U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior 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) today announced the award of $712,837 in federal funding to Dartmouth College’s Center for Technology and Behavioral Health in support of the first year of a five-year research study to… Read more »

Dear Friend,  Putting Forth Solutions to Combat the Opioid Epidemic Yesterday, I joined Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, my Republican co-chair of the Bipartisan Opioid Task Force, and additional Task Force members to unveil our 2020 legislative agenda as part of our work to fight an epidemic that has impacted so many families in New Hampshire and nationwide. The agenda… Read more »

Dear Friend,     Building a Clean, Energy Efficient Economy On Tuesday, I sat down with local community leaders and energy and environmental experts in Nashua to discuss the city’s energy initiatives and my Clean Energy Agenda. We must tackle climate change from all sides using bipartisan, common-sense solutions that will have both immediate and… Read more »

Dear Friend, Ensuring Access to Mental & Behavioral Health Care  On Wednesday, I joined Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), my co-chair of the Bipartisan Opioid Task Force, for a roundtable discussion on the challenges many Americans face in accessing mental health and substance use treatment under certain insurance plans. Despite federal laws requiring mental and… Read more »

Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statements after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) in Manchester will be awarded up to $51 million over 5 years to develop an innovative… Read more »

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior 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) today announced the award of $641,864 in federal funding to Dartmouth College in support of research efforts to improve the detection and diagnosis of breast cancer. Specifically, the grant will… Read more »

Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) led a letter with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) calling on President Trump to increase federal funding to respond to the coronavirus in his budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2021. President Trump’s previous budget request, for FY 2020, called for significant funding cuts for… Read more »

Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s Medicaid block grant guidance that threatens coverage and access to care for vulnerable Americans: “The Trump Administration’s sabotage of health care for millions of Americans continues with this attack on some of our most vulnerable individuals. The Administration’s new… Read more »

Dear Jennifer, Happy 2020! As the new year gets underway, I take time to reflect on everything that’s happened in the previous year and what we’ve accomplished - and what a year 2019 was!  Honored to Represent You  At the start of 2019, I had the honor of taking the oath of office to continue representing the people of New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District. I’m… Read more »

Dear Friend, Combating the Opioid Epidemic with Commonsense Solutions On Wednesday, I joined my colleagues on the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations for a hearing to examine state efforts to curb the opioid epidemic. During the hearing, I addressed opportunities for future federal support at the state level and my work to reduce recidivism and… Read more »