Rep. Ann McLane Kuster wants Congress to confront what she sees as a pervasive sexual harassment problem in the Veterans Affairs Department. The New Hampshire Democrat called for Chairman Jack Bergman of Michigan to schedule an immediate hearing on the matter in the Veterans Affairs subcommittee on oversight and investigations, on which she is ranking… Read more »

As drug overdoses climb — rising 12 percent between October 2016 and October 2017 — Congress has floated dozens of proposals to combat opioid abuse. Some lawmakers have deeply personal connections to the epidemic of addiction in America. These are their stories. Sen. Johnny Isakson The future finally appeared promising after years of struggle for… Read more »

ATTENDS BILL SIGNING. U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster on Wednesday joined members of the House Veterans Affairs Committee at the White House for the signing of the “VA MISSION Act” by President Donald Trump. Kuster, ranking member of the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, was a cosponsor of the bill. The new law “will reauthorize and… Read more »

CONCORD, N.H. — Educational and business leaders met Monday in Concord to discuss ways to deal with the problems caused by low unemployment. Officials said low unemployment is a good problem to have, but it also exposes workforce issues. U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, D-New Hampshire, brought officials together to discuss strategies to attract, retain and train more workers in New… Read more »

NASHUA – “We have the jobs and we’re looking for people with the skills to fill those jobs,” is how U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H., describes the Granite State’s economy. Tuesday at Nashua Community College, Kuster released a plan she terms the “Jobs and Opportunity Agenda.” Kuster highlighted the state’s relatively low… Read more »

Second District Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster is promoting the latest version of what she calls her Jobs and Opportunity Agenda. Kuster talked up ways to develop the state's workforce during a visit to Nashua Community College.  Kuster first issued a jobs agenda in 2014. Back then she stressed the need for better vocational education, and partnerships between business and schools… Read more »

Hanover — During a joint town hall on Thursday night at the Richmond Middle School, U.S. Reps. Annie Kuster, D-N.H., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., assailed Republican attempts to roll back the Affordable Care Act, impose new voting restriction and impede efforts to fight climate change. Both representatives passed harsh judgment on the Graham-Cassidy health care bill currently… Read more »

This article originally appeared in the Concord Monitor, June 6, 2004.  Malcolm McLane, now a Concord lawyer, joined the Army Air Force in 1943. On June 6, 1944, he was a 19-year-old fighter pilot stationed in England near the shortest route across the English Channel to France. Almost immediately after Lt. McLane took off (he flew 72 missions in all), he could see the coast of… Read more »

New Hampshire would be eligible for up to $5 million over two years to help expand access to treatment for opioid and heroin abusers under President Barack Obama’s proposed $1.1 billion request to Congress. The funding is an estimate based on the severity of the public health crisis in the Granite State. That estimate ranks New Hampshire third, behind West Virginia and New… Read more »

Hoping to dramatize the issue of campus sexual assault, 18 members of the House took turns on Wednesday night reading portions of the 7,200-word letter a woman known as Emily Doe wrote to the former Stanford University student who raped her. The letter — which the victim read at the sentencing of the former student, Brock Turner — described her anguish after the assault… Read more »