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SHAHEEN THANKS SECRETARY GATES FOR HIS SERVICE, VOTES TO CONFIRM PETRAEUS
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen applauded the distinguished service of Secretary Robert Gates as he officially stepped down from his post as United States Secretary of Defense today. Shaheen also joined her colleagues in unanimously confirming General David Petraeus to serve as the next Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). "During his distinguished career of public service, Secretary Robert Gates has been the epitome of excellence and humility at a time of complex na… Continue Reading
June 30, 2011
SHAHEEN VISITS ‘BIG GREEN BUS’ TO TALK TO DARTMOUTH STUDENTS ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY
(Washington, DC) - Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today stopped by the Big Green Bus, a project run by 13 Dartmouth College students who will travel more than 12,000 miles in a bus powered by waste vegetable oil. Their goal is to educate the country about sustainability. Shaheen spoke to the students about their trip and also told them about her bipartisan legislation, which would create jobs by enacting a national energy efficiency strategy. For more on the project: http://www.thebiggreenbus.o… Continue Reading
June 29, 2011
13 SENATORS TEAM UP TO REASSURE LGBT YOUTH THAT “IT GETS BETTER”
SHAHEEN JOINS FELLOW SENATORS IN SUPPORTING LGBT YOUTH WASHINGTON - Thirteen United States Senators have teamed up to encourage lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people not to give up, reassuring them in a video released Wednesday that they are working hard in the Senate to fulfill the promise of equality for all. The video is part of the It Gets Better Project (http://itgetsbetter.org), which was founded last year after a series of tragic suicides by LGBT youth who were bullied… Continue Reading
June 28, 2011
SHAHEEN TO LEAD TRADE DELEGATION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE BUSINESSES TO INDIA
(Washington, DC) - Continuing her long-standing commitment to growing jobs through increasing exports, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced today that she will lead a delegation of New Hampshire businesses on a trade mission to India in September 2011. "Growing our exports is key to growing jobs, and India represents an enormous and largely untapped competitive opportunity for New Hampshire businesses and workers," Shaheen said. "In … Continue Reading
June 23, 2011
SHAHEEN ANNOUNCES $650,000 FOR RESEARCH AT UNH
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today announced the University of New Hampshire (UNH) has won a $650,063 competitive federal grant from NASA through the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). The award will support work UNH is doing with satellite remote sensing data in order to predict when and where flooding caused by snowmelt will occur. "Investing in research and technology development at our universities is critical to maintaining our inno… Continue Reading
June 23, 2011
SHAHEEN: PETROLEUM RELEASE WILL GIVE FAMILIES NEEDED RELIEF AT THE PUMP
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement in response to the announcement that the United States will release 30 million barrels of oil from its strategic petroleum reserves, with another 30 million barrels released by additional countries, as part of an effort to offset oil supply disruptions in the Middle East. "I think this was a responsible and str… Continue Reading
June 23, 2011
SHAHEEN PRESSES FOR CONTINUED NATO SUPPORT IN AFGHANISTAN
SHAHEEN PRESSES FOR CONTINUED NATO SUPPORT IN AFGHANISTAN (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today questioned U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on NATO's continued commitment to operations in Afghanistan at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. Following the news last night that France will begin to draw down its troops in the country, Shaheen said she was concerned coalition withdrawals could become precipitous in the wake of President Obama's announcement… Continue Reading
June 22, 2011
SENATORS COBURN AND SHAHEEN INTRODUCE BILL TO REDUCE FEDERAL VEHICLE FLEET
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - U.S. Senators Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today introduced a bill that would save approximately $500 million by reducing the amount the federal government can spend on buying and leasing non-essential vehicles. In its recommendations, the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (President Obama's debt commission) strongly endorsed downsizing the federal vehicle fleet. This bill would trim the federal vehicle budget by 20 percent. "At a … Continue Reading
June 22, 2011
THREE GENERATIONS OF SHAHEEN WOMEN COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT DIABETES RESEARCH
At left, Senator Shaheen speaks at the 2011 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Children's Congress in Washington on Tuesday. At right, Shaheen poses with her daughter Stefany, and granddaughter Elle, the co-chairs of the 2011 Children's Congress. (Photo Credit: JDRF) (Washington, DC) - With her daughter and granddaughter at her side, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) took part in the 2011 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Children's Congress this week, confirming … Continue Reading
June 22, 2011
SHAHEEN: OUTDATED SUGAR POLICY HURTS U.S. CONSUMERS
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen released the following statement after the USDA announced its intention to adjust sugar import quotas for 2011. (See USDA release here) "People in New Hampshire and across the country suffer from an outdated sugar policy that benefits sugar producers at the expense of consumers and businesses. Today's announcement by the USDA that they will adjust regulations on sugar sales in the United States once again highlights an unnecessary government prog… Continue Reading
June 21, 2011
