Dear Friend,  I met with medical professionals, local officials and healthcare industry workers at Newport Health Center on Monday to discuss their work to increase healthcare access in New Hampshire’s rural communities. Healthcare is a right, not a privilege, and the quality of care a person receives should not be dependent on where they live. We need to work together to… Read more »

**Senators Shaheen and Hassan Helped Negotiate the Bipartisan Budget Agreement that Includes the Opioid Response Funding Made Available to New Hampshire** ** Shea-Porter and Kuster Urged House Leadership to Increase Opioid Response Funding for New Hampshire** Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan and Congresswomen Carol Shea-Porter and Annie Kuster released the following statements… Read more »

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), along with U.S. Representatives David Kustoff (R-TN) and Annie Kuster (D-NH), today introduced the Substance Tableting and Encapsulating Enforcement and Registration (STEER) Act (S. 3281 / H.R. 6554), bipartisan legislation to combat the opioid crisis by cracking down on counterfeit pill makers. Last year, CNN reported… Read more »

Dear Friend, I was honored to be named as a Conferee to the Farm Bill Conference Committee, which has the important task of resolving the wide differences between the House and Senate-passed Farm Bills. The Farm Bill covers programs related to agriculture, such as nutrition, conservation, forestry, and rural development. During the last Farm Bill five years ago, I was able to deliver… Read more »

You can watch their discussion HERE.   Yesterday, the Bipartisan Heroin and Opioid Task Force, chaired by Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Tom MacArthur (R-NJ), hosted a discussion on efforts to expand access to medication assisted treatment for incarcerated addicts to reduce recidivism and address the opioid epidemic. Members of the Task Force heard from experts in the… Read more »

Dear Friend,  The opioid epidemic is more than a public health crisis, it’s also impacting our economy and workforce. This week, the U.S. Department of Labor awarded $5 million to the New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs to help address this challenge. This funding is a critical resource to encourage training in the fields that will help us tackle the… Read more »

Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Congresswomen Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) and Annie Kuster (NH-02), announced that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will award $5 million to the New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs to help the Granite State workforce, which has been severely affected by the opioid epidemic.     … Read more »

U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Congresswomen Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) and Annie Kuster (NH-02), welcomed approval of New Hampshire’s request to allow Medicaid recipients suffering from substance use disorders to receive treatment from larger inpatient substance use disorder and mental health treatment facilities for short-term stays. The waiver… Read more »

Dear Friend, On Saturday, I toured the McAllen Border Patrol Station, the McAllen Centralized Process Center, and the Port of Isabel ICE Detention Center in Texas to observe conditions on the ground and the impact of President Trump’s Executive Action on the separation of families. I met with 40 mothers who had been separated from their children and it was impossible not to see the… Read more »

In 2015, I co-founded the Bipartisan Heroin and Opioid Task Force because it was clear that the opioid epidemic needed a comprehensive and unwavering response to match the seriousness of the growing crisis. Since that time, our group, which now boasts 105 members of Congress, has consistently worked to build momentum to address this public health emergency. This Congress alone, our task… Read more »