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How women lead differently
by Linda Feldmann
By: Linda Feldmann Christian Science Monitor AMHERST, N.H. - Kelly Ayotte and Joni Ernst take the floor, two dynamic young US senators before a town hall of older military veterans. Between them, they represent a raft of firsts: Senator Ayotte is New Hampshire's first female attorney general and first female Republican senator. Senator Ernst is Iowa's first woman ever elected to either house of Congress and the first female military veteran to serve in the Senate. The gender dimension does no… Continue Reading
July 12, 2016
Shaheen tours UNH organic dairy farm
by KIMBERLE Y HAAS
LEE - Leaders in the natural products and integrative health industries met at the University of New Hampshire's organic dairy research farm in Lee Monday to discuss their impact on the local economy. The farm is a part of the Natural Products Trail, which accounts for more than $1 billion in annual revenue and supports nearly 7,000 jobs in the Granite State. U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., was at the meeting, and took a tour of the farm, petting calves and learning about the only industrial… Continue Reading
July 11, 2016
How This Senator Is Fighting For Rights For Sexual Assault Survivors
by TOREY VAN OOT
Photo: Boston Globe/Getty Images. U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. If you doubt that you can make a real difference in today's polarized political landscape, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen wants you to meet Amanda Nguyen. After she was sexually assaulted as a college student, Nguyen was faced with navigating a nightmare system that she's described as "worse than the rape itself." While the state where the assault occurred provides survivors with a 15-year window to decide whether to pursue criminal char… Continue Reading
July 08, 2016
New Hampshire’s D.C. experience
by LIISA RAJALA
Last month, more than 45 New Hampshire businesses, nonprofits and vendors were invited to Washington, D.C., as part of U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's seventh annual Experience New Hampshire event. The event's aim is to introduce Capitol Hill to the Granite State, but it has also created a space for Granite Staters to build and reinforce their relationships with each other. "We have made some nice connections with other restaurants, and it helps us reconnect with some of the restaurants or other f… Continue Reading
July 05, 2016
100 percent American
by KIMBERLEY HAAS
PORTSMOUTH - Ninety-six people from 52 countries and five continents were welcomed as U.S. citizens during the annual naturalization ceremony at Strawbery Banke on Monday. Patricia Janetos, who emigrated from Brazil, has been living in the United States for 20 years. She said it was time for her to be able to vote. "It means I am a part of the country 100 percent," Janetos said. "It's the greatest thing that I have ever done, and I am really happy." Larry Yerdon, president and CEO of Strawber… Continue Reading
June 23, 2016
NOAA to reimburse fishermen 85 percent for at-sea monitoring costs
by Max Sullivan
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will reimburse New England fishermen for 85 percent of the cost of at-sea monitors in 2016, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's office announced Wednesday. NOAA is expected to launch a program July 1 through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission where fishermen will be reimbursed for costs they pay this year to the at-sea monitors, according to Shaheen's office. Fishermen have said the costs, which began this year, are too much for them to pa… Continue Reading
June 10, 2016
Afghan interpreters seeking asylum caught in political crossfire
by Leo Shane III
Thousands of Afghan translators hoping to escape to safety in America may have had their dreams ended due to a Senate procedural fight on Thursday. It culminated in a top Senate Republican accusing a colleague of having "blood on (his) hands" and left advocates scrambling to find an alternative path to pull critical foreign allies out of the war zone before enemy fighters can find them. At issue is renewal of the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program, started six years ago as a way to protect … Continue Reading
June 09, 2016
To keep the Islamic State and Russia out, we need to keep Britain in
by Jeanne Shaheen and Lindsey Graham
Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, represents New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate, where Lindsey Graham, a Republican, represents South Carolina. As members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, we value Britain as the United States' strategic bridge to Europe, and we've been outspoken in urging the British people to vote to stay in the European Union in this month's referendum. The United States has a profound national interest in Britain remaining a member of the E.U., and in NATO remaining the co… Continue Reading
May 10, 2016
Another View -- Jeanne Shaheen: Internet sales tax would target NH
There is nothing "fair" about the misnamed Marketplace Fairness Act, which would force Granite State small businesses to become sales-tax collectors for other states. This misguided legislation would impose new burdens on New Hampshire's small businesses while offering no benefit to our state. It's no surprise that high-tax states love this legislation and giant retailers like Walmart are spending millions to pass it. But this bill is bad for small retailers who use the internet, bad for the na… Continue Reading
April 27, 2016
Seeking justice for NH sexual assault survivors
by Senator Jeanne Shaheen
Amanda Nguyen was in her early 20s when she was sexually assaulted. The trauma of the attack was compounded by the emotional trauma of a legal system that put needless obstacles in her path as a survivor seeking justice. She had to fight repeated battles to prevent her rape kit (the DNA evidence gathered from a forensic exam) from being destroyed, and she persevered through a grueling criminal justice process. I was deeply moved by Amanda's experience. Earlier this year, with invaluable counsel… Continue Reading
March 31, 2016
Shaheen, Dems urge hearings on court nominee
