WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Following bipartisan calls from Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and colleagues including Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the U.S. Treasury Department announced that veterans, their caregivers, and family survivors who receive Department of Veterans Affairs pension payments, disability compensation, or survivors' benefits will automatically receive direct cash assistance included in the CARES Act without having to file tax returns. "Today's announcement more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Following bipartisan calls from Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and colleagues, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that veterans, their caregivers, and family survivors who receive Department of Veterans Affairs pension payments, disability compensation, or survivors' benefits will automatically receive direct cash assistance included in the CARES Act without having to file tax returns. "I'm glad the administration heeded o more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: On a conference call with county administrators throughout New Hampshire, Senator Maggie Hassan discussed COVID-19 response efforts in Congress to support county needs and took questions from participants about access to vital supplies and keeping frontline workers safe. Senator Hassan began the call by thanking county administrators and their staffs for all that they are doing to protect public health amid the COVID-19 pandemic: "We are grappling  more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 15 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) joined a bipartisan effort calling on Congressional leadership to temporarily waive copays for mail-order prescription drugs for TRICARE beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kuster joined over 50 of her colleagues as well as 13 veterans service organizations (VSOs) in calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to consider this measure in the next COVID-19 relief legislation. "We are more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 18 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on the exhaustion of funding for the Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program: "Small businesses across New Hampshire have sought financial relief through the Paycheck Protection Program to keep paying their workers and cover businesses expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic. "I want to commend our small business lenders and community banks who have worked around the clock with businesses to secure PPP financing and navigate th more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 17 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Senator Maggie Hassan and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) called on Department of Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia to work expeditiously with state employment agencies to ensure that eligible Americans receive unemployment benefits without further delay. "The COVID-19 crisis is like no challenge we have faced before," the delegation wrote. "When Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a negotiator of the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that New Hampshire airports will receive $15.2 million through the CARES Act to support them during the COVID-19 crisis. The continued operation of New Hampshire's airports is needed to ensure essential workers and supplies are  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) called on the House leadership to ensure that the next coronavirus relief package includes measures to help New Hampshire families affordably maintain access to their existing health coverage in the face of skyrocketing job losses. Because most Granite Staters obtain coverage through an employer, the current economic downturn could result in untold numbers of families losing access to critical health services at the w more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) called on House leadership from both parties to come together and immediately pass stopgap legislation to get additional help to Main Street small businesses and workers in New Hampshire: "Congress must immediately pass stopgap legislation to address the shortfall in critical small business lending programs and provide additional resources," said Congressman Pappas. "Our small businesses and their workers simply cann more PR

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, April 14 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, led a number of his colleagues in urging the Department of Transportation and the Department of the Treasury to take action to protect Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) and other regional airports as the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause massive flight cancelations and other disruptions to the nation's commercial aviation s more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Members of the Maine and New Hampshire Congressional Delegationswrote to the Department of Defense (DOD) to express their concern with an updated policy that reduces the paid administrative leave options available to public shipyard workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The updated guidance creates impediments to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers staying home if necessary to protect public health or the health of a vulnerable family member during this pub more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: All eight members of the Maine and New Hampshire Congressional Delegations wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, urging him to provide price stabilizing assistance to assist New England dairy farmers who are struggling with plummeting prices for milk products and increased costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter was signed by U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Jeanne Shaheen, Angus King, and Maggie Hassan and U.S. Representativ more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 16 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 15: Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) held a telephone town hall to discuss the COVID-19 (coronavirus) public health crisis and take questions from New Hampshire residents. Kuster and Pappas were joined on the call by Dr. Antonia L. Altomare, DO, MPH, Infectious Disease and International Health at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and Major General David Mikolaities, the New Hampshire Adjutant General.  