Jeanne Shaheen
Senator for New Hampshire · Democratic · United States
“As one of the legislature's most tireless advocates for mental health care, she was the prime sponsor of legislation to raise reimbursement rates for Medicaid providers for mental health and substance use disorder treatment.”
Senate23 September 2026Source ↗
“United States officials told the Wall Street Journal--and we can see this mockup of that article--that Iran got high-resolution satellite imagery of that base from Chinese entities before the attack.”
Senate23 September 2026Source ↗
“When President Trump sits across from President Xi at the White House, he should use his leverage to do three things: first, to stop Chinese companies from giving Iran satellite imagery and targeting support; second, stop Chinese networks from supplying parts for Iran's missiles and drones; and third, stop the purchase and trade of sancti…”
Senate23 September 2026Source ↗
“By 1994, Forest Society reservations encompassed 24,584 acres across the State, a testament to its commitment to protecting New Hampshire's wilderness. Today, the Forest Society owns more than 68,000 acres in over 200 reservations and protects tens of thousands more through conservation easements and other arrangements.”
Senate23 September 2026Source ↗
“Many of Cindy's colleagues, past and present, regard her as a visionary leader who fought long and hard to make New Hampshire a healthier and more compassionate State. She sought meaningful change through legislation, and she strove to ensure that no Granite Staters fell through the cracks.”
Senate23 September 2026Source ↗
“I hope the President will also think about the weapon that Congress gave him when we passed the Russia sanctions bill because it allows us to tariff the Chinese companies that are purchasing Russian oil and gas. China is the No.”
Senate23 September 2026Source ↗
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“I have heard from business across our State about Canadian tourists canceling plans already, about bookings that they rely on that are not going to come through. Last week, we saw that airline tickets from travelers coming from Canada this summer are down more than 70 percent from this time last year. That represents lost business for my constituents and for businesses and communities across this country. All of this will put their businesses at risk, and it will do so when they are also facing higher costs for inputs because of these tariff taxes. Two weeks ago, I visited a bus company that runs buslines between the seacoast of New Hampshire and Boston and New York. They are facing $500,000 in added costs because of these tariffs. Now, on top of that, he stands to lose business because fewer people are visiting the United States.”
Senate2 April 2025Source ↗
“Well, here is an American small business and an exporter, and because of what this President is doing with his reckless trade war, this small business owner might go out of business. Mr. Chatila said to me: When I came, this was the American dream, which is why we built it. But now, you see it in front of yours eyes. It's just melted, like ice. I asked him what he would like to ask President Trump if he had the opportunity, and his question was to the President: What do you want me to do? If you really care about your country, why don't you support small businesses, which are the backbone of every community? I think that said it about as well as anybody I have heard. We know, sadly, that his business is not the only one. Many of our small businesses in New Hampshire are reliant on travel and tourism.”
Senate2 April 2025Source ↗
“So he spent the last 36 years building his business. And now he might have to sell his factory because of the trade war that President Trump has started with Canada. Chatila's Bakery makes sugar-free desserts. They get some of their ingredients from Canada. All of those ingredients are now more expensive. While I was there, he showed me a fuel bill he had just gotten that said that because of the tariffs, his fuel bill was going up. But, more important than that, 85 percent of his business comes from exporting to Canadian customers. Most of his sales contracts in Canada were canceled after these tariffs went into effect last month, so he says he is going to lose between $400,000 and $500,000 this year in the business. Now, President Trump says he is worried about trade imbalances and that he wants to support exporters.”
Senate2 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, I come to the floor to join my colleagues because I am so concerned about the damaging impact of President Trump's tariff taxes. I call them taxes because that is what they really are, but those tariffs, particularly on Canada, although we heard today that he announced a number of others. I have been hearing from a lot of small businesses in New Hampshire. But on Monday, I visited a bakery in Derry, NH, that may have to go out of business due to what President Trump is proposing on tariffs on Canada. The owner of Chatila's Bakery moved to the United States 36 years ago. He was a cardiologist and his brother a Ph.D. scientist. They are from Lebanon. He became a citizen, raised his family, and sent his daughter to college. He and his brother got interested in sugar-free desserts and candies because their mother was diabetic.”
Senate2 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, 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.”
Senate27 March 2025Source ↗
“As a group of women in the Ukrainian military said to me in the first year of the war: Give us the equipment; give us the arms so that we can fight the Russians so that you in America don't have to. Well, they have been on the frontlines for all of us defending the international order that has served American interests since the end of World War II. I hope we will continue to support them in that effort. Mr. President, I yield to my colleague Senator Murkowski.”
Senate11 March 2025Source ↗
“So I hope that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will see the folly in what the President is doing, will recognize the impact on the economy and American families because of these increased costs, and agree that these tariffs should be rolled back. I yield the floor.”
Senate4 March 2025Source ↗
“If the President needs to block some dangerous product, he still can. But if there is a real threat, we would want to stop it, not just add a tariff tax. That is what my bill does. It would stop these tariffs on goods and energy coming from Canada and Mexico, and it would give businesses and families more certainty to plan for the future and to keep their hard-earned dollars in their pockets. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be discharged from further consideration of S. 151 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration; that the bill be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.”
Senate4 March 2025Source ↗
“Madam President, this amendment would extend vital Affordable Care Act tax credits for millions of Americans. We all know that healthcare is still too expensive. Unfortunately, this reconciliation bill that we are ultimately going to vote on is going to make that worse. In New Hampshire, we hear every day about people rationing medicines, skipping appointments, and delaying care all because of costs, but we can act now to lower those costs. We can extend those premium tax credits because if we don't act, they will skyrocket and 4 million Americans will lose their health insurance. I urge a ``yes'' vote on my amendment to reinforce our support for working families and their access to healthcare.”
Senate20 February 2025Source ↗
“Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 436 and ask that it be reported by number.”
Senate20 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my colleague from North Carolina Senator Tillis.”
Senate20 February 2025Source ↗
“I don't think people elected Donald Trump to dismantle this country's air traffic control system. I think they elected him because they wanted to see inflation go down, they wanted to see their grocery prices reduced, they wanted to see help with rental costs, with mortgage rates, with energy costs. What have we seen in the weeks since Donald Trump got inaugurated? No effort to address any of those things. All we have seen is an effort at retribution against his perceived enemies, at firing and undermining services and programs within the government that serve the American people. For the sake of our citizens, we must do better. I am calling on this administration to right this wrong as quickly as possible before it is too late. I yield the floor.”
Senate19 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, I come to the floor today to call attention to the Trump administration's unconscionable disregard for air safety. Last month, here in Washington, we saw the deadliest commercial aviation event on U.S. soil in over 23 years, and while this loss of life was horrifying, it was, unfortunately, not unimaginable. In recent years, near misses at airports across the country have increased, and the incident at DCA illustrated just how quickly these dangerous situations can take a turn for the worse.”
Senate19 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.”
Senate19 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.”
Senate13 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, I yield 30 minutes of postcloture debate time to the Democratic leader.”
Senate12 February 2025Source ↗
“It does the exact opposite. And Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is complicit. He is complicit in these efforts, and he will only continue them should he be confirmed. America deserves a leader at HHS who values science, who protects public health, who defends women's rights to reproductive care--to the full range of reproductive care--and who upholds the integrity of our country's core health systems. RFK, Jr., has shown time and again that he is not that leader. His dangerous rhetoric on vaccines, his reckless plans to gut critical Agencies, and lack of understanding of basic healthcare make him uniquely unqualified to advance the well-being of all Americans. I urge my colleagues to reject his nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services. I yield the floor.”
Senate12 February 2025Source ↗
“We can choose to defend America's national security and keep our promise to our constituents to protect their lives and safety and their interests, or we can choose to give a gift to Vladimir Putin and our adversaries, to usher them into the inner halls of the American intelligence system. I know which choice I intend to make. I intend to vote no on Tulsi Gabbard, and I hope that my colleagues, particularly those across the aisle--at least some of them--will have the courage to do the same. I yield the floor.”
Senate11 February 2025Source ↗
“For those struggling with mental health issues, I vote no.”
Senate5 February 2025Source ↗
“It is in our interest to ensure that these efforts that help with diseases and that help prevent Vladimir Putin and Russia from their nefarious activities in Europe and Moldova and Romania and Ukraine. That has also happened, the aid to help Ukraine in this war against Russia. That has all been cut off. That doesn't make America safer. That doesn't make us stronger. That doesn't make us more prosperous. I hope my colleagues will stand against Russell Vought, who has been the architect of so much of this carnage. Sadly, I don't think my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will do that. I hope that we can reverse some of this harm that is being done to so many people around the world that is going to come home to roost in America if we don't address it. So I have taken all of my time. I yield the floor.”
Senate5 February 2025Source ↗
“International Criminal Court Mr. President, but I want to start, before I do that, in responding to my colleague from Wyoming. We have worked closely together over the years. We have both been on the Foreign Relations Committee. To his comments on the ICC, because I was also in the meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu. I also share concerns about the way the ICC has operated. I think we should be able to come to an agreement, to a compromise, on how this bill gets written.”
Senate5 February 2025Source ↗
“I hope this administration can provide everyone with certainty that they won't go into effect next month. I yield to my colleague from Vermont.”
Senate4 February 2025Source ↗
“Common sense calls for all of us to work on a bipartisan basis to help our constituents to put an end to the chaos and uncertainty that has been created by this administration in only its second week. I hope we can do that. I yield the floor.”
Senate29 January 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.”
Senate29 January 2025Source ↗
“So I was hoping we could come to an agreement. We have been negotiating with Senator Cotton, who is the author of this bill. I know we share most of the same concerns that he does in drafting the bill. But I think it is overly broad. It is not drafted in a way that addresses what I think are the unique concerns that we have with respect to the International Criminal Court. Sadly, since we have not been able to come to an agreement to address those concerns, I intend to vote no on this bill, and I urge my colleagues to do the same on the motion to proceed. I yield the floor.”
Senate28 January 2025Source ↗
“And just for the record, to be clear, in his first term, President Trump did give an illegal order that then-Secretary Esper refused to follow, and for that, Secretary Esper was fired by the President. So I am very concerned that Mr. Hegseth lacks the consistency and the moral clarity to lead the most combat-credible military in the world, and I am very disappointed that this body would put a nominee on the floor without the due process of advice and consent that the position of the Secretary of Defense deserves. Our men and women in uniform deserve better. Therefore, for the first time since I was elected to represent the people of New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate, I plan to vote against this nominee for Secretary of Defense. I yield the floor.”
Senate23 January 2025Source ↗
“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.”
Senate23 January 2025Source ↗
“Now, more than ever, we need to stand up and defend women's healthcare, make certain that abortions are safe and legal. And we know that banning abortions doesn't actually stop them. You just make them more dangerous for women. Enough is enough. I urge my colleagues to oppose this legislation and its consideration on the Senate floor.”
Senate21 January 2025Source ↗