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Senate Passes Peters, Johnson and Hassan Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Government Systems from Counterintelligence Threats
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Senate unanimously approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Ron Johnson (R-WI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to address cybersecurity while purchasing information technology equipment for the government. U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) also cosponsored the legislation. The Supply Chain Counterintelligence Training Act would ensure that all executive agency offic… Continue Reading
November 12, 2019
Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill Cosponsored by Senator Hassan to Save Taxpayer Dollars, Help FEMA Improve its Ability to Efficiently and Effectively Respond to Natural Disasters
WASHINGTON – Senator Maggie Hassan, ranking member on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management Subcommittee, applauded Senate passage of the bipartisan Federal Advance Contracts Enhancement Act, which Senator Hassan cosponsored to help save taxpayer dollars and improve the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) ability to efficiently and effectively respond to natural disasters.
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Shaheen, Hassan and Pappas Announce $1.9 Million in Federal Funding to Advance Solar Technologies
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) the award of $1.9 million in federal grant money to advance new solar technologies. The grants were awarded through the Department of Energy‘s (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office, which aims to support research projects that will lower solar energy costs, strengthen the manufacturing of solar technology and harden the cybersecurity of solar systems.
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Senator Hassan Cosponsors Bipartisan Bill to Expand Access to Assistive Technology for Seniors and People Experiencing Disabilities
WASHINGTON – Senator Maggie Hassan is cosponsoring a bipartisan bill, led by Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine and Democratic Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, to help expand access to affordable assistive technology for seniors and individuals who experience disabilities. Assistive technology includes items such as hearing aids, wheelchair ramps, or devices to help individuals who are non-verbal to communicate.
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Kuster, Shaheen and Hassan Announce $30,000 USDA Rural Development Grant for Franklin
(Concord, NH) — Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced with U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Rural Development has awarded the City of Franklin a $30,000 grant. The funding will be used to help further economic development in the city. Specifically, Franklin is hoping to attract investors to finish the re-purposing and revitalization of the core downtown business district, with specific properties being targeted for re-development or renovations. Kuster wrote a letter of support for the grant earlier this year.
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Shaheen, Hassan & Kuster Announce $12 Million for NHDOT Bridge Project on Connecticut River
(Washington, DC) — U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH02) that the Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) $12 million through the Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grant program (known formerly as the TIGER Grant program). The funding was approved for a project to construct a new bridge to bypass two aging bridges on the Connecticut River and rehabilitate the older bridges for recreational use. Shaheen has historically secured federal funding for the BUILD Grant program. In government funding legislation that recently passed the Senate, Shaheen helped boost funding for the BUILD Grant program by $100 million, totaling $1 billion for fiscal year (FY) 2020.
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Senators Hassan and Lee’s Bipartisan REPORT Act Advances Out of Homeland Security Committee, Bill Would Help Prevent Future Terrorist Attacks
WASHINGTON – The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today advanced several critical bills backed by Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to bolster the country’s national security and protect the safety of all Americans.
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Senator Hassan Addresses Foreign & Domestic Terrorist Threats, Ransomware Attacks at Homeland Security Committee Hearing
WASHINGTON – Senator Maggie Hassan today questioned several of the nation’s top security officials about the rising threats of ISIS affiliates, growing domestic terrorism threats, and cybersecurity during the Senate Homeland Security Committee annual Threats to the Homeland hearing. Senator Hassan and other members of the Committee questioned FBI Director Chris Wray, Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis David Glawe, and National Counterterrorism Center Acting Director Russell Travers.
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Warren, Murkowski, McSally, Tester, Harris, Sullivan, Gillibrand and Hassan Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Honor Women Veterans
Boston, MA - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), SASC member and 26-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), SASC and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee member, Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), SASC member and Ranking Member of the Military Personnel Subcommittee, and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) today introduced the Senate companion to a House resolution urging the U.S. Postal Service to issue a commemorative postage stamp series honoring women veterans of the Armed Forces and calling for the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp series be issued.
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Senator Hassan Statement on President Trump Moving Forward with Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement
WASHINGTON – Senator Maggie Hassan today released a statement following President Trump’s decision to notify the international community that the United States plans to officially withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement on November 4, 2020. Senator Hassan today also joined her colleagues in introducing a new resolution that calls for the United States to remain in the Paris Climate Agreement.
