Hassan, Shaheen, Goodlander meet with AmeriCorps members, directors to discuss proposed program cuts

    read more…: Hassan, Shaheen, Goodlander meet with AmeriCorps members, directors to discuss proposed program cuts

    “As we heard this morning, as we were talking about what the impact of potential cuts to the AmeriCorps program would be, it’s not going to save money,” said Senator Shaheen. “What it’s going to do is downshift those costs to local communities, and it’s going to actually cost us more. So this is all a foolhardy effort.”

    Senator Hassan on Director Noem’s hearing exchange: ‘I was truly shocked by her answer’

    read more…: Senator Hassan on Director Noem’s hearing exchange: ‘I was truly shocked by her answer’

    “And the fact, I was hoping that she actually would be able to respond accurately to the question of what habeas corpus is and I was anticipating that we would have perhaps a difference of opinion about how easy it is for a president to decide to suspend it, what kind of process they have to do. And instead, I found that she was giving me a definition that was completely inverted.”

    Hassan reflects on sacrifices of past generations during Chester Memorial Day ceremony

    read more…: Hassan reflects on sacrifices of past generations during Chester Memorial Day ceremony

    Senator Hassan began by saying, “ On Memorial Day, we honor the heroes who gave their lives for our country, who gave up everything just so that others, people whom they never met, could live in freedom. With their sacrifice, they purchased for us not only freedom from tyranny and the freedom to live in a democracy, but also the freedom to experience a multitude of life’s ordinary moments

    Hassan, Goodlander meet with educators to discuss impact of DOE closure on Granite State students

    read more…: Hassan, Goodlander meet with educators to discuss impact of DOE closure on Granite State students

    “I’d just like to say that as public educators, our number one commitment is to do what is best for our students. And we achieve that through federal funding. So, largely our federal funding. goes to our most at-risk kids. It is students from low-income families. It is students who are homeless. It is students with social and emotional needs.” 

    Hassan and Goodlander meet with healthcare providers to discuss Trump administration Title X funding cuts

    read more…: Hassan and Goodlander meet with healthcare providers to discuss Trump administration Title X funding cuts

    Title X is the only federal government program providing family planning services to low-income families, the uninsured, and the underinsured. On March 31, 2025, 16 recipients of Title X grants received notice that the Trump Administration was “temporarily withholding”  FY 2025 funding. President Trump’s executive order was effective the following day, which had immediate repercussions for sexual and reproductive health care (SRH) services.

    Hassan: Proposed Medicaid cuts for addiction treatment will ‘set back’ fight against fentanyl

    read more…: Hassan: Proposed Medicaid cuts for addiction treatment will ‘set back’ fight against fentanyl

    “When the Congressional Republicans in the Trump administration talk about cutting Medicaid by about a third, that implies that they’re going to cut Medicaid expansion, their contribution to below 90%. Under New Hampshire state law, that automatically cancels the program.’ said Senator Hassan.