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Shaheen, Warren Reintroduce Legislation to Provide Equal Tax Treatment for Married Same-Sex Couples
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) reintroduced legislation with U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and a group of Senators to provide equal tax treatment for married same-sex couples. The Refund Equality Act would ensure that legally-married same-sex couples -- who until the U.S. Supreme Court's 2013 U.S. v. Windsor decision were barred from filing federal taxes jointly -- are permitted to file amended tax returns back to the date of their marriage. "For years, same-sex c… Continue Reading
June 13, 2021
Shaheen, Tillis Issue Joint Statement Ahead of NATO Summit
(Washington, DC) -U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), co-chairs of the Senate NATO Observer Group, released a joint bipartisan statement ahead of tomorrow's NATO summit: "As President Biden meets with world leaders tomorrow, America will convey our enduring commitment to the partnership that's ensured our global security for more than seven decades: the NATO alliance. The United States will reassure our allies that the transatlantic alliance is here to stay, and we can b… Continue Reading
June 12, 2021
Shaheen, Rubio, Menendez, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Support Central American Women and Children
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Todd Young (R-IN), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Rob Portman (R-OH) introduced the Central American Women and Children Protection Act to address the protection and safety of women and children in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. The bipartisan legislation seeks to decrease and deter violence agains… Continue Reading
June 11, 2021
Shaheen Announces More than $1.3 Million to Support NH Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice System
(Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the Chair of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced that the DOJ awarded $1,380,376 in federal funding for New Hampshire to support Granite State law enforcement agencies. Specifically, the funding was awarded through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, which funds state and local law enforcement and criminal justice system initiatives, including those… Continue Reading
June 11, 2021
Shaheen Celebrates Opening of Senior Behavioral Health Unit at St. Joseph Hospital
(Nashua, NH) - Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) delivered remarks celebrating the opening of the Senior Behavioral Health Unit at St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua. Shaheen's office helped the hospital expedite the opening of the new facility by coordinating with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. With 24 beds designed for adults aged 65 and older, the health unit will help respond to the mental and behavioral health needs of seniors living in Nashua and the Southern Tier and h… Continue Reading
June 11, 2021
Shaheen Leads Bipartisan Effort to Strengthen SIV Program by Increasing Cap on Visas & Improving Efficiency
**Legislation increases authorized number of Afghan Special Immigrant Visas by 20,000 & improves visa processing for those facing danger after supporting U.S.-led missions in Afghanistan** (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, introduced new bipartisan legislation with Joni Ernst (R-IA), Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) to provide immediate improvements to the Afghan Special Immigrant… Continue Reading
June 10, 2021
Shaheen, Manchin, Ernst, Moran Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Make Permanent Medicare’s Flexibilities For Telehealth And Audio-only Services
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) introduced the bipartisan Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act to make a variety of Medicare's current telehealth flexibilities permanent, including flexibilities to provide audio-only forms of telehealth services. This would ensure that Medicare patients are able to continue to have access to the services and consultations that they need and patients in rural areas without access… Continue Reading
June 10, 2021
Shaheen Joins Bipartisan Statement on Bipartisan Infrastructure Agreement
(Washington, DC) -U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Rob Portman (R-OH), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jon Tester (D-MT), Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Mark Warner (D-VA) released the following statement after reaching an agreement on a framework to modernize America's infrastructure: "Our group - comprised of 10 Senators, 5 from each party - has worked in good faith and reached a bipartisan agreement on a realistic, comp… Continue Reading
June 10, 2021
Shaheen, Murkowski Reintroduce Bipartisan Fix to Stop Tax that Threatens Investments in Crucial Water Infrastructure
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) reintroduced their bipartisan bill to fix a measure in the 2017 tax bill that led to taxes on critical water infrastructure investments in New Hampshire, Alaska and across the nation. The bill would amend the treatment of Contributions in aid of Construction (CIAC) under Section 118 of the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the burden on taxpayers and encourage water and wastewater utilities to invest in water infrastr… Continue Reading
June 10, 2021
NH Congressional Delegation Calls on Department of Education to Work with NH to Ensure Schools Can Use Relief Funding for Construction Projects
WASHINGTON - Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan and Representatives Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas wrote to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona calling on the Department to work with New Hampshire to ensure that schools can use federal COVID-19 relief funding for needed construction projects, particularly those that improve air ventilation systems. "We urge the U.S. Department of Education ("the Department") to work with New Hampshire's state Department of Education (SEA) a… Continue Reading