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congresswoman Lucy McBath (GA-06) led freshman House members in calling on the House leadership to make prescription drug access and affordability a top priority in the next COVID-19 relief package. Specifically, the lawmakers are urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy to guarantee that patients will be able to maintain an adequate supply of their medications during the pandemic. At a t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on April 14: Members of the Maine and New Hampshire Congressional Delegations wroteto the Department of Defense (DOD) to express their concern with an updated policy that reduces the paid administrative leave options available to public shipyard workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The updated guidance creates impediments to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers staying home if necessary to protect public health or the health of a vulnerable family member du more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, held a discussion today with the NH Medical Society and clinicians across New Hampshire to thank them for their efforts and hear directly about their most pressing needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Senator Hassan recently joined the rest of the New Hampshire Congressional Delegation in announcing $164.5 million to New Hampshire health care providers as a  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan joined a virtual discussion with fourth grade students at Exeter's Lincoln Street School, who have been learning remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. The class's scheduled visit to the State House was canceled due to COVID-19, and Senator Hassan wanted to give the students the opportunity to ask questions about her experience as Governor and now as Senator. On the call, the Senator recognized the challenges that the stu more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following statement: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan will participate in an 11 AM call with President Trump as a member of a new bipartisan White House task force consisting of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives to provide counsel to the President on reopening the economy in the wake of COVID-19. Ahead of the President's first call with Senators, Senator Hassan released the following statement: "Governors, local officials, and public health experts will decid more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) in calling on the leaders of eight domain name registrars and hosting sites, including GoDaddy and Namecheap Inc., to explain the steps that their companies are taking to combat misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. Scammers and cybercriminals are preying on the public's increasing need for real-time, verifiable information as COVID-19 spreads across  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Following the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) refusal to strengthen ambient air quality standards despite research showing its link to higher COVID-19 mortality, Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) led a group of her colleagues in raising concerns about the decision. "Today, EPA announced its decision to maintain current national ambient air quality standards that EPA's own scientists say fail to protect public health - and that research links wit more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Members of the Maine and New Hampshire Congressional Delegations wrote to the Department of Defense (DOD) to express their concern with an updated policy that reduces the paid administrative leave options available to public shipyard workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The updated guidance creates impediments to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers staying home if necessary to protect public health or the health of a vulnerable family member during t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a negotiator of the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that New Hampshire airports will receive $15.2 million through the CARES Act to support them during the COVID-19 crisis. The continued operation of New Hampshire's airports is needed to ensure essential workers and supplies a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Members of the Maine and New Hampshire Congressional Delegations wrote to the Department of Defense (DOD) to express their concern with an updated policy that reduces the paid administrative leave options available to public shipyard workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The updated guidance creates impediments to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers staying home if necessary to protect public health or the health of a vulnerable family member during this  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: All eight members of the Maine and New Hampshire Congressional Delegations wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, urging him to provide price stabilizing assistance to assist New England dairy farmers who are struggling with plummeting prices for milk products and increased costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter was signed by U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Jeanne Shaheen, Angus King, and Maggie Hassan and U.S. Representat more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) led 32 Senators in advocating for local governments to receive dedicated, flexible funding in the next COVID-19 emergency funding bill. While New Hampshire is receiving $1.25 billion in federal aid to reimburse the state for COVID-19 response, state and local governments need more flexible, dedicated funding in the next emergency funding package to ensure that funding is distributed at the  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead Democrat of the Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees the Department of Justice (DOJ), called on Attorney General William Barr to establish a New England COVID-19 Task Force to coordinate federal and state agencies, prosecutors and law enforcement to address scams, price gouging and other deceptive practices associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. In her letter, Shaheen applauded the DOJ's recent eff more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) sent a letter with U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and 36 of their Senate colleagues pressing congressional leaders to make sure that any future coronavirus relief legislation includes strong measures to secure health care coverage for Americans in the wake of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. In the letter, the Senators urged Senate and House leaders to take steps to ensure that those who have lost thei more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a lead negotiator of the small business assistance provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, announced today that 4,400 New Hampshire small businesses have been approved for forgivable loans as of Friday through the Paycheck Protection Program established by the CARES Act. These loans total $1.06 billion in obligated assistance to New Hampshire small businesses to help them sta more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) called on Department of Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia to work expeditiously with state employment agencies to ensure that eligible Americans receive unemployment benefits without further delay. "The COVID-19 crisis is like no challenge we have faced before," the delegation wrote. "When Congres more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Members of the New Hampshire and Maine Congressional Delegations wrote to the Department of Defense (DOD) to express their concern with an updated policy that reduces the paid administrative leave options available to public shipyard workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The updated guidance creates impediments to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers staying home if necessary to protect public health or the health of a vulnerable family member