one year since the United Stat more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen, as well as Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Annie Kuster (NH-02), announced that Cheshire County will receive $200,000 and Linwood Medical Center will receive $116,476 in federal funding to support workforce training for mental health and substance use services in rural areas. The funding was awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Servic more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement on the death of Rep. Jackie Walorski (IN-02): "Brad and I are shocked and deeply saddened by the loss of my friend and colleague, Congresswoman Jackie Walorski. I first met Jackie at our New Member Orientation in late 2012. We bonded over our husbands' love of jazz. "Over the years, Jackie and I became close personal friends, se more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, alongside Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representative Annie Kuster, applauded the announcement of $569,036 from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and FEMA's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program for the city of Nashua. The funding will be put towards operations and safety improvements for the N more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), joined Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14), Congresswoman Mayra Flores (TX-34), and Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03), to introduce the Advanced Border Coordination Act. Building off the successes of state-run fusion centers, this bipartisan legislation would establish Joint Operation Centers along the southern border to serve as centralized operating hubs tasked with coordin more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: After Senate passage of the Honoring Our PACT Act, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, released the following statement: "I'm pleased that this legislation has passed and that our veterans are now closer than ever to getting the treatment they need for exposure to toxic substances and burn pits, but it is absolutely shameful that this legislation wasn't  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped pass H.R.1808, the Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2021, which would ban the sale, import, manufacture or transfer of certain semi-automatic weapons. "Reinstating a ban on the sale of assault weapons is an important step to save lives and promote public safety," said Congressman Chris Pappas. "We are not powerless to do something about the senseless gun violence and more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced a bill to strengthen small businesses' cybersecurity by providing funding to Small Business Development Centers, including to the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center's Cybersecurity Review program that started in 2020 with federal funding that Senator Hassan worked on a bipartisan basis to secure. "As small businesses continue to modernize and d more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) in introducing a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the National Computer Forensics Institute (NCFI), which provides critical cyber defense training to state and local law enforcement agencies. The National Computer Forensics Institute Reauthorization Act of 2022 builds on the Strengthening State and Local C more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 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 Armed Services Committee and co-chair of the Senate Navy Caucus, led a letter to Deputy Secretary of Defense Katherine Hicks on Friday with Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME), expressing concern about the childcare center prioritization policy, specifically regarding the impact of that policy on civ more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The Senate has passed bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Joni Ernst (R-IA) to help identify and mitigate potential conflicts of interest between taxpayer-funded projects and government contractors' other business opportunities. The federal gover more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- 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, announced that a government funding proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2023 released last week by Senate Democrats includes $89,126,000 for 95 New Hampshire projects, which she helped secure. The robust federal dollars, appropriated through the Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) process, invest in a range of Gr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 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, delivered remarks on the Senate floor this afternoon. She urged the Senate to adopt the resolution paving the way for Sweden and Finland's accession to NATO. She discussed why this enlargement of NATO is criti more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released a guide to help inform Granite Staters about what health care services and resources are available in the wake of the Supreme Court's dangerous decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The Know Your Rights Guide: Reproductive Care in New Hampshire provides information on deadlines and locations to access abortion care, as well as links to financial help and legal r more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, alongside Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), welcomed National Science Foundation (NSF) grants heading to New Hampshire, including $1,359,407 to the University of New Hampshire and $280,000 to Dartmouth College. This funding comes from more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, alongside Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), welcomed National Science Foundation (NSF) grants heading to New Hampshire, including $1,359,407 to the University of New Hampshire and $280,000 to Dartmouth College. This funding comes from  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and a July 29, 2022, letter: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and co-chair of the Senate Navy Caucus, led a letter to Deputy Secretary of Defense Katherine Hicks on Friday with Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME), expressing concern about the childcare center prioritization policy, specifically regarding the more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 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 Appropriations Committee and chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS), issued the following statement on newly released legislation by Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Committee late last week to fund the federal government for fiscal year (FY) 2023. Senator Shaheen w more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- 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 86 to 11. The House of Representatives previously approved the legislation, which will now be sent to the President's desk to be signed into law. "This bipartisan legislatio more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), as well as Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), announced that Cheshire County will receive $200,000 and Linwood Medical Center will receive $116,476 in federal funding to support workforce training for mental health and substance use services in rural areas. The funding was awarded by the Substance Abuse and Menta more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced Senator Maggie Hassan and colleagues' legislation to strengthen border security, including by targeting fentanyl trafficking. The Committee also passed a number of additional bipartisan bills that Senator Hassan worked on. "The bipartisan bills that we passed today will strengthen law enforcement's efforts to prot more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The Senate passed four bipartisan bills that U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan cosponsored to increase funding for small police departments, improve officer training, and strengthen mental health supports for officers. "Law enforcement officers bravely put themselves in the line of duty to protect our communities, but too often they do not have the resources or support that they need," said Senator Hassan. " more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate passed Senators Maggie Hassan's (D-NH) and John Cornyn's (R-TX) bipartisan legislation to help prevent child abuse by training students and individuals who work with children in a professional or volunteer capacity on how to prevent, recognize, and report child sexual abuse. The bill is named for Jenna Quinn, a Texan and child abuse survivor, and is modeled after successful reforms pass more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release and a July 29, 2022, letter: U.S. Senators Susan Collins, a member of the Appropriations Committee, and Angus King, a member of the Armed Services Committee, are calling on the Department of Defense (DOD) to expand childcare resources at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) after new DOD guidance has caused dozens of the shipyard's civilian employees to lose access to the vital service. In a letter to Deputy Se more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release and a July 29, 2022, letter: U.S. Senators Susan Collins, a member of the Appropriations Committee, and Angus King, a member of the Armed Services Committee, are calling on the Department of Defense (DOD) to expand childcare resources at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) after new DOD guidance has caused dozens of the shipyard's civilian employees to lose access to the vital service. In a letter to Deputy Sec more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and an Aug. 4, 2022, letter: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) led a bipartisan group of Senators calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure funding allocated in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to combat per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in small and underserved communities is available to address contamination in residential  more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) issued the following statements after President Biden announced his nomination for Londonderry Police Chief William Hart to serve as United States Marshal for the State of New Hampshire: "I offer my sincerest congratulations to Chief Hart for this well-deserved nomination. Having served as Chief of the Londonderry Police Depar more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) issued the following statements after President Biden announced his nomination for Londonderry Police Chief William Hart to serve as United States Marshal for the State of New Hampshire. "I offer my sincerest congratulations to Chief Hart for this well-deserved nomination. Having served as Chief of the Londonderry Police Depa more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- 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, alongside Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representative Annie Kuster, applauded the announcement of $569,036 from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and FEMA's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program for the city of Nashua. The funding will be put towards operations and safety improvements for th more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- 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, alongside Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representative Annie Kuster, applauded the announcement of $569,036 from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and FEMA's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program for the city of Nashua. The funding will be put towards operations and safety improvements for t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and Chair of the SFRC Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, and U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statements after the Senate approved protocols for Finland and Sweden's accession into NATO by an overwhelming majority vote of 95-1 with one member v more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the SFRC Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, introduced new bipartisan legislation with Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) called the Western Balkans Democracy and Prosperity Act. This legislation would support economic development in the region through initiatives on infrastructure, trade and anti-corruption, including codification of sancti more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2022, and an Aug. 4, 2022, letter: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the SFRC Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) led a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken advocating for the preservation of the role of U.S. Special Envoy to Belarus and asking the State Department to work with the Biden administration to expe more PR