Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) has been nominated as a “New Englander of the Year” by the New England Council for her collaboration with the organization over her six terms in Congress to bring New England voices and values to Washington. The Council presents the New Englander of the Year Awards each fall at its Annual Celebration in Boston, an event that has drawn over 1,70... Read More »
Washington, D.C. — Today, New Democrat Coalition Chair Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Vice Chair Brad Schneider (IL-10) issued the following statement after Republicans failed to pass a series of hyper-partisan government funding bills that did not adhere to the government funding agreement set by last year’s bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act: “When New Dems reached across the aisle to end the debt c... Read More »
Washington, D.C. — Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH), Mike Carey (R-OH), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) introduced the bipartisan Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Act of 2024. The legislation extends the 40A Biodiesel Tax Credit through 2025 and promotes the production and use of biodiesel fuels to help lower consumer energy costs and reduce harmful greenhouse gas emiss... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), alongside U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), applauded the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) extension of a waiver that will allow New Hampshire to continue providing Medicaid payments for individuals receiving substance use disorder services, short-term inpatient psych... Read More »
Washington, D.C. — The New Democrat Coalition is proud of our long record leading on and advancing commonsense legislation to support and enhance public safety and security for all of our communities. Continuing that leadership, today, the New Democrat Coalition unveiled an endorsement slate of New Dem-led public safety legislation. Through these 15 bills – the majority of which have bipartisan su... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), along with Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), applauded the announcement that $22.6 million in federal funding is being awarded to public transit improvement projects in Manchester and Durham. The Manchester Transit Authority will receive $19.9 million through the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Bus ... Read More »
Manchester, N.H. – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), chair of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Commerce, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), alongside Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), applauded $44 million in federal funding awarded to the ReGen Valley Tech Hub through the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act that Senators Shaheen a... Read More »
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) released a statement following the Supreme Court’s consolidated decision in Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States, in which the Court dismissed the case and reinstated a lower-court ruling pausing Idaho’s near-total abortion ban: “While today’s Supreme Court ruling means some patients won’t be forced to bleed out in hospital ... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) announced today with Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH) that the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) is providing over $4.1 million through seven New Hampshire Catalyst Program awards to support economic, educational and community development projects in rural areas across the ... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) applauded the announcement that $2.9 million in federal funding is being awarded to two infrastructure improvement projects in New Hampshire. The City of Claremont will receive $1.... Read More »
Manchester, N.H. — Yesterday, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) joined New England Council President Jim Brett at St. Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics to discuss her work representing New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District over the last 12 years, priorities she would like to see the next Congress address, and her plans for the future. “It was wonderful to join members o... Read More »
Concord, N.H. — On the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, which overturned nearly 50 years of precedent and eliminated the federal right to an abortion, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) issued the following statement: “Two years ago today, women in New Hampshire and across the country woke up with fewer rights than they went to sleep with. In the two years si... Read More »
Washington, D.C. — Last week, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) led her colleagues in a bipartisan letter to the Department of Education regarding recent changes to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) formula. The changes, implemented by the FAFSA Simplification Act, have resulted in continuing students, particularly those from family farm backgrounds, receiving less financial ai... Read More »
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Congressman Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) introduced the bipartisan Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act. This legislation improves the federal government’s child abuse data collection program by extending it to specifically evaluate animal abuse as a risk factor for child abuse. “As a mother and animal lover, I am deeply disturb... Read More »
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court unanimously rejected a challenge to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone: “Today’s unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court rejecting a baseless challenge that would restrict access to the abortion medication mifepristone is welcome news and a relief for millions of women a... Read More »