during  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a negotiator of the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that New Hampshire airports will receive $15.2 million through the CARES Act to support them during the COVID-19 crisis. The continued operation of New Hampshire's airports is needed to ensure essential workers and supplies  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: All eight members of the New Hampshire and Maine Congressional Delegations wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, urging him to provide price stabilizing assistance to assist New England dairy farmers who are struggling with plummeting prices for milk products and increased costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter was signed by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Represe more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators John Hoeven (R-ND) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) led a bipartisan group of Senators in urging the U.S. Department of Treasury and U.S Department of Veterans Affairs to provide recovery rebate checks to veterans as quickly as possible by automatically sending payments to veterans who do not file tax returns - similarly to how Treasury is sending payments to Social Security recipients who do not file tax returns. Click here for the senators' lette more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined their colleagues in calling for increased investments in mental and behavioral health, including for substance use disorder, in future COVID-19 response legislation. In a letter led by Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Angus King (I-ME), the Senators highlighted t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) and colleagues in calling on Vice President Mike Pence and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to conduct a national inventory of the COVID-19 diagnostic testing supply, publicly release data on testing results, and provide a detailed plan and timeline for addressing future shortages and gaps in the testing supply chain. "Over three weeks after  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) are urging the Department of Agriculture to act immediately to help dairy farmers and the producers of specialty crops, which includes key New Hampshire products such as apples and maple syrup. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act created a $9.5 billion emergency response fund to provide direct support to agricultural producers, including dairy farmers and produc more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen urged the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to strengthen New Hampshire veterans' access to telehealth as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread. The CARES Act that Senators Hassan and Shaheen worked to pass into law included $2.15 billion in funding to the VA to enhance its ability to provide telehealth services to veterans. The Senators write, "Given the social distancing measures necessitated b more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) called on the leaders of eight domain name registrars and hosting sites to combat scams and misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Senators asked the executives of GoDaddy, Dynadot, Donuts Inc., Namecheap Inc., Web.com, Endurance International Group, InMotion Hosting, and DreamHost to explain the steps their companies are taking to combat misinformation  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) sent a letter with U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and 24 of their colleagues calling on congressional leadership to commit at least $1 billion in funding for the Lifeline program in future coronavirus relief to meet the new connectivity needs of Americans. Since 1985, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s Lifeline program has made basic internet and telephone service more  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) sent a letter with U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and 24 of their colleagues calling on congressional leadership to commit at least $1 billion in funding for the Lifeline program in future coronavirus relief to meet the new connectivity needs of Americans. Since 1985, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s Lifeline program has made basic internet and telephone service more a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and 32 of their Senate colleagues in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer calling for any future response legislation to include a requirement that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to guarantee protections for all essential workers. more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, joined their colleagues in calling for increased investments in mental and behavioral health, including for substance use disorder, in future COVID-19 response legislation. In a letter led by Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Angus King (I-ME), the Senators highlighted  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Joe Manchin (D-WV), and colleagues called for local governments to receive dedicated, flexible funding in the next COVID-19 emergency funding bill. While New Hampshire is receiving $1.25 billion in federal aid to reimburse the state for COVID-19 response, state and local governments need more flexible, dedicated funding in the next emergency funding package to ensure that funding is distribu more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) are urging the Department of Agriculture to act immediately to help dairy farmers and the producers of specialty crops, which includes key New Hampshire products such as apples and maple syrup. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act created a $9.5 billion emergency response fund to provide direct support to agricultural producers, including dairy farmers and produ more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) urged the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to strengthen New Hampshire veterans' access to telehealth as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread. The CARES Act that Senators Hassan and Shaheen worked to pass into law included $2.15 billion in funding to the VA to enhance its ability to provide telehealth services to veterans. The Senators write, "Given the social distancing measures more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - the lead Democrat of the Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Office on Violence Against Women - sent a bipartisan letter with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and a group of Senators to Senate leadership and appropriators requesting that additional funding and critical provisions to support the victims of family violence, domestic violence and dating violence be included in the anticipated fourth coronavirus  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - the lead Democrat of the Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Office on Violence Against Women - sent a bipartisan letter with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and a group of Senators to Senate leadership and appropriators requesting that additional funding and critical provisions to support the victims of family violence, domestic violence and dating violence be included in the anticipated fourth coronavirus ( more PR