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Following Calls from Senators Shaheen, Hassan and Colleagues, Veterans Receiving VA Benefits Will Automatically Receive COVID-19 Direct Cash Assistance
Shaheen, Hassan and Colleagues' Advocacy Will Lead to Over 18 Million More Americans Receiving Their Assistance Automatically - Including Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, and VA Beneficiaries WASHINGTON - Following bipartisan calls from Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and colleagues, the U.S. Treasury Department announced today that veterans, their caregivers, and family survivors who receive Department of Veterans Affairs pension payments, disability compens… Continue Reading
April 17, 2020
NH, Maine Delegations Call on USDA to Boost Support for Dairy Farmers Facing Economic Crisis Due to COVID-19
Washington, D.C.-All eight members of the New Hampshire and Maine Congressional Delegations wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today, 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. Representatives Annie Kuster, Ch… Continue Reading
April 17, 2020
Shaheen Calls For Local Government Emergency Funding
(Washington, DC) - Today, 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 municipal level. Senat… Continue Reading
April 17, 2020
Shaheen Urges Congressional Leaders to Expand Health Care Coverage in Any Future COVID-19 Legislation
** Letter comes as more Americans continue to lose their jobs and their employer-based health care amid the COVID-19 crisis** WASHINGTON - Today, 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… Continue Reading
April 16, 2020
Senators Shaheen, Hassan Urge VA to Strengthen New Hampshire Veterans’ Access to Telehealth Amid COVID-19
Senators' Letter Raises Broadband Challenges, Importance of Mental Health Care WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today 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 Se… Continue Reading
April 16, 2020
Senators Shaheen & Hassan Call for Increased Investments to Address Mental Health Needs, Including Substance Use Disorder, Resulting from COVID-19 Pandemic
WASHINGTON - 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, today 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 the threat that COVID-19 po… Continue Reading
April 16, 2020
Shaheen & Hassan Call For Emergency OSHA Standard To Protect Essential Workers In COVID-19 Response Legislation
"If we do not mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace, it will continue to spread in the community and endanger the public at large." WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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 Ad… Continue Reading
April 16, 2020
Delegation Calls on U.S. Department of Labor to Provide Additional Resources to States to Expedite Processing of Unemployment Claims
**An unprecedented volume of unemployment benefit claims have led to significant delays as over 100,000 Granite Staters file for unemployment benefits during COVID-19 crisis** Concord, NH - Today, 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 unempl… Continue Reading
April 15, 2020
Shaheen and Hassan Call for Boosted Lifeline Assistance Funding To Keep Americans Connected
"As our financial, educational, social, civic, and healthcare needs become more dependent on the internet during this crisis, Congress must commit to ensuring that no one loses connectivity." (Washington, DC) - 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… Continue Reading
April 14, 2020
Shaheen, Hassan & Group of Senators Send Bipartisan Letter Urging Increased Support for Victims of Domestic Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Senators Request Additional Funding for the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act and the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to Respond to Growing Domestic Violence Threat During Pandemic (Washington, DC) - 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 ad… Continue Reading
April 14, 2020
NH Delegation Announces $15.2 Million for NH Airports Through CARES Act
**Support for airports was a priority for Shaheen during CARES Act negotiations** (Washington, DC) - Today, 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… Continue Reading
April 14, 2020
NH & Maine Delegation Members Urge DOD to Reinstate Paid Leave Policy at PNSY
Washington, D.C.-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 this public health crisis. Th… Continue Reading
April 14, 2020
Senators Shaheen, Hassan Urge Agriculture Department to Help New Hampshire Farmers Struggling Because of COVID-19
NEW HAMPSHIRE - 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 producers of specialty crops. The… Continue Reading
April 13, 2020
Shaheen: 4,400 Forgivable Loans Approved for NH Small Businesses, Urges Quick Delivery of Assistance & Implementation Fixes
**Shaheen was a lead negotiator of the Paycheck Protection Program which has so far obligated $1.06 billion in approved forgivable loans to Granite State small businesses** (Washington, DC)-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 … Continue Reading
April 11, 2020
Shaheen Calls on DOJ to Establish New England COVID-19 Task Force to Protect Americans from Scams, Price Gouging Amid Public Health Crisis
SHAHEEN: "States in the New England region have been hit particularly hard by COVID-19, and we must ensure that PPE ends up in the right hands and those committing illegal and fraudulent activity are stopped. This Task Force will go a long way in identifying criminal activity, redistributing PPE and preventing criminals from preying on more innocent victims." (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead Democrat of the Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees the Department … Continue Reading
April 11, 2020
Senators Shaheen, Hassan Push for More Information, Transparency on COVID-19 Testing
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (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 President Trump declared th… Continue Reading
April 10, 2020
Shaheen Encourages Granite Staters to Visit New IRS Website to Enroll in Direct Deposit & Get Information on COVID-19 Recovery Payments
(Washington, DC) - Today, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury launched a new IRS website enabling Granite Staters and Americans who do not normally file tax returns to enter their direct deposit information, allowing them to receive their CARES Act stimulus relief check as quickly and securely as possible. "Americans in New Hampshire and across the country are hurting from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and need any and all relief that is available to… Continue Reading
April 10, 2020
Shaheen Joins Colleagues in Pressing Administration for Information on Distribution of Critical Medical Supplies, Personal Protective Equipment
Senators express concern that Administration's reliance on private companies for distribution raises serious ethical questions, could result in supplies not being delivered to those in need WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen joined U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and the Senate Democratic Caucus in raising serious concerns about the Trump Administration's reliance on private companies to distribute desperately needed med… Continue Reading
April 10, 2020
NH Delegation Announces $164.5M from CARES Act Immediately Dispersed to NH Health Care Providers
Shaheen, Hassan, Kuster & Pappas Supported Robust Financial Assistance in New Law to Help Granite State Health Care Providers Mitigate Revenue Shortfall Due to COVID-19 Outbreak Shaheen Fought to Boost Funding for Health Care Providers in Law & Pushed Senate Leadership to Make it a Top Priority in CARES Act By Standing Firm During Negotiations and Demanding a Better Bill, NH Delegation Boosted the Funding in the Law for Health Care Providers by $25 Billion (Washington, DC) - U.S. S… Continue Reading
April 09, 2020
With Shortages Worsening, NH Delegation Again Calls for Federal Agencies to Deliver Urgently Needed PPE & Medical Supplies to NH
**Delegation highlights that NH has only received 32 percent of the total requested N95 respirator masks, 27 percent of swabs requested, 5 percent of the requested gowns, 4 percent of the requested non-latex gloves and none of the requested ventilators.** (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) again raised the alarm on the urgent need for the Trump administration to deliver medical … Continue Reading
