Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Doug Lamborn (R-CO) introduced H.R. 5540, the In Good Standing Adoption Agencies Act of 2023, which requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish an annually updated list of adoption agencies in good standing in each state across the United States. The bill will also require HHS to conduct a report… Read more »
(Washington, D.C.) -- U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) announced today with Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of New Hampshire (UNH) are expanding a 24-year ocean and Great Lakes mapping partnership through the creation… Read more »
Lawmakers press VA to enforce existing protections for veterans filing initial claims for benefits and ask for additional protections they need from Congress
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), is joining Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Subcommittee for Disability and Memorial Affairs, Congressman… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH), alongside Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, M.D. (R-IA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), and Neal Dunn, M.D. (R-FL), introduced legislation to ensure that patients can access lower-cost medications through their insurance coverage. Their Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act will expand options for Medicare Part D… Read more »
**The Task Force’s 2023 Legislative Agenda is available HERE**
Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, Reps. Kuster (D-NH), Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Trone (D-MD), and McClain (R-MI), the Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force co-chairs, hosted a naloxone training alongside ONDCP, SAMHSA, medical experts, naloxone manufacturers, and advocacy organizations. Trainers from… Read more »
**Kuster’s full remarks are available HERE**
Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) highlighted the vital role that local broadcast news and journalism play in our country and communities during an Energy and Commerce Communications & Technology Subcommittee hearing. During her remarks, Kuster spoke about the ongoing blackout of WMUR for DISH… Read more »
**Kuster’s remarks are available HERE**
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the prominent Energy and Commerce Committee, participated in a Health Subcommittee hearing to address generic drug shortages that are impacting millions of American patients. During the hearing, Kuster highlighted the need to address manufacturing and… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) applauded the Biden Administration’s approval of a disaster declaration for Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Coos, and Sullivan Counties after the severe storms and flooding in July. The delegation wrote a letter to President Biden calling for this declaration to… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), alongside Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Mike Braun (R-IN) as well as Representative Diana Harshbarger (TN-01), introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to lower prescription drug costs by closing oversight gaps that drug manufacturers take advantage of.
Because of incomplete coordination between the Food and Drug… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02), Mariannette Miller-Meeks, M.D. (IA-01), Abigail Spanberger (VA-07) Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08), Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and Bill Johnson (OH-06) today introduced the Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act, legislation that would direct the Secretary of… Read more »