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Senator Hassan Addresses Rural Broadband, Ransomware Attacks on State & Local Governments at Committee Hearing
WASHINGTON – At a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing yesterday, Senator Maggie Hassan discussed how to increase broadband access in New Hampshire’s rural communities, as well as what more must be done to protect state and local governments from ransomware and other cyber threats.
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NH Delegation Announces More Than $1.2 Million for Youth Substance Use Prevention Efforts in New Hampshire
(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) announced $1,250,000 in Drug Free Communities (DFC) grants from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to 10 local drug prevention coalitions in New Hampshire. The grants will provide local community coalitions funding to prevent youth substance use, including prescription drugs and opioids, in Souhegan Valley, Nashua, Franklin, Jaffrey, Winchester, Haverhill, Raymond, Somersworth, Keene and the Upper Valley region. These funds were awarded as part of ONDCP’s initial round of FY 2019 grants for the program.
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With Open Enrollment Beginning Today, Senator Hassan Urges Granite Staters to Shop for Health Insurance Options
WASHINGTON – Open enrollment for health insurance plans offered under the Affordable Care Act marketplace begins today, and Granite Staters have until December 15th to sign up for a marketplace plan or change their current plan by visiting HealthCare.gov.
… Continue ReadingOctober 31, 2019
Senator Hassan Applauds Bipartisan Passage of Funding Bill for Critical Economic Priorities
WASHINGTON – Senator Maggie Hassan today voted to approve an appropriations bill to fund the Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Interior, and additional federal agencies for FY 2020. The bill also includes an amendment from Senator Hassan that instructs the Department of Housing and Urban Development to move forward its analysis of eviction prevention insurance, a part of the Senator’s bill introduced earlier this year to prevent evictions.
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Senator Hassan Votes to Advance Bipartisan Kay Hagan TICK Act, Additional Health Priorities for New Hampshire at HELP Committee Meeting
WASHINGTON – Senator Maggie Hassan today joined her colleagues on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee in voting to pass critical health priorities for New Hampshire, including the bipartisan Kay Hagan TICK Act, which the Senator cosponsored and is named for former North Carolina Senator Kay Hagan, who succumbed to the tick-borne disease encephalitis earlier this week.
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Amid Delay, Shaheen & Hassan Urge Trump Administration to Prioritize Children’s Health and Keep Promise to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) sent a letter yesterday with a group of Senators to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar, denouncing his delay in addressing the growing public health crisis of youth tobacco use. The Senators urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to finalize its promised compliance policy and clear the market of unauthorized, flavored e-cigarette products, including mint and menthol flavors. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the lead Democrat of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), led the letter to Secretary Azar.
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At Bipartisan Policy Center, Senators Hassan & Cassidy Discuss Bipartisan Legislation to End Surprise Medical Bills
WASHINGTON - Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today discussed their bipartisan efforts to end surprise medical bills at a panel discussion hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center. You can watch the full discussion here. During the conversation, the Senators took questions from Bipartisan Policy Center President Jason Grumet and members of the public about why the legislation is important to their constituents, the current prospects for the bill, and how they came to w… Continue Reading
October 30, 2019
Shaheen & Hassan Cosponsor Bipartisan, Comprehensive Syria-Turkey Legislation
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, announced with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH)—a member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee—their support for new, bipartisan legislation in response to the U.S. withdrawal and Turkey’s subsequent military incursion into northern Syria. The legislation is led by Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, respectively.
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Senators Hassan, Young Introduce Bipartisan Fast Track To and Through College Act
WASHINGTON – Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Todd Young (R-IN) today introduced the bipartisan Fast Track To and Through College Act, which would create a grant program aimed at helping more students earn college credits while still in high school.
… Continue ReadingOctober 29, 2019
Senator Hassan on the Senate Floor Calls for Overriding Trump Administration’s Rule Promoting Dangerous Junk Insurance Plans
WASHINGTON – Senator Maggie Hassan today took to the Senate floor to discuss the Trump Administration’s efforts to allow insurance companies to discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions by promoting short-term insurance plans, otherwise known as “junk plans.” The Senator’s speech comes before the full Senate is expected to vote tomorrow on a resolution that would overturn the Trump Administration’s rule that gives states the green light to expand junk plans to the public.
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