by KATHLEEN RONAYNE
CONCORD - Senate Democrats increased the pressure on their Republican colleagues to consider President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, with New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen insisting that it's time for lawmakers to "get on with it" and do their jobs. Outside the federal courthouse in the state capital and inside Senate offices in the U.S. Capitol, Democrats on Wednesday dismissed the GOP argument that Obama's successor should fill the vacancy after the American voters have a say in Novem… Continue Reading
March 30, 2016
Shaheen calls opioid crisis a 'pandemic'
by Nik Beimler
| U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, left, and Rochester Mayor Caroline McCarley listen during the Tri-City Mayors Summit on the Opioid Addiction Crisis Wednesday evening at the McConnell Center in Dover. Photo by Shawn St.Hilaire/Fosters.com DOVER - U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., met with a gathering of representatives from Dover, Rochester and Somersworth to discuss the opioid crisis, calling the situation a 'pandemic.' Shaheen is working at the federal level to secur… Continue Reading
February 22, 2016
Shaheen Visits Planned Parenthood Health Center, River Valley Com. College
by Bill Binder
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Planned Parenthood Vice President of Public Policy Jennifer Frizzell talk about the renovations and the future of Planned Parenthood during Shaheen?s visit to Claremont on Wednesday. Shaheen?s visit to the health center was to show support for the facility following two separate acts of vandalism against it last fall (Bill Binder photo). CLAREMONT, NH--Senator Jeanne Shaheen made two stops in Claremont on Wednesday, Feb. 17. Shaheen?s first stop was at Planned Parentho… Continue Reading
February 18, 2016
Shaheen, veterans' families work to get N. Korea sanctions bill amended to allow MIA searches
by Jennifer Crompton
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -A coalition of veterans' families has helped push for a change in congressional legislation to protect efforts to find the remains of missing POWs and MIAs in North Korea. The North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act was on its way from the House to the Senate when Rick Downes, president of Families of Korean and Cold War POW/MIAs, noticed that the legislation didn't address humanitarian efforts to account for the remains. The bill calls for increased sanctions on North Korea.… Continue Reading
February 16, 2016
Heroin, opioid epidemic is national emergency
New England is in the grip of an uncontrolled epidemic of opioid and heroin abuse, which has spread to our small towns and rural areas. As one addiction specialist put it: "It's easier to get heroin in some of these places than it is to get a UPS delivery." But this is also a nationwide crisis, and it requires an urgent federal response. In Congress, we are advancing an emergency funding bill that would provide an additional $600 million to mobilize major new resources for prevention, interventi… Continue Reading
February 10, 2016
Senate leadership advances Internet tax
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., reaffirmed her opposition to an Internet sales tax Tuesday after reports that Senate Republican leadership has agreed to advance the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act. Both Shaheen and New Hampshire's other representative in Senate, Republican Kelly Ayotte, have been vocal critics of attempts to pass bills that would impose sales tax collection requirements on Granite State businesses. "Internet sales tax legislation would be bad for New Hampshir… Continue Reading
February 03, 2016
Shaheen calls for end to attacks
by John Doyle
DOVER - A Portsmouth woman joined U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and other Congressional Democrats on Tuesday to demand an end to what Shaheen called the "ideological investigation" of Planned Parenthood. "We need our elected officials to stop attacking the few reproductive health-care providers we have in our communities, and instead focus on keeping their constituents healthy and safe," said Portsmouth's Crystal Paradis.Shaheen and Paradis noted the release last summer of several hidden- c… Continue Reading
February 02, 2016
Businesses Owned by Women Less Likely to Win U.S. Contracts, Study Shows
by JACKIE CALMES
"These are sobering statistics that show a real, unfair disadvantage for women entrepreneurs," said Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire. CreditAlex Brandon/Associated Press WASHINGTON - The odds of businesses owned by women winning a federal contract are about 21 percent lower than for otherwise similar companies, and years of effort to increase those chances have barely made an impact, according to a new report from the Commerce Department. The report is being released as the fe… Continue Reading
January 28, 2016
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen asks for aggressive response to Zika virus
CONCORD, N.H. -U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) has written to key federal agencies calling for an aggressive, and coordinated response to protect Americans from the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects and neurological problems in South America. The letter was sent Wednesday to the secretaries of state, health and human services and homeland security, urging them to quickly notify Congress of what resources they need to mount a defense. "As the Zika virus spreads, the federal… Continue Reading
January 28, 2016
Shaheen amendment would preserve POW/MIA efforts from Korean War
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - As Congress works on legislation to tighten sanctions against North Korea following its latest nuclear test explosion, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen has introduced an amendment that preserves efforts to recover remains of American soldiers in the Korean War. Shaheen introduced it Thursday after the Coalition of Families of Korean and Cold War POW/MIA's in Portsmouth said the sanctions bill could unintentionally hamper the North Korea POW/MIA Accounting Mission. The amendment exe… Continue Reading
