WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that it will heed calls led by U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to fix a policy that has limited the ability of workers whose hours have been reduced or were temporarily laid off from receiving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). ...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) reintroduced the DISCLOSE Act with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), legislation that would require organizations spending money in federal elections to disclose their donors and guard against hidden foreign influence in ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thursday, U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Mark Warner (D-Va.) sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), urging the Commission to administer the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBBP) in a way that helps address the ...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Chris Pappas (NH-01), Joe Neguse (CO-02), Ruben Gallego (AZ-07), Grace Meng (NY-06), and Stephanie Murphy (FL-07) re-introduced the Protect the Youth Vote Act to block the systematic efforts across the country to suppress the voices of young Americans. In recent ...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Representatives Paul D. Tonko (D-NY) and Michael Turner (R-OH) announced the reintroduction of their Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act, legislation that would vastly increase access to life-saving addiction ...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today joined Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) in introducing the bicameral Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMA) Act. The legislation seeks to reduce America’s rising maternal and infant mortality ...
WASHINGTON – At the White House today, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and a bipartisan group of her colleagues discussed strengthening the U.S. supply chain with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. President Biden is signing an Executive Order today to address supply ...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statements in response to new guidance from the Department of Treasury regarding the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program that ...
BOSTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded more than $8.8 million in funding to New Hampshire public housing authorities to make capital investments in their public housing units. This funding is part of $2.7 billion in funding awarded nationally to 2,900 ...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today questioned President Joe Biden’s nominee to be Deputy Treasury Secretary, Wally Adeyemo, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing. The Senator questioned Mr. Adeyemo on a number of important economic priorities for New Hampshire, ...
WASHINGTON – During a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) questioned Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Senator Hassan discussed the importance of continuing to ...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Maggie Hassan (D—N.H.), and Josh Hawley (R—Mo.) along with Representatives Anthony Gonzalez (OH-16), Annie Kuster (NH-02), Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) and Lucy McBath (GA-06) reintroduced the END Child ...
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, participated in a hearing entitled, “Pathway to Protection: Expanding Availability of COVID-19 Vaccines.” The Subcommittee heard from vaccine ...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after voting in favor of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Thomas-Greenfield’s confirmation cleared the Senate ...
MANCHESTER - U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas (NH-01), co-chair of the bipartisan House Small Business Caucus, announced the launch of his Small Business Workshops series, which will bring together small business owners, government agencies, and local entities to foster collaboration, answer questions, ...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today joined Sens. Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) in reintroducing legislation to create a public option by expanding on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicare. The Medicare Exchange (Medicare-X) plan would offer families, ...
CONCORD — U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced the start of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition in New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District. Each spring, a nation-wide high school arts competition is sponsored by the U.S. House of Representatives. The Artistic Discovery ...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement after the United States reached 500,000 deaths from COVID-19, underscoring the urgent need for Congress to finalize comprehensive relief legislation: “Today marks a devastating milestone for our nation. The loss ...
CONCORD – U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) issued the following statement after the death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic surpassed 500,000 in the United States: “Today, just over a year after our nation’s first confirmed COVID-19-related death, we have lost more than 500,000 Americans to ...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan released the following statement ahead of the national moment of silence this evening to mark the nearly 500,000 American lives lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic: “This deadly virus has devastated families and communities across the country, and it is ...
