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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.
It's not every day that you find an issue where effective diplomacy and development will allow you to save millions of lives, feed the hungry, empower women, advance our national security interests, protect the environment, and demonstrate…
The State Department reports that in just 2 decades the world's demand for fresh water is expected to exceed supply by 40 percent.
Can you talk a little bit about how you are coordinating with other Federal agencies, to the extent that you are, and how that's working.
It's largely, as you know, Senator, people in rural communities, with a dependence on local wells, where those wells are not monitored, they're not protected, they're vulnerable to the kinds of non-point source problems that we've been…
While we've seen great strides in technology to overcome water challenges, including desalinization, we don't yet have a silver bullet to overcome water scarcity.
Thank you. Mr. Hansen, one of the things that has impressed me about the efforts that have been undertaken by the Army...
I want to acknowledge that--I understand that the EPA is embarking on the preparation of a report to address the value of water to the U.S. economy.
As we're looking at the effects of climate change, particularly in Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, but seeing some of those effects here, are there ways that we're looking at planning for the water effects of climate change globally?
The Clean Water Act, we've talked about it for years. It needs to be overhauled eventually.
One of the things that many of you have mentioned is the effect of climate change and these increasing weather emergencies on our water systems and our water supply.
USGS recently completed 2 reports on water supply and demand in the seacoast area in New Hampshire.
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