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Kuster Honors Veterans Day with New Hampshire Servicemembers, Families

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  **Kuster applauded a new program that allows World War II veterans to access free health care through the VA** **Kuster also delivered Veterans Day cards to residents, made by Christa McAuliffe Elementary School students**   Tilton, N.H. — Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) honored Veterans Day at the New Hampshire Veterans Home with Granite State servicemembers and…

Kuster Joins Colleagues In Pushing To Renew Expired Funding For Child Care

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**The full letter can be found here** Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) joined a bicameral group of their colleagues in urging congressional leadership to renew expired funding for child care in any supplemental funding package. Funding the lawmakers passed in the American Rescue Plan Act to allow parents to afford child care and keep their jobs during COVID…

Kuster, Lamborn, Aderholt Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Improve Adoption Oversight and Transparency

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**Full bill text is available here**   Washington, D.C. — Today, Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), and Robert Aderholt (R-AL) introduced the bipartisan Adoption Deserves Oversight, Protection, and Transparency (ADOPT) Act. This comprehensive legislation protects adoptive families, children, and expectant mothers from exploitation by unlicensed adoption…

Kuster Votes Against Republican Bill Politicizing Aid to Israel, Ukraine, and Innocent Civilians in Gaza

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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), chair of the New Democrat Coalition, voted against the Republican House Majority’s bill to politicize aid to our allies in Israel and abandon support for the people of Ukraine and innocent civilians in Gaza and the West Bank. The Republican bill would increase the deficit by nearly $12.5 billion and would result in nearly $27…

New Hampshire Delegation Applauds $1.9 Million in USDA Funding for Rural Energy Projects

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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) applauded $1,966,511 in USDA funding heading to New Hampshire through the USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). Reauthorized by the 2018 Farm Bill and further funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, REAP provides guaranteed…

New Hampshire Congressional Delegation Applauds Twin States Clean Energy Link’s Selection to be Part of $1.3 Billion U.S. Department of Energy Program

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** The proposed Twin States Clean Energy Link project will run through New Hampshire and Vermont.**   (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) announced with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that New England’s Twin States Clean Energy Link project (Twin States) is one of three transmission line…

Kuster Leads Letter Calling for Swift Consideration of Administration’s Border Security Request

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Today, the New Democrat Coalition Immigration and Border Security Task Force led 34 New Dem Members in a letter to Congressional leadership calling on the Senate to quickly bring a bipartisan border security package reflecting President Biden’s supplemental request to the floor. Throughout the 118th Congress, New Dems have called on the Administration and House…

New Hampshire Congressional Delegation Announces Over $27 Million in Energy Assistance as Winter Months Approach

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(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), announced with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that $27.6 million in LIHEAP funds are being awarded to New Hampshire to assist…

New Hampshire Delegation Welcomes Nearly $500,000 to Expand Energy Efficiency Efforts in Rural Communities

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(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) alongside U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that $499,128 is heading to Clean Energy NH to support the expansion of their work to assist  small businesses and agricultural producers in New Hampshire’s rural communities with energy efficiency and renewable energy…

New Hampshire Delegation Celebrates ReGen Valley’s Designation as a Tech Hub

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(Manchester, NH) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), along with Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced today that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s EDA has designated ReGen Valley, led by the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing…