Concord, N.H. — Today, Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement after U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced he will not vote to advance the Build Back Better framework in the Senate. Sen. Manchin’s comments come after months of negotiations to deliver transformative and overwhelmingly popular provisions for the American people, including… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) voted in favor of H.R. 3992, the Protect Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act to prevent older workers in New Hampshire and across the country from being discriminated against during the job application process. Currently, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) does not cover job applicants seeking relief from age… Read more »
Nashua, N.H. – Today, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), member of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee and founder and co-chair of the Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force, toured the Senior Behavioral Health Unit at St. Joseph Hospital and met with hospital leadership and staff to discuss the critical need for quality mental health care for Granite State… Read more »
**Kuster’s legislation, the Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act, would help to ensure Medicare beneficiaries receive the full benefit of affordable generic drugs**
**The full Subcommittee hearing is available HERE**
**Kuster’s full remarks are available HERE**
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the Energy and Commerce Health… Read more »
**Reps. Kuster and Carter introduced a previous version of this legislation in the 116th Congress**
Washington, D.C. — Today, Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01) introduced the Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act. This bipartisan legislation creates a new grant program to install carbon monoxide alarms in the homes of elderly and… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Today, Reps. Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Diana DeGette (CO-01) sent a letter to Seema Verma, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, urging for transparency in the upcoming Contact Center Operations (CCO) contract proposals. The CCO contract operates 1-800-MEDICARE and the federally facilitated… Read more »
Nursing homes have accounted for nearly 82% of New Hampshire’s total COVID-19 deaths, the highest rate in the county. Yet, in the most recent round of funding, they have received the third-lowest amount of funding per home, only behind Maine and Vermont.
The most recent round of nursing home grants, announced in late October, were distributed to nursing homes that kept “new COVID-19… Read more »
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the Peabody Home in Franklin $26 million in direct loans to construct a senior housing facility. The federal dollars were awarded… Read more »
Today, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement after voting to support bipartisan legislation that would prevent a government shutdown at the end of the month. The bill passed the House with a 359-57 vote.
“I am pleased that the House worked to advance critical bipartisan legislation that will prevent a harmful and unnecessary government shutdown,” said… Read more »
Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced $11.4 million in funding through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act to help New Hampshire nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the… Read more »
