Press Releases

(Washington, DC) -  U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) went to the Senate floor this afternoon to urge her colleagues to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour...

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released the following statement welcoming the Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule...

(Washington, DC) – In advance of the Senate’s consideration of legislation to increase the minimum wage, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today is citing data that...

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) is calling on President Obama to launch a formal investigation “of gross misconduct by certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)...

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) is today calling on the IRS to implement common sense reforms to better protect taxpayer dollars after it was reported that the agency paid out...

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today is renewing her call for congress to address the military’s sexual assault crisis by passing the Military Justice Improvement Act...

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) is urging federal officials to investigate wide spread tax fraud that has been committed against more than one hundred physicians and health care...

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today called for immediate action to address the threat of climate change at two Earth Day roundtable discussions in New Hampshire. At both...

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) will host an Earth Day roundtable discussion to highlight the impact of climate change on New Hampshire at the US Forest Service, Northeast...

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released the following statement after it was reported that State House Speaker Terie Norelli (D-Portsmouth) will be retiring: “Terie...

(Dover, NH) – This morning, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) hosted a roundtable at NEMO Equipment in Dover with representatives from New Hampshire’s environmental,...

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen’s staff will hold office hours next week in Hanover and Lebanon. Specifically, staff will be available: Tuesday, April 22 from 11:00 a.m. –...

WASHINGTON, DC – In response to concerns from local residents, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), and Congresswomen Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) and...

(Washington, DC) –To mark the 51st anniversary of the USS Thresher tragedy, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) honored the memory and sacrifice of the Thresher’s crew...

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) will lead a roundtable discussion with representatives from New Hampshire’s conservation, outdoor industry and timber sectors tomorrow in...

(April 16, 2014 – Senator Jeanne Shaheen and members of New Hampshire law enforcement discuss New Hampshire’s heroin and prescription drug addiction epidemic in Derry,...

(Washington, DC) – New Hampshire U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) are announcing today that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has approved...

(April 15, 2014 – Senator Jeanne Shaheen and members of Manchester Police Department, Nashua Police Department, New Hampshire State Police, and the Seacoast Emergency...

Tomorrow in Derry, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) will meet with local law enforcement, including police chiefs and sheriffs from Derry, Claremont, Hooksett, Bedford,...

(Manchester, NH)- U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombings: "I'll never forget the shocking...