WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo Bill to Help Expedite Recovery of Missing Servicemembers Moves Forward * The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously advanced bipartisan legislation U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) introduced to cut bureaucratic red tape to help locate missing American servicemembers and civilian personnel. S. 3226, the Bring Our Heroes Home Act, would create a centralized records collection  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Continues to Expedite New Hampshire's Clean Air Act Requests with Two Proposed Actions * WASHINGTON -Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed two actions to grant New Hampshire's petition to withdraw from the Ozone Transport Region (OTR), and to conditionally approve the state's request to remove its Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) program from the State Implementation Plan (SIP). These proposed actions further E more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 7 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2026: * * * Former State Trooper Pleads Guilty to False Reports to Law Enforcement Attorney General John M. Formella announces that former New Hampshire State Police Trooper James Lamoureux (age 43) of Keene, New Hampshire, has pled guilty in Keene District Court to one count of False Reports to Law Enforcement, contrary to RSA 641:4. As part of a negotiated resolution, Mr. Lamoureux will be sentenced to six months in  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Joins Warren and Colleagues in Pressing Thune, Johnson on Republican Plans to Cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid * #Johnson recently indicated Republicans have a "plan" to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid if they retain power "Americans deserve to have full transparency into Republican plans to attack earned benefits like Social Security." Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA.),  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sens. James Risch, R-Idaho, and Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, chairman and ranking member, of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 5, 2026: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen Meet with UK Foreign Secretary Miliband Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ranking Member released the statement below following their meeting with the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom Ed Miliband. "W more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Opening Remarks for Nominations Hearing for Key Ambassadorial Positions Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks during a committee hearing on the nominations of Daniel Travis to be Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Nathaniel Morris to be Ambassador to Colombia and Pet more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, and Jim Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member and chairman, of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 5, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen, Chairman Risch Meet with UK Foreign Secretary Miliband Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the statement below following their meeting with the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom Ed Miliband. "We w more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Presses Administration to Review Impact of Canada Tariffs, Meets with Canadian Ambassador * U.S. Senator Susan Collins wrote to Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer requesting that they provide Maine businesses with greater clarity and notice regarding tariffs on Canadian goods scheduled to take effect on August 19 and consider the tariffs' expected negative impact on Maine's  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Applauds Advancement of Her Bipartisan Bill to Bring Missing Service Members Home * Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, and Mike Crapo (R-ID) applauded the advancement of their bipartisan bill to strengthen efforts to bring home missing service members by a unanimous, bipartisan vote in the U.S. Senate Homeland S more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen, Cassidy Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Establish Support for Disabled Entrepreneurs * U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) are introducing bipartisan legislation that would help reduce barriers and increase support for disabled entrepreneurs starting and expanding their small businesses. The bipartisan Supporting Disabled Entrepreneurs Act would direct the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish  more PR

PANAMA CITY, Panama, Aug. 7 (TNSjou)-- The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute issued the following news: * * * Ancient epidemics Archaeologists analyze how diseases impacted Indigenous populations in the Americas during colonial times - A new study examines the history of smallpox epidemics brought to America by European colonists, the absence of archaeological evidence associated with those epidemics, and whether ancient DNA might offer new insights. When Europeans first arrived in the Americas, they brought many infectious diseases more PR

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School issued the following news: * * * UMass Chan leading patient-centered research for people living with dementia 'This is about what matters to dementia patients and their caregivers' By Pat Sargent Sonal Singh, MD, MPH, associate professor of family medicine & community health and medicine in the Division of Health Systems Science, is leading a two-year engagement project on patient-centered comparative effectiveness research for patients and caregivers o more PR