SENATE VOTES TO CONFIRM PANETTA AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Senate colleagues today in unanimously confirming Leon Panetta as the next United States Secretary of Defense. Panetta's nomination was approved unanimously by the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier this month. "With his extensive experience in Congress, as White House Chief of Staff, and more recently as CIA Director, Mr. Panetta has demonstrated himself extremely well-qualified to become our next Secretary of Defense," said Sha… Continue Reading
June 21, 2011
SHAHEEN ANNOUNCES $135 MILLION LOAN GUARANTEE TO SUPPORT NEW HAMPSHIRE’S LARGEST WIND FARM
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) announced today that Granite Reliable Power, LLC, has received a conditional loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy for up to $135.76 million to develop a wind generation project in Coos County, New Hampshire. The windpark will be the largest generator of wind energy in the state and is expected to bring over 200 jobs to the northern region of New Hampshire. "The development of new, alternative energy sources is an important cor… Continue Reading
June 20, 2011
SHAHEEN ANNOUNCES $140,000 FOR BRIDGE IMPROVEMENT IN ANDOVER
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today announced the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) has won a $140,000 competitive federal grant from the Federal Highway Administration to improve the Route 11 Bridge over the Blackwater River in Andover. The award will support the installation of partially grouted riprap, a new, more cost-effective technology to protect the bridge from water damage. "Preserving the structural integrity of our bridges is both a public sa… Continue Reading
June 17, 2011
SHAHEEN MEASURES ON JOBS, SHIPYARD, NATIONAL GUARD, AND THE ELIMINATION OF WASTEFUL PROGRAMS INCLUDED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) announced today her support for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2012 (S.981), which includes several measures authored or supported by Shaheen. The bipartisan bill passed out of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) with Shaheen's support this week, and was formally released today. "The defense authorization bill contains important provisions regarding our national security, as well as the health and safety… Continue Reading
June 16, 2011
SHAHEEN AND COLLINS INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO EXPAND GESTATIONAL DIABETES RESEARCH
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced bipartisan legislation today that would address the growing danger of gestational diabetes, which affects millions of women and children across the country. The Gestational Diabetes Act of 2011 would enhance public health research on gestational diabetes, including research on screening, prevention, and identification of risk factors for the disease. "Up to 18 percent of all pregnancies in the United S… Continue Reading
June 16, 2011
SHAHEEN-SUPPORTED REPEAL OF ETHANOL SUBSIDY PASSES SENATE
(Washington, D.C.) -The U.S. Senate today voted to roll back a long-standing tax break for corn-based ethanol, a wasteful subsidy that U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen has fought to end. "We need to reduce our long-term deficits and debt, and one of the first places we should be looking at is wasteful subsidies," Shaheen said. "These ethanol subsidies are a giveaway to large agriculture companies, and they're an example of the spending hidden in our tax code that needs to be eliminated if we want to… Continue Reading
June 15, 2011
SHAHEEN WELCOMES NEW HAMPSHIRE BUSINESSES TO WASHINGTON FOR SHOWCASE
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and the New Hampshire State Society welcomed more than 20 New Hampshire businesses to Washington, DC to showcase the state's unique offerings at the second annual Experience New Hampshire reception. Guests sampled a wide variety of New Hampshire goods-from gourmet dishes from the state's restaurants to maple-sugar cotton candy -and enjoyed a wide array of attractions, including a replica of the world's largest candy counter, a First in the … Continue Reading
June 15, 2011
SHAHEEN HOSTS INAUGURAL NEW HAMPSHIRE BUSINESS DAY IN WASHINGTON
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) hosted more than 70 members of New Hampshire's business community today at the inaugural New Hampshire Business Day in Washington event. The event gives the New Hampshire business community an opportunity to come to Capitol Hill and hear from members of the administration and key congressional officials about federal programs and agencies that support, regulate, and offer research and technical assistance to businesses. "It is vital to New … Continue Reading
June 14, 2011
SHAHEEN ANNOUNCES HER PROPOSAL TO EXTEND CRITICAL SMALL BUSINESS DEFENSE PROGRAM INCLUDED IN SENATE ARMED SERVICES BILL
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today continued her efforts to secure a long-term reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which allows small companies to compete for federal research and development dollars. Shaheen announced that her proposal to extend the Department of Defense (DOD) SBIR program through 2018 was included in the initial draft of the Senate Armed Services Committee Defense Authorization Bill for 2012. "Small businesses ar… Continue Reading
June 14, 2011
MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATORS PUSH NAVY TO DEVELOP PLAN TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AT SHIPYARDS, INCLUDING PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD
WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), all members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, along with Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) have successfully included language in the Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act that would require the Secretary of the Navy to provide Congress with a plan to fund infrastructure improvements at each of our nation's four public shipyards, including the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Under th… Continue Reading
