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Shaheen & Portman Applaud Signing of Bipartisan Legislation to Reauthorize Peace Corps Commemorative Project into Law
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) applauded the president for signing their bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Peace Corps Commemorative project into law. Representatives Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) and Garret Graves (R-LA) led the legislation in the House. In 2014, Senators Shaheen and Portman's and Rep. Kennedy's bipartisan Peace Corps Commemorative Act was signed into law to create a commemorative memorial in Washington, D.C.'s National Capit… Continue Reading
January 05, 2021
With Russian Hackers’ Confirmed Access to Microsoft’s Source Code, Shaheen Calls on Admin to Immediately Implement Her Cybersecurity Provision Signed into Law Two Years Ago
Shaheen's Cybersecurity Requirement to Boost U.S. Cyber-Infrastructure was Included in the FY2019 NDAA (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, called on the Trump administration to immediately implement Section 1655 of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, containing her provision signed into law that requires IT companies working with the Department of Defense (DOD) to disclose inst… Continue Reading
January 03, 2021
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen Sworn in for 3rd Term
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement after she was sworn in for her third term in the United States Senate this afternoon: "This seat doesn't belong to me - it belongs to New Hampshire and I'm grateful and humbled that Granite Staters again chose me to be a voice for them in Washington," said Shaheen. "There are so many issues facing our state, nation and world, which demand good-faith efforts from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to confront … Continue Reading
December 28, 2020
Shaheen, Hassan Announce NH Expected to Receive an Estimated $2B in COVID Relief
**The FY2021 government funding legislation signed into law includes Shaheen-negotiated COVID-19 relief provisions to help small businesses and child care centers & provides assistance to combat the substance use disorder and food insecurity crises** **Year-end package also includes Hassan-negotiated measures to extend unemployment benefits, provide substantial funding for K-12 and higher education institutions, and increase funding for USPS** (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen… Continue Reading
December 23, 2020
Shaheen Slams Trump for Denying Service Members Pay Raise & Compromising National Security Objectives, Calls on Congress to Stand Firm and Override NDAA Veto
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after President Trump vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The annual legislation authorizes national defense objectives for the fiscal year and has historically been a successful bipartisan effort. The defense bill for FY2021 contained numerous priorities secured or supported by Shaheen that invest in New Hampshi… Continue Reading
December 23, 2020
Shaheen Slams Trump for Denying Service Members Pay Raise & Compromising National Security Objectives, Calls on Congress to Stand Firm and Override NDAA Veto
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after President Trump vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The annual legislation authorizes national defense objectives for the fiscal year and has historically been a successful bipartisan effort. The defense bill for FY2021 contained numerous priorities secured or supported by Shaheen that invest in New Hampshi… Continue Reading
December 23, 2020
Shaheen Bill to Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Signed into Law
**The new law will provide more tools to identify and shut down fraudsters who hurt borrowers** (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement after her bipartisan legislation with U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Mike Braun (R-IN) and Deb Fischer (R-RE) was signed into law. The Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act will expand and enhance efforts to identify and shut down student debt relief scams. "The federal government has an obligation to help prot… Continue Reading
December 22, 2020
Shaheen NH Priorities & Urgently Needed Emergency COVID-19 Relief to be Signed into Law
**Shaheen successfully helped secure numerous NH priorities in government funding legislation that will soon be signed into law, including assistance for first responders, pay raise for troops, construction of DEA New England drug lab & more.** **The FY2021 government funding legislation also includes critical COVID-19 relief Shaheen negotiated to help small businesses and child care providers and to combat the substance use disorder epidemic and food insecurity crisis** (Washington,… Continue Reading
December 22, 2020
Heading to President’s Desk: Shaheen Secures $50M to Construct New England Drug Lab to Improve Response to Substance Use Disorder Crisis
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - the Vice Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee - which funds significant programming to address the substance use disorder epidemic, issued the following statement after final fiscal year (FY) 2021 government funding legislation was sent to the President's desk to be signed into law. Through her leadership on the CJS subcommittee, Senator Shaheen successfully added measures that provi… Continue Reading
December 21, 2020
Shaheen-Negotiated COVID-19 Emergency Relief Legislation Attached to Final Government Funding Bill
**Senate, House leaders released government funding legislation for FY21 that includes COVID-19 relief legislation Shaheen helped negotiate over the past few weeks and unveiled last week with a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers** **A senior member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Shaheen once again helped negotiate provisions to assist small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 crisis & also steered negotiations on nutrition assistance and support to add… Continue Reading
December 21, 2020
Senators Shaheen, Menendez, Rubio, Leahy, Coons Celebrate Expected Passage of Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act
(WASHINGTON, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), SFRC Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Chris Coons (D-DE) issued the following statements on securing passage of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (S.712) as part of the end-of-year funding legislation approved by the Senate today: "Any time an American citizen is unjustly … Continue Reading
December 19, 2020
Shaheen to Yahoo! Finance on Partisanship Delaying COVID-19 Relief: ‘We don’t have any more time to mess around’
**On Monday, Shaheen shared details on bipartisan COVID-19 emergency relief that she wrote with a bicameral group of lawmakers and delivered as a blueprint to congressional leaders** **A senior member of the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, Shaheen once again helped negotiate provisions to assist small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 crisis & also steered negotiations on nutrition assistance and support to address the substance use disorder epidemic** (Washing… Continue Reading
December 19, 2020
Shaheen Urges Trump Administration to Waive Late Filing Penalties for Taxpayers
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and a bipartisan group of Senators sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig urging the Trump administration to waive late filing penalties for taxpayers whose filing delay is caused by COVID-19. U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Kennedy (R-LA) led the letter. "Many taxpayers are facing economic hardships and business closures due to COVI… Continue Reading
December 18, 2020
Shaheen Statement on FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine
**Lonza, a Portsmouth-based pharmaceutical company, is manufacturing Moderna's mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine candidate** **Earlier this month, Shaheen received a virtual briefing on Lonza's vaccine manufacturing efforts** (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an emergency use authorization for Moderna's mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine. The authorization comes following the release of studies hi… Continue Reading
December 18, 2020
Shaheen Highlights Urgent Need for Additional Food Assistance for Struggling Granite Staters During Virtual Meeting with NH Nutrition & Food Security Organizations
Shaheen hears more about the challenges Granite State food security and nutrition organizations are facing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. To view the virtual meeting, click here. (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) highlighted the urgent need to provide additional food assistance in COVID-19 relief to help struggling Granite State families during a virtual meeting with New Hampshire nutrition and food security organizations. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many famil… Continue Reading
December 18, 2020
Shaheen, Hassan Honor Christa McAuliffe During Commemorative Coin Unveiling
**Shaheen led bipartisan legislation with Senators Mike Enzi & Maggie Hassan that was signed into law last year to create this commemorative coin in honor of Christa McAuliffe in support of STEM education.** (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) issued the following statements after the unveiling of the Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Coin today. Shaheen led the bipartisan legislation with Senators Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Hassan creating the commemo… Continue Reading
December 16, 2020
Shaheen Meets with President-elect Biden’s Secretary of Defense Nominee
Senator Shaheen meets virtually with Secretary of Defense nominee Lloyd Austin in her Washington, DC office earlier today. (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after meeting with Secretary of Defense nominee General Lloyd Austin: "I appreciated the opportunity to meet with General Austin this afternoon, where we discussed a number of critical issues impacting our national security that I b… Continue Reading
December 16, 2020
NEW: NH Delegation Announces Nearly $77 Million in CARES Act Funding for NH Health Care Providers
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced today that New Hampshire health care providers will receive $76,880,682 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Provider Relief Fund. The funding is part of $175 billion in health care provider grant appropriations allocated under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Pay… Continue Reading
December 16, 2020
Shaheen, Senators Request Information from FBI, CISA on Reports of Russian Cyberattack against the U.S. Government
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Roger Wicker (R-MS), John Thune (R-SD), Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) - leaders of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies and the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - requested a government-wide report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on t… Continue Reading
December 15, 2020
Shaheen & Hassan Press Trump Administration on Decision Not to Pre-Order More Doses of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine, Call for Transparent Plan Going Forward
**Reporting revealed the Trump Administration turned down an option this summer to pre-order additional doses of Pfizer's vaccine** **Senators: "We are concerned the failure to secure an adequate supply of vaccines will needlessly prolong the COVID-19 pandemic in this country… the Administration must be more transparent about its preparations, as well as how much funding is available, and is needed, to purchase, distribute, and administer sufficient vaccine to end this pandemic." (Washi… Continue Reading
