Press Releases

**An additional $159 Million provided to key programs that support New Hampshire’s efforts to combat the heroin and opioid abuse epidemic** **As a senior member of the Senate...

(Washington, DC) – Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead Democrat on the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, successfully included two bipartisan bills to...

(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released the following statement after the Senate approved by a voice vote, the nomination of Emily Gray Rice to serve as...

(Washington, DC)—This afternoon, Senator Jeanne Shaheen sent a letter to Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson urging his agency to immediately conduct social media...

(Washington, DC) – This morning at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) questioned the Honorable Lisa S. Disbrow, Assistant Secretary...

(Washington, DC) – Today, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) applauded the announcement that New Hampshire will receive a $400,000 grant to improve the prosecution of sexual...

(Manchester, NH)--Senator Jeanne Shaheen made the following remarks after the announcement that negotiators at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in...

(Manchester, NH)—Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) made the following remarks after learning of the death of Cpl. Andrew Aimesbury: “Today, New Hampshire mourns the loss of...

(Durham, NH) – This morning, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, met with marketing students at...

(Washington, D.C.) U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today applauded Senate passage of legislation she co-sponsored that would provide mental health services for people in the...

**Notes New Hampshire is already seeing impacts of climate change** **Calls for global agreement to address threat of climate change*** (Washington, DC) – Following her...

(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination of Emily Gray Rice to serve as...

(Washington, DC)—This afternoon, legislation was introduced – which is expected to soon become law – to permanently extend the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA)...

**Says legislation will “help inspire the next generation of American innovators”** **Calls “long overdue” reforms to No Child Left Behind that turn over...

**Says legislation will “help inspire the next generation of American innovators”** **Calls “long overdue” reforms to No Child Left Behind that turn over...

 **Asks those opposed to the bill: “If the No-Fly List is not good enough for keeping guns out of the hands of terrorists, why is it worthwhile for protecting commercial...

(Washington, DC) – Late last night following Senate votes, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) departed on a congressional delegation to the United Nations Climate Change...

(Washington, DC) – Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced changes to the public review process for the proposed Northern Pass Transmission project to include a...

**Includes Shaheen-authored legislation to stop discriminatory motorcycle-only checkpoints and reauthorizes the Export-Import Bank**  **Long-term transportation bill also...

(Washington, DC)—U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, gave the following statement after Secretary of Defense Ash Carter...