Maggie Hassan
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Maggie Hassan is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from New Hampshire since January 3, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously held the position of the 81st governor of New Hampshire from January 3, 2013, to January 5, 2017. During her tenure as governor, Hassan focused on expanding access to healthcare, improving the state's economy, and addressing issues related to education and infrastructure.
Change occurs when people are willing to stand up, especially in a democracy, and not only talk about ideas.
Your vote would have had the effect of allowing employers to fire a woman for using birth control or for other decisions she makes about her own body and reproductive health.
I'm just concerned that you're not going to be able to back up that guarantee if the Affordable Care Act is repealed, and I'm concerned about the impact that will have on States and people like Ashley who need the coverage.
I look forward to working with you too, but I'm concerned about your unwillingness to commit to making sure that insurance companies cover these essential benefits.
Under the Medicaid expansion program that I just talked about, made possible only by the Affordable Care Act, thousands of New Hampshire citizens are getting the opportunity to get treatment for substance use disorder.
As Governor, I was pleased to work with members of both parties to build on the example that Senator Young talked about in Indiana to have a bipartisan New Hampshire-specific Medicaid expansion plan that's providing coverage now to over…
In 2016, NOAA agreed to pay 85 percent of that cost, but in 2017, unless we do something about it, that cost is going to shift back to our fishers unless another agreement is reached.
The industry is more sensitive to changes in the fee structures prescribed by NOAA than many.
The work that NOAA does is so important, and I look forward to working together with them in the future.
I think the idea of some sort of financing tool, particularly for small businesses, is really important.
New Hampshire has been rated the best state for business friendliness in the country.
I look forward to working with the President-elect and Congress to support and improve public schools.
With all due respect, it's not about sensitivity, although that helps. It's about being willing to enforce the law...
What I'm asking you is--there is at least one voucher program in Florida, the McKay voucher program, which makes students sign away their rights before they can get that voucher. That is fundamentally wrong.
I actually had the opportunity to send him to the same public school that my daughter went to, because the law required that school provide him resources that were never provided before that law was passed, because they're hard.
I am concerned that when students who experience disabilities receive a publicly funded voucher to attend a private school, they often don't receive adequate resources.
I think all of us here share a commitment to public education and understand the essential nature to our democracy.
I hope we'll think about making it accessible to people who, for a variety of reasons, can't drive.
A project to bring commuter rail would not only require a partnership between Massachusetts and New Hampshire, but also Federal support to enhance that state and local effort.
We need to be seeking more innovative and more varied options of funding, and the TIFIA has certainly proven its worth.
I am so pleased to be joining you on this Committee because the Committee's work is, of course, so focused on expanding economic opportunity.
The nature of the threat is always changing, always evolving, and of late I think we all agree that there has just been a disturbing rise in homegrown terrorism.
I think we all agree that foreign infiltration into our utility infrastructure, into any of our infrastructure, is unacceptable.





