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Jeanne Shaheen

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Jeanne Shaheen is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Hampshire, a position she has held since January 3, 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman to be elected governor of New Hampshire, serving from 1997 to 2003. During her tenure in the Senate, Shaheen has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and national security, often advocating for policies that support working families and promote economic growth.

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  1. Congress expects the State Department to invest resources to advance human rights, democratic institutions, civil society, freedom of expression and worker rights.3 sources2026propublica.org
  2. These awards suggest that the Department intends to select awardees for federal funding based on their political ideology, not in the interest of American taxpayers or national security.3 sources2026propublica.org
  3. We should be doing more, and we should have done more, absolutely.2 sources2025cbsnews.com
  4. I think it is a shameful black mark on humanity that the world has allowed this to happen and that Israel is allowing this to happen.2 sources2025cbsnews.com
  5. I came to the floor this afternoon to talk about our failure, once again, to go through a regular appropriations process. I share what I know is a disappointment on the part of many of our colleagues that this Congress is choosing, once again, to disregard the regular appropriations process and resort to a short-term continuing resolution. This will have serious negative impacts on our country's national security and on the economy. As ranking member on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, I applaud the chair of that subcommittee, Senator Hoeven, who was just on the floor, for the bipartisan work that has gone on. But as I look at the potential impact on homeland security, our failure to get an appropriations bill will have serious negative consequences for our Nation's emergency preparedness, for our transportation security, and for cyber security, just to name a few. Closer to home in our local communities, it will hurt law enforcement as well as efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. At the beginning of this 114th Congress, the majority leader pledged to return the Senate to regular order. Now, translated into simple English for people who may be watching, regular order means doing our job and doing it the right way when it comes to the budget process.…2 sources2016govinfo.gov
  6. I rise today to recognize this week as National AHEC--Area Health Education Centers--Week. The AHEC program, originally authorized in 1971, began by working in conjunction with other Health Resources and Services Administration programs to develop health professionals to staff brick-and-mortar community health centers across the country. Today, AHECs offer hands- on and innovative health career curriculums for pre-college level students and are committed to continuing education, clinical training of health professionals, and responding to community health needs. The Nation's 300 AHECs operate in nearly every State and in multiple U.S. territories. AHEC clinical training placements put students in a variety of real- world settings, such as urban and rural community health clinics and health departments that provide care to traditionally hard-to-reach populations. Students, in particular those working through their AHECs, are more likely to remain in the communities where they trained, making it critically important to establish training opportunities in rural and underserved areas. The need to strengthen the healthcare workforce continues. According to new data from the Association of American Medical Colleges, the U.S. could see a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2034, and the American Hospital Association says more than 200,000 new registered nurses are needed each year to meet increasing healthcare needs and to replace retiring nurses.…2 sources2025govinfo.gov
Aug 9, 2026

The high rate of suicide among construction workers should be alarming to us all.

warner.senate.gov
Aug 8, 2026

If we can’t shut down the funding for the war machine that Russia is using against Ukraine, then they’re going to keep at it.

huffpost.com
Aug 8, 2026

For the first time in decades, Lebanon has a real chance to reclaim its sovereignty, disarm Hezbollah and break free from Iran’s malign influence, but success depends on sustained American support.

lankford.senate.gov
Aug 7, 2026

It’s outrageous the Administration would try to shortchange our troops and their families from receiving the full benefits that they have earned through service and sacrifice.

duckworth.senate.gov
Aug 7, 2026

From search and rescue to securing U.S. coasts and waters to ensuring marine environmental protection, the Coast Guard is critical to making New England’s shores and waterways safer.

murphy.senate.gov
Aug 6, 2026

I have heard from hundreds of my constituents in New Hampshire about this Administration’s moves to dismantle the Department of Education, and they’re concerned about what would happen—particularly for our young children with disabilities.

hirono.senate.gov
Aug 5, 2026

Honoring Harriet Tubman on our nation's currency is an important recognition of her legacy and we urge you to reconsider.

vanhollen.senate.gov
Aug 5, 2026

A credible democratic transition is only attainable when the Venezuelan people are free to decide Venezuela’s future, yet the Delcy Rodríguez regime has failed to take meaningful actions toward holding elections and restoring democratic…

cruz.senate.gov
Aug 5, 2026

The authorities in Caracas must immediately and unconditionally release all remaining political prisoners and guarantee that all political actors, including María Corina Machado, can safely return and freely participate in political…

cruz.senate.gov
Aug 2, 2026

The cost of [the] United States response is approaching $1 billion," they wrote. "Investment now in voluntary family planning is fiscally rational in addition to being morally urgent."

foxnews.com
Jul 31, 2026

What an embarrassment. This is what happens when the US Department of State fires career experts and tries to have AI conduct diplomacy.

commondreams.org
Jul 31, 2026

“This is our best opportunity to support Ukraine. We are defending not just their country but the rest of Europe from an increasingly aggressive Russia.”

huffpost.com
Jul 31, 2026

Our fighting force is stronger when any American – regardless of their gender – can meet the toughest military standards in the world.

hirono.senate.gov
Jul 26, 2026

This legislation would level tough new sanctions on Russia and choke off key export markets for the energy it sells to fund its war machine.

ernst.senate.gov
Jul 22, 2026

Why are you asking the American people to absorb the cost of a war they don’t support?

huffpost.com
Jul 21, 2026

The President must negotiate an end to this disastrous war.

theguardian.com
Jul 18, 2026

Congress expects the State Department to invest resources to advance human rights, democratic institutions, civil society, freedom of expression and worker rights.

propublica.org
Jul 18, 2026

These awards suggest that the Department intends to select awardees for federal funding based on their political ideology, not in the interest of American taxpayers or national security.

propublica.org
Jul 15, 2026

We want to do everything possible to try and get them to the table.

npr.org
Jul 15, 2026

He has been a strong supporter of Ukraine from the beginning because I think he saw this is a country that wants to break with its communist past.

npr.org
Jul 10, 2026

Right now, the cost of everything is up, and energy prices are no exception.

coons.senate.gov
Jul 9, 2026

This is a war that needs to end. The president needs to get back to the negotiating table, but he needs to negotiate a deal that's going to benefit the United States and not Iran.

npr.org
Jul 9, 2026

I think our NATO allies have figured out that the president is not consistent in his foreign policy or his statements.

npr.org
Jul 9, 2026

I think people don't take a lot of it seriously.

npr.org

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