Press Releases

(Washington, D.C.) – In the wake of a federal indictment alleging a $20 million fraud in an Army Corps of Engineering contract, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) called on...

(Washington, D.C.) – Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-AL) indicated at a hearing today of their committee that they were...

(Washington, D.C.) —U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) called on the deficit-fighting supercommittee to consider adding biennial budgeting to their...

As prepared for delivery: The media has been focused on our differences. But I think there is one thing that every single member of this body agrees on -- we have to address the...

As prepared for delivery: As we all know, negotiations are ongoing between leadership in both chambers and the President regarding measures to reduce the deficit and raise the...

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Senators Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today introduced a bill that would save approximately $500 million by reducing the amount...

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen released the following statement after the USDA announced its intention to adjust sugar import quotas for 2011. (See USDA...

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) announced today her support for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2012 (S.981), which...

(Washington, D.C.) –The U.S. Senate today voted to roll back a long-standing tax break for corn-based ethanol, a wasteful subsidy that U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen has fought...

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) continued her commitment to accountability regarding U.S. assistance to Afghanistan during a Senate Foreign...

(Washington, DC) – Continuing her call for the elimination of unnecessary government programs and regulations, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today praised proposals from...

SHAHEEN: END OIL SUBSIDIES TO REDUCE OUR DEFICIT (Washington, DC) – Continuing her support for the elimination of unnecessary government programs to reduce the national...

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates urging the Department not to spend $804 million over the next two...

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released the following statement in response to the House of Representatives budget plan, expected to pass...

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen announced her intention to support H.R. 1473, the compromise bill funding the remainder of FY 2011 appropriations and...

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released the following statement regarding the announcement that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)...

(Washington, D.C.) –U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today supported two deficit reduction measures that would reduce wasteful spending.  Both were passed by the U.S....

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) joined a bipartisan group of Senators today to call on President Barack Obama to support a comprehensive deficit...

(Washington, D.C.) – Amid mounting reports of reconstruction dollars fueling corruption throughout Afghanistan, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) today questioned whether...

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) released the following statement today in response to the GAO report identifying duplicative government...