June 10, 2021
Shaheen Helps Reintroduce Legislation to Reassert U.S. Global Leadership in LGBTQI+ Rights Protection
**Legislation comes amid Pride Month & would build on Biden administration efforts to embed LGBTQI+ protections throughout U.S. foreign policy, establish a permanent Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons** (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), all members of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, in reintroducing the Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality (GLOBE) Act. The legislation… Continue Reading
June 09, 2021
Shaheen Holds Hearing with Attorney General Garland on Department of Justice FY2022 Funding Priorities
(Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS), held a hearing on fiscal year 2022 funding priorities for the U.S. Department of Justice. She questioned Attorney General Merrick Garland on a variety of issues critical to New Hampshire and the nation. Shaheen began by highlighting her concerns with the present level of funding… Continue Reading
June 09, 2021
Shaheen, Hassan Help Introduce Legislation to Guarantee Women’s Reproductive Rights
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) in introducing the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA). The legislation would guarantee a pregnant person's right to access an abortion-and the right of an abortion provider to deliver these abortion services-free from medically unnecessary restrictions that interfere with a patient's individual choice or the provider-patient relationship. Int… Continue Reading
June 09, 2021
Shaheen, Hassan Announce New Legislation to Clean Up PFAS at Military Installations with Highest Levels of Contamination
New legislation includes $10 billion investment to protect military communities from toxic PFAS chemicals (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) in introducing two pieces of legislation - the Clean Water for Military Families Act and the Filthy Fifty Act - that would direct the Department of Defense (DOD) to identify and clean up per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at U.S. m… Continue Reading
June 08, 2021
Shaheen Secures NH & National Security Provisions in Landmark Bill to Invest in U.S. Competitiveness & Counter Chinese Aggression
**Bill Clears Senate across Party Lines and Includes Shaheen-Led Provisions on STEM Education & Enhancing Diplomatic Tools to Combat China's Influence** (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement after the Senate passed the watershed bill, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act of 2021, to counter an increasingly competitive and aggressive China. The comprehensive bipartisan bill invests in innovative education, good-paying jobs and cutting-edge i… Continue Reading
June 08, 2021
ICYMI: Shaheen Talks with Foreign Policy Magazine on Top Security Issues in Eastern Europe
**Interview comes on heels of Shaheen's bipartisan CODEL trip to Lithuania, Ukraine and Georgia last week to discuss democracy reforms and combatting Russian aggression** (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) spoke with Foreign Policy magazine to discuss pressing national security concerns facing Eastern Europe after leading a CODEL trip to the region last week. She shared what she hopes will come from the Biden-Putin summit in Geneva next week, as well as how to combat Russian … Continue Reading
June 07, 2021
BREAKING: Senate Passes Shaheen-Collins Resolution Condemning Attack on Kabul School & Urging International Support for Afghan Women & Girls
(Washington, DC) - Today, the Senate passed a bipartisan resolution led by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) to condemn the recent devastating attack on a girls' school in Kabul that killed over 85 and injured 150 people, and express U.S. solidarity with Afghan women and girls amid the recent surge in violence. Immediately following the attack, Shaheen spoke on the Senate floor about the urgent need for the U.S. to prioritize the rights of Afghan women and girls amid t… Continue Reading
June 07, 2021
BREAKING: Senate Passes Shaheen-Backed Bill to Support Victims of ‘Havana Syndrome’
**The legislation supports U.S. Intelligence and Diplomatic staff who have suffered head injuries from likely directed energy attacks in Cuba, China and elsewhere** (Washington, DC) - Today, the Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation to support American public servants who've incurred brain injuries from probable directed-energy attacks. The Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks (HAVANA) Act, co-authored by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mar… Continue Reading
June 07, 2021
Shaheen Applauds $23.5 Million U.S. Air Force Contract for Avlite Systems in Tilton
(Manchester, NH) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, applauded the announcement that Avlite Systems in Tilton, New Hampshire will receive a $23.5 million contract with the United States Air Force (USAF) to upgrade airfield lighting systems. Under the contract, Avlite will manufacture and deliver to the USAF High Mobility Airfield Lighting Systems (HMALS), which will provide USAF units with airfield lighting systems which can be rapidly d… Continue Reading
June 04, 2021
NH Delegation Announces More than $24.5 Million through December Relief Legislation to Combat COVID-19 Health Disparities among High-Risk & Underserved Granite State Communities
(Manchester, NH) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) today announced that New Hampshire will receive $24,568,498 to address COVID-19 related health disparities among communities considered to be high-risk and medically underserved, including communities of color and Granite Staters in rural areas. Specifically, the funding is being awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the C… Continue Reading
