I am inspired by the incredible energy and enthusiasm of people across our country – especially young people – who are standing up to demand progress on climate change. 2019 has brought with it troubling reminders of how our climate is changing. The continental United States is on track to have the wettest year ever recorded – from January to August, it has seen more… Read more »

CONCORD, N.H. — A bipartisan bill that would create a $1 coin honoring the Concord teacher who died aboard the space shuttle Challenger is one step away from becoming law. The U.S. House passed the "Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Coin Act" on Thursday. The bill already passed the U.S. Senate and now heads to the president’s desk to be signed into law. The 37-year-old… Read more »

Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) met with one of Jaffrey’s largest employers Tuesday, to discuss struggles with workforce recruitment and water source access. MilliporeSigma in Jaffrey manufactures filtration devices used in the pharmaceutical industry, and employs about 950 people – and is growing.  David Poggi, site head of operations at MilliporeSigma,… Read more »

LANCASTER — U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster convened nine specialists from both the public and private sectors to participate in a climate change forum focused on forestry and outdoor recreation. The panel moderator was Rob Werner, N.H. state director of the League of Conservation Voters. Kuster, who grew up in Hopkinton, jumpstarted the conversation by noting her father had invested in the… Read more »

CONCORD — The Health Care Emergency Bus Tour stopped in Concord Tuesday long enough for U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) and local advocates to detail what’s at stake in the Texas lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act. Protect Our Care’s nationwide bus tour is making stops around the country to call attention to what the group calls “the ongoing war on health… Read more »

CLAREMONT — Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D- District 2) held a federal funding workshop at the Makerspace Wednesday morning to introduce Claremont area organizations, communities and businesses to federal, state and local grant and loan opportunities to support economic development throughout the region. Given the agencies in attendance, Kuster started the workshop with a… Read more »

LEBANON, N.H. — Representative Annie Kuster (D-NH-2) visited visited Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center on Monday as part of her district-wide health care listening tour. One major part of providing rural health care is Dartmouth Hitchcock's Advanced Response Team (DHART), which is celebrating its 25th year serving Vermont and New Hampshire. "Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is… Read more »

Ninety percent of women serving time at New Hampshire State Prison are dealing with addiction, officials say. While incarcerated, they have access to medication, peer support and other recovery programs. Yet since inmates lose Medicaid coverage while they are in prison, when they are released, it takes 30 or 60 days to regain insurance – a vulnerable window of time for most… Read more »

Nature has always thwarted farmers’ plans. But the changing climate makes things even less predictable. That was one of the messages of a forum featuring U.S. Rep. Ann M. Kuster in Keene Tuesday, which focused on small farmers’ responses to climate change. “The weather’s not been predictable,” said Steve Normanton, a Litchfield-based farmer who used… Read more »

Nursing infants taken from their mothers. Toddlers left unattended, being cared for by ten-year-old children. Hundreds of individuals crammed into cells with no room to sit or lay down. Florescent lights on 24 hours a day. Families shivering on concrete floors. A father and daughter laying face down in the Rio Grande. These are the images of President Trump’s attack on the basic… Read more »