Maggie Hassan

I worked with Senator Murkowski to pass into law the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act, which eliminated an unnecessary hurdle to providing treatment.

Medication treatment is a key resource for people with opioid use disorder.

Well, and I know that in rural areas of the country, sometimes if we can get trainees into the rural areas too, they learn that they like not only the community health center model, but living in some really beautiful, wonderful rural…

Community health centers play a vital role in addressing the ongoing opioid crisis by serving as major providers of medication assisted treatment.

In New Hampshire, patients seeking psychiatric care are being forced to wait in emergency rooms for days or weeks.

I worked with Senator Murkowski to pass into law the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act, which eliminated an unnecessary hurdle to providing treatment.

I was pleased to help expand this effort through the passage into law of the bipartisan Buddy Check Week Act.

I would love to look into it, follow up, understand what happened, figure out how to resolve it, and then also identify the broader system issues.

Exams that are far away can be even more burdensome, obviously, for veterans who have a condition that impedes their ability to travel long distances.

I want to start by just following up on an issue similar to the one that Senator Moran raised about delays in disability claims.

In December, Congress funded the training of 200 new physicians, including at least 100 psychiatrists or addiction medicine specialists, building off a bill that Senator Collins and I did, called the Opioid Workforce Act.

The other piece of the conversation that came up in North Conway and has come up all around my state, is just the need for housing for employees, especially in rural New England right now, Northern New England.

One of the things I am also aware of and I think has been highlighted in other work that you all have done, when I talk to veterans, women veterans in particular, I think find the transition process not really necessarily suited to their…

Last year I worked to get the Solid Start Act passed into law, and I continue to believe that that program is essential to ensuring that veterans are aware of their benefits immediately after separation.

I would look forward to that too.

I want to start by just following up on an issue similar to the one that Senator Moran raised about delays in disability claims.

Exams that are far away can be even more burdensome, obviously, for veterans who have a condition that impedes their ability to travel long distances.

I would love to look into it, follow up, understand what happened, figure out how to resolve it, and then also identify the broader system issues.

In December, Congress funded the training of 200 new physicians, including at least 100 psychiatrists or addiction medicine specialists, building off a bill that Senator Collins and I did, called the Opioid Workforce Act.

The other piece of the conversation that came up in North Conway and has come up all around my state, is just the need for housing for employees, especially in rural New England right now, Northern New England.

Last Congress, I worked with Senator Young to introduce the Upskilling and Retraining Assistance Act, which would double the amount of tax-free educational assistance that workers can receive as a benefit from their employers.

I'm honored to be here today to join in introducing Michael Delaney, of Manchester, New Hampshire, to the Committee.

Mr. Delaney is an incredibly well-qualified candidate to serve on the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

His nomination for this role has been met with commendation from a wide variety of New Hampshire and national leaders.

Mr. Delaney is an incredibly well-qualified candidate to serve on the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.