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Union Leader: Senators Hassan and Capito Union Leader Op-Ed: A Bipartisan Step to Combat the Opioid Crisis
by Senators Maggie Hassan and Shelly Moore Capito
Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) wrote an op-ed in the Union Leader yesterday, highlighting the bipartisan Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers (CORC) Act that they introduced to expand coordinated, comprehensive care to Granite Staters and Americans struggling with substance use disorders.
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WMUR: Army veteran wounded in accident gets help to return home
HUDSON- Senator Maggie Hassan visited the home of Spc. Josh Keller yesterday – an army veteran who was wounded in an accident off-duty last fall in Washington state – where she toured his new accessible living unit and commended Spc. Keller and his family for their sacrifice and service to New Hampshire and the country.
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Senator Hassan Boston Globe Op-Ed: Imagine a secretary of education who understands public education
by Senator Maggie Hassan
WASHINGTON – Senator Maggie Hassan wrote an op-ed in the Boston Globe highlighting the importance of a having a secretary of education who believes in the value of a strong public education system, unlike Secretary Betsy DeVos, who reaffirmed in a recent 60 Minutes interview that she does not understand the harm that voucher programs can have on the public school system.
… Continue ReadingMarch 20, 2018
Seacoast Online: Senator Hassan: Women deserve medical facts, not falsehoods
by Senator Maggie Hassan
When a woman facing an unintended pregnancy seeks medical advice, she deserves accurate and honest medical facts so she can determine her own future. What she does not need, however, is false or inaccurate information when making a deeply personal health care decision.
… Continue ReadingMarch 12, 2018
Senator Hassan Concord Monitor Op-Ed on the Bipartisan CARA 2.0 Act: A Critical Next Step in Our Response to the Opioid Crisis
by Senator Maggie Hassan
WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, Senator Maggie Hassan penned an op-ed for the Concord Monitor yesterday, highlighting the bipartisan Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery (CARA) 2.0 Act as a critical next step in responding to the devastating fentanyl, heroin, and opioid epidemic in New Hampshire and across the country. Senator Hassan recently joined her colleagues in introducing the bipartisan CARA 2.0 Act to help save lives and to strengthen prevention, treatment, recovery, and law enforcement efforts.
… Continue ReadingMarch 02, 2018
ICYMI: Under Questioning from Senator Hassan, Amtrak CEO Outlines Steps to Maintain Vermonter Train Service
by WCAX
WASHINGTON – In case you missed it yesterday, Senator Maggie Hassan questioned Amtrak President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing about the future of the Vermonter train service. Anderson had previously testified before the House transportation committee indicating that service lines like the Vermonter could be discontinued due to the lack of a safety system known as positive train control.
… Continue ReadingFebruary 12, 2018
Seacoast Online: Sen. Hassan Pushes for Job Training, Career Growth
by Hadley Barndollar
At Exeter Hospital, Senator Hassan highlighted the hospital’s workforce partnership with Great Bay Community College to train medical assistants and medical office specialists – an example of the type of partnership that the Gateway to Careers Act would support. Click here for more information on the bill.
… Continue ReadingFebruary 09, 2018
Union Leader Op-Ed: Retraining Programs Can Provide Gateways to New Careers
by Senator Maggie Hassan
WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, Senator Maggie Hassan penned an op-ed in the Union Leader yesterday highlighting new legislation she introduced to support individuals who are unemployed or underemployed by strengthening job training and removing barriers that prevent them from completing a degree or credential program and succeeding in the workforce. Click here for more information about Senator Hassan’s Gateway to Careers Act.
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WMUR: Hassan plans to introduce bill to help train workers for better jobs
by Adam Sexton
— U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, plans to introduce workforce development legislation this week on Capitol Hill in an effort to help workers transition to better jobs.
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CBS: The backstory of Trump's foundering opioid fight
[Trump’s] rhetoric omitted any mention of the actual solutions proposed by experts on the front lines of the crisis. The president has repeatedly called the opioid epidemic a top priority for his administration. But as members of Congress donned purple ribbons meant to call attention to the crisis, Mr. Trump avoided calling for more federal money to fight back against the prescription drug scourge.
… Continue ReadingFebruary 01, 2018
Senator Hassan TIME Op-Ed: Trump Has Been All Talk, Little Action on the Opioid Crisis
by By Maggie Hassan
WASHINGTON – On the three month anniversary of President Trump’s opioid commission issuing its final report, Senator Maggie Hassan penned an op-ed today in TIME on how the Trump Administration has taken little to no action on most of the recommendations put forward by the commission to combat the fentanyl, heroin, and opioid epidemic that is devastating communities in New Hampshire and across the country.
… Continue ReadingJanuary 31, 2018
ICYMI: Senator Hassan Highlights Need for Less Talk, More Action from Trump Administration on Opioid Crisis
WASHINGTON – In response to the President’s State of the Union address, Senator Maggie Hassan highlighted the urgent need for less talk and more action from the Trump Administration on critical bipartisan priorities such as combatting the heroin, fentanyl, and opioid crisis.
… Continue ReadingJanuary 22, 2018
New York Times: Senators Shaheen and Hassan “Trying to Find a Bipartisan Solution to the Government Shutdown”
by Mikayla Bouchard and Hamilton Boardman
WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, the New York Times highlighted that Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan have been meeting as part of a bipartisan group of Senators working to come together to reach a government funding agreement.
- “Virginia is not the only state to have both of its senators in on the negotiation. Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are continuing their state’s tradition of pragmatic New England politics.”
January 10, 2018
ICYMI: Senators Shaheen, Hassan Lead Call for Budget Agreement to Include $25 Billion to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) yesterday announced a proposal to include $25 billion in additional funding to combat the opioid crisis in the budget agreement that is currently being negotiated.
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January 09, 2018
New York Times: GOP Tax Bill “Could Actually Make it Attractive for Companies to Put More Assembly Lines on Foreign Soil”
by Natalie Kitroeff
The New York Times highlighted how the partisan tax bill rushed through Congress by Washington Republicans “could actually make it attractive for companies to put more assembly lines on foreign soil.”
… Continue ReadingDecember 18, 2017
Seacoast Online: Hassan: Tax bill ‘a giveaway to corporations’
by Hadley Barndollar
EXETER -- Local business owner Dan Chartrand told U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan Friday he felt the proposed Republican tax reform bill would "decimate communities across this country." Hassan, a Democrat who lives in Newfields, stopped into Water Street Bookstore to talk about the effects of a bill she said has not allowed for Democratic input. The bill, if passed, would be seen as a major political victory for President Donald Trump before year's end. … "It's not only the design of the bill,… Continue Reading
December 18, 2017
ICYMI: "Senator v. Pharma" - 60 Minutes Covers Senator Hassan's Efforts to Combat the Opioid Crisis, Hold the Pharmaceutical Industry Accountable.
WASHINGTON – As part of their joint investigation into the opioid epidemic, 60 Minutes and The Washington Post spoke with Senator Hassan about her efforts to combat the opioid crisis, hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable, and help strengthen law enforcement’s ability to go after reckless opioid distributors.
… Continue ReadingDecember 15, 2017
The Hill: Bipartisan senators: Americans need more security info for internet-connected devices
Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced legislation Thursday to start a service providing consumers with advice for the security of internet-connected devices.
… Continue ReadingDecember 15, 2017
Washington Post Highlights Senator Hassan’s Efforts to Ensure DEA Has Tools It Needs to Help Combat Opioid Crisis
by Scott Higham and Lenny Bernstein
The Washington Post published an article as follow-up to a previous investigation with 60 Minutes on the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016, a law that Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) officials say has restricted the ability of the DEA to crack down on opioid distributors suspected of wrongdoing who are contributing to the devastating fentanyl, heroin, and opioid epidemic.
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December 05, 2017
ICYMI: Senator Hassan Leads Letter Calling on FCC Chairman Pai to Delay Vote Rolling Back Net Neutrality Rules
WASHINGTON – Senator Maggie Hassan led a group of 27 other colleagues in calling on Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai to delay the planned December 14th vote to roll back net neutrality rules after reports that bots filed hundreds of thousands of comments to the FCC during the net neutrality policymaking process.
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