Shaheen Helps Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Firefighters with Service-Related Cancers

Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen (/ ˈdʒiːn ʃəˈhiːn / JEEN shə-HEEN; née Bowers, born January 28, 1947) is an American politician and former educator serving since 2009 as the senior United States senator from New Hampshire.

23 hours ago · (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced she will serve as Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies (Ag-FDA). This Subcommittee oversees funding for the majority of the U.S. Department of ...

6 days ago · (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), took to the Senate floor to outline her concerns for our national security ahead of the possible confirmation of Pete Hegseth as the next U.S. Secretary of Defense. