Improving Access to Affordable Health Care

Stay Safe: We are all in this together

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Dear Friend, My number one obligation representing you in Congress is to do everything in my power to keep you and your family safe. For the past four months since the first positive COVID-19 test in New Hampshire on March 2, 2020, I have focused my attention on keeping you safe from this deadly virus and from the risk of an economic collapse from this unprecedented public health crisis.…

Kuster Condemns Trump Administrations Effort to Strike Down Affordable Care Act During Pandemic

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**As more than 120,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, Trump Administration files a brief asking the Supreme Court to strike down the entirety of crucial health care law** **Trump lawsuit threatens access to coverage for more than 100,000 Granite Staters** Today, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) ), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, condemned the Trump…

Bipartisan Opioid Task Force Holds Virtual Discussion on Addressing COVID-19 and the Opioid Epidemic

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Rep. Kuster during the roundtable discussion. Watch the roundtable here. Today, the Bipartisan Opioid Task Force, led by Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Donald Norcross (NJ-01), hosted a virtual discussion on addressing the dual crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and the opioid epidemic. Ten Members of the Task Force participated in the discussion, where…

Kuster Questions Dr. Fauci, Public Health Officials on Administrations COVID-19 Response in Energy and Commerce Hearing

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Hopkinton, NH – On Tuesday, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) participated in a virtual Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the Trump Administration's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. During the hearing titled, “Oversight of the Trump Administration's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Kuster and her committee colleagues heard from Dr. Anthony Fauci, M.D., Director of…

The Right Side of History

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Dear Friend, This week I am thinking about what it means to be an American and to strive for “the pursuit of happiness, with liberty and justice for all.”  On Monday, I joined Governor Sununu and General Mikolaities for the somber interment at the NH Veterans Cemetery of NH National Guard Specialist Pamela Usanase, 21, of Concord, who tragically drowned in the Merrimack…

Kuster Helps to Introduce Legislation to Address Stark Disparities in Health Care System

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Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, joined Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04), Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD-05), Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL-07), Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL) and Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) to introduce the Health Enterprise Zones Act to close the gaps in our health care system that…

Kuster, Energy and Commerce Committee Hold Hearing on Racial Disparities in COVID-19 and U.S. Health Care System

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Watch Rep. Kuster’s line of questioning here. Hopkinton, NH – Yesterday, Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) participated in a virtual Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on inequality in America’s health care system. During the hearing titled, “Health Care Inequality: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 and the Health Care System,” Kuster and her…

Long-Overdue Conversations

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Dear Friend, This past weekend, I took part in vigils organized by passionate young people in Nashua and Concord to honor George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. The tragic killings of Floyd and Taylor have sparked long-overdue conversations about police brutality and systemic racism in our nation. It is in every American’s best interest to ensure our nation’s police officers are…

NH Delegation Announces Nearly $400K in Funding Through CARES Act to Develop Plan to Bolster Domestic Supply Chain for Vaccines & PPE

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Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) will receive $399,138 in federal funding through the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act…

Protecting the Rights of All Americans

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Dear Friend,  Like so many of you, my heart breaks for the death of George Floyd, his family and loved ones, and the Minneapolis community. America is crying out in pain and frustration over the profound loss of over 100,000 lives from COVID-19 and the disproportionate impact on communities of color. Black Americans face an equally deadly virus in the racism and bias of their…