CONWAY, New Hampshire, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: In Conway, Rep. Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined health care providers and patients at White Mountain Community Health Center for a roundtable discussion with Protect Our Care to discuss ongoing efforts to protect the Affordable Care Act, health care for Granite Staters with pre-existing conditions, and the work being done to strengthen health care for Granite Staters in rural communities. Part more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on Jan. 22 regarding the 47th anniversary of Supreme Court decision on Roe vs. Wade: "Today marks 47 years since the Supreme Court's historic Roe v. Wade decision, which ensured women have the constitutional right to make their own reproductive health care decisions. "The vast majority of Americans support a woman's right to choose, but over and over, we continue to see attempts by this administration, in C more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release Jan. 21: Last Friday, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), Bipartisan Opioid Task Force co-chair; Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP); and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to Uttam Dhillon, Acting Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), pressing the DEA to take long-delayed action to incre more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- 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, led Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) in a letter to President Donald Trump, calling on him to continue funding for the State Opioid Response (SOR) grant program in his budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The SOR grant program has been a critical  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) reintroduced legislation that would help prevent opioid misuse among students and student athletes. The Student and Student Athlete Opioid Misuse Prevention Act would allow schools, communities and youth athletic associations in New Hampshire and around the country to provide prevention programs to reduce the risk of opioid misuse among students and studen more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision on Citizens United vs. FEC: "The backward Citizens United decision helped unleash unlimited dark money in politics, giving corporate special interests even more power at the expense of hard-working Americans. As Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Congressional Republicans continue to block action on this urgent issue, I will keep standing wi more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on the 47th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Roe vs. Wade: "Protecting a woman's right to self-determination, including to make her own health care decisions, and ensuring access to important health services is essential to the economic vitality of our families, our communities, and our country. Right now, women's reproductive health care rights are under attack, and efforts to defu more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Maggie Hassan recognized Rahul and Karthik Chalumuri of Keene as January's Granite Staters of the Month for their efforts to organize donation drives at their school to support patients at a local cancer center. Karthik and Rahul, who are fraternal twins, are currently seniors at Keene High School. Before heading off to college, they decided that they wanted to give back in a big way. They fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- 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, led Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) in a letter to President Donald Trump, calling on him to continue funding for the State Opioid Response (SOR) grant program in his budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The SOR grant program has been a critic more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement on the 10th anniversary of the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court ruling, which unleashed a flood of unlimited corporate spending in U.S. elections and opened the door for wealthy special interests to have an outsized voice in the government. The decision wrongfully equated money with free speech, and improperly determined that big, wea more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement following reports (https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2020/01/18/trump-administration-allegedly-cuts-federal-scientists-out-new-water-policy/eRq03KhTRl7WteOJPce5tJ/story.html) that the Trump administration is considering revoking Environmental Protection Agency regulations that protect New England's streams and wetlands: "Protecting our  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration's decision to move forward with plans to roll back critical Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations that protect New England's streams and wetlands. On Sunday, Shaheen slammed the administration's proposal to reject the advice of the EPA's own scientific advisors and revoke key environment more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: This week, Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced bipartisan legislation to protect children from the dangers of e-cigarettes. The Resources to Prevent Youth Vaping Act would require that e-cigarette manufacturers pay user fees to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help to fund m more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following floor statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Jan. 21, paying tribute to Jeff Aulbech, Neil Cospito and Michael Jacobson: I rise to salute the work of three New Hampshire-based air traffic controllers--Jeff Aulbech, Neil Cospito, and Michael Jacobson--who calmly and quickly resolved a complex situation in the snowy skies of New England in 2018. The three men were awarded the prestigious Archi more ST

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) reintroduced legislation that would help prevent opioid misuse among students and student athletes. The Student and Student Athlete Opioid Misuse Prevention Act would allow schools, communities and youth athletic associations in New Hampshire and around the country to provide prevention programs to reduce the risk of opioid misuse among students and stude more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement on the third anniversary of President Trump reinstating and expanding the Global Gag Rule. The President expanded the ill-conceived policy for a second time last March, further restricting international organizations from delivering critical care to women and families around the world. The Global Gag Rule is an executive order that b more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Jan. 22: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement on the 47th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision: "The Roe v. Wade decision was a landmark case that determined legal and constitutional safeguards for what many of us already morally believed to be true: women's reproductive health care decisions belong to them, not their government," said Shaheen.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- 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, called on the Trump administration to "expeditiously" provide guidance to states on the implementation of the provision she authored in government funding legislation that gives treatment providers flexibility to use federal funding provided by the State Opioid Response grant program to help patients suffering more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced the Protecting Community Television Act with Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), legislation to ensure that community television operations continue to receive the resources they need to educate and inform viewers in the cities and towns where they operate. Currently, local governments are permitted to require as part of cable  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- 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, led Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) in a letter to President Donald Trump, calling on him to continue funding for the State Opioid Response (SOR) grant program in his budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The SOR grant program has been a criti more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Maggie Hassan honored the New Hampshire citizens she recognized in 2019 as Granite Staters of the Month this past Saturday in Manchester, where she commended them for all that they have done to help their fellow citizens, improve their communities, and build a stronger state and country. For photos from the event, click here (https://www.hassan.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced the Protecting Community Television Act with Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), legislation to ensure that community television operations continue to receive the resources they need to educate and inform viewers in the cities and towns where they operate. Currently, local governments are permitted to require as part of cable f more PR