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Women in Small Business: Cracking the Glass Ceiling
by U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Recent headlines have celebrated the success of women chief executives at Facebook, IBM, General Motors and other corporate giants. But this misses a much bigger story: women-owned small businesses - already numbering nearly 10 million - are starting up at twice the rate of men-owned businesses, and they are succeeding despite an all too real glass ceiling. At the same time, women in Congress are leading the legislative fight to crack that glass ceiling and level the playing field for women-owne… Continue Reading
October 14, 2015
Sen. shaheen: United States can do more on Syrian refugee crisis
U.S. Sen. Jeanne shaheen, D-NH, wrapping up a visit to Europe to better understand the Syrian refugee crisis, said America should contribute more to the humanitarian response. The shaheen-led Senate delegation met with leaders in Greece, Ukraine and Germany, and met with some refugees. "We're among those members of Congress who think that the United States can and should do more, both to try and take in more of the refugees who have been vetted, but also to support - in every way we can - the … Continue Reading
October 12, 2015
Drones Could Soon Be Banned From Flying Near Wildfires
by JORDAN GOLSON
Drone pilots keep flying their aircraft near wildfires. You can understand why: Fires are visually fascinating, and drones are the cool new way to shoot photos and videos of things we like looking at. But it's becoming a problem: The US Forest Service says drones have interfered with firefighting aircraft 13 times so far this year alone, and lawmakers are determined to stop it. New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D) last week introduced the Wildfire and Emergency Airspace Protection Act, a bi… Continue Reading
September 29, 2014
NHTI Awarded $2.5M Job-Training Grant
by ASSOCIATED PRESS
The New Hampshire Technical Institute at Concord's Community College has been awarded a $2.5 million federal job-training grant aimed at boosting information technology programs. U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen announced the U.S. Department of Labor grant on Monday. The grant will help create new certificate and associate degree programs in information technology such as cyber security, networking and game programming. Shaheen says those skills can be applied in growing fields including health care, … Continue Reading
February 21, 2014
Shaheen Takes Time to Visit Dairy Farm
CONCORD, NH - February 21, 2014 - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D?NH) visited with dairy farmers today. The Bartlett family of Concord opened their barn doors to the Senator, members of the ag? community and news reporters to discuss the new dairy provisions of the farm bill. On February 4, the Senate passed the farm bill, which included a new dairy program with a restructured safety net. The program takes into account the price of milk as well as the cost of feed and is available to … Continue Reading
September 25, 2013
Lawmakers seek fix to extend visa program for Iraqi interpreters
by Jeremy Herb
Lawmakers are looking for a last-minute legislative fix to extend a visa program for Iraqis who served as interpreters for the U.S. military during the Iraq War. The program for Iraqis to receive special immigrant visas to come to the United States is slated to expire on Sept. 30 unless Congress passes a measure to continue it. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and several senior senators are looking for a way to pass a one-year extension amid the legislative fight over funding the government, whic… Continue Reading
March 28, 2012
Shaheen, local paving company head urge passage of federal transportation bill
by John DiSatso
MANCHESTER - Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and the president of one of the state's largest paving companies on Tuesday urged the U.S. House to act quickly on a long-term extension of the federal transportation authorization bill, warning that continued gridlock will cost New Hampshire jobs and stall the Interstate 93 widening project. Shaheen, D-N.H., said a Senate-passed bill contains $170 million a year for New Hampshire as well as a provision allowing the state to borrow $115 million, based on anticip… Continue Reading
February 29, 2012
Contraception debate should be about people, not politics
by Senator Jeanne Shaheen
WOMEN'S health care is under attack. Already this year we have seen assaults on Planned Parenthood, on federal funding for women's health and now on access to contraception. Now the forces behind these attacks have a dangerous new proposal that would affect health care for all Americans. The proposal offered by Senate Republicans in Congress would empower corporations or any other employer to deny virtually any preventive or essential health service to any American based on any religious or mo… Continue Reading
February 08, 2012
Energy efficiency is good policy, good for economy
by Senator Jeanne Shaheen
Democrats and Republicans agree we need action on our economy, and we need action on our energy policy. We must overcome the political gridlock that has kept solutions to both problems out of reach. The need for jobs is obvious - too many Americans remain out of work and too many businesses are still struggling. And the need for action on our energy policy is also dire. Our dependence on foreign oil remains a grave security risk, and our outdated energy infrastructure has left American business… Continue Reading
February 07, 2012
Why the Birth-Control Mandate Makes Sense
by Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Barbara Boxer and Patty Murray
It was a historic victory for women's health when the Obama administration changed the law to require private health plans to provide preventive services including breast exams, HIV screening and contraception for free. This new policy will help millions of women get the affordable care they need. Now, sadly, there is an aggressive and misleading campaign to deny this benefit to women. It is being waged in the name of religious liberty. But the real forces behind it are the same ones that sough… Continue Reading
January 13, 2012
Shaheen teaches Alvirne High School students a lesson on gender equality
by Patrick Meighan
HUDSON - Jeanne Shaheen fielded students' questions about jobs, health-care, party politics and life as a U.S. senator. But more than her answers, perhaps the biggest impact Shaheen made during her visit Thursday morning to Alvirne High School was that she stood before 300 or so seniors and ROTC students as a woman who has held a unique position in U.S. history. Shaheen, a Democrat, is the only woman ever to have served both as a state governor and U.S. senator. Shaheen served as New Hampshire… Continue Reading
December 22, 2011
The People of Berlin Never Gave Up
by Senator Jeanne Shaheen
After months of unnecessary delays and uncertainty, Berlin Prison will finally open. And that's good news for jobs in the North Country. Berlin Prison itself will add more than 300 jobs and provide a $40 million annual economic boost to the region. Berlin began its campaign for the prison in 2001. By 2007 construction had begun and in 2010 the prison was completed. However, for more than a year, a protracted budget fight in Congress left the prison fully complete but lacking the funds to open.… Continue Reading
December 14, 2011
Senate must send signal to Russia
by Senator Jeanne Shaheen
It's time for the Senate to send Russia a strong signal in support of human rights, transparency and the rule of law. In the aftermath of last week's election - marred by fraud, followed by unjust arrests of hundreds of peaceful protestors, opposition leaders and human rights activists - it's crucial to stand with courageous Russian citizens. who are asking only that their basic and universal rights are protected. The Senate has two options - one for immediate action, and one to consider … Continue Reading
December 09, 2011
A More Perfect European Union
by Senator Jeanne Shaheen
European leaders are gathering in Brussels on Dec. 8 to organize a collective response to the growing debt crisis -- but it's not only the euro that endangers European unity. Lost in the headlines is the possibility of renewed violence in the western Balkans, which threatens to roll back the significant progress we have made in the region over the past 15 years. The deteriorating security situation in northern Kosovo requires an urgent, united, and focused transatlantic response that re-commits … Continue Reading
December 05, 2011
Ayotte, Shaheen praise passage of defense spending bill they helped craft
by Ted Siefer
New Hampshire's U.S. senators are praising the passage of a $662 billion defense spending bill, which includes a controversial provision that would mandate the military detention of suspected terrorists captured abroad and on U.S. soil. Both Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen are members of the Armed Services Committee, and they played important roles in drafting the National Defense Authorization Act, which was passed by the Senate on Thursday by a vote of … Continue Reading
November 11, 2011
About our veterans and jobs
by Senator Jeanne Shaheen
Commemorating Veterans Day is a humbling experience. As we take the day to thank those who have served, it is often difficult to comprehend the struggles many of our veterans have endured. I have met so many of our veterans, and each one of their stories is unique. Many are harrowing, others heart-rending. The truth is, we may never fully understand the sacrifices they've made-we can only thank them and their families from the bottom of our hearts. I'm proud that our country comes together to… Continue Reading
April 29, 2011
SHAHEEN AT CONVAL: Senator touts technology to give students an edge
by Abby Spegman
PETERBOROUGH - U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen was at Conval Regional High School on Thursday to meet with engineering students and the school's robotics team as part of a campaign to promote science and technology education. Talking to a group of students, staff and parents, Shaheen discussed legislation she is co-sponsoring that would fund STEM - science, technology, engineering and mathematics - programs in high schools. Schools would compete for grants for such programs. She hopes the legislation… Continue Reading
April 04, 2011
An army of robots descends on Capitol Hill (well, kinda)
by Shawna Thomas and Carrie Dann
A policy goal of one member of the United States Senate got a boost this afternoon from one nearly-universal fact about modern American culture: Almost everyone thinks robots are way cool. Sen. Jean Shaheen (D-N.H.) was aided by a small army of robots (and by the teams of students who built them) on Monday in unveiling legislation to help high schoolers gain more access to programs furthering science, technology, engineering and math education. In a presentation tied to the legislation's intr… Continue Reading
March 31, 2011
U.S. DOT delivers $20m for Memorial Bridge project
by Scott E. Kinney
PORTSMOUTH - The U. S. Department of Transportation has obligated $20 million in funding for the replacement of the Memorial Bridge between Portsmouth and Kittery, Maine. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, joined together last Congress to fight for the bridge funding and were successful in helping secure a Tiger II grant in October 2010. That funding was called into question in February as Congress began budget discussions. Since the news came ou… Continue Reading
March 02, 2011
Shaheen listens to local concerns
by Katherine Burt
LITTLETON- U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen has spent the last few months trying to answer the question of how to get the economy working again, and last Friday's North Country tour was an opportunity to focus on the needs of small businesses - to determine where the federal government can help, and where it needs to step back and give the private sector room to grow, Shaheen said. A stop in Littleton to hear concerns and answer questions from local business and political leaders was part of that mis… Continue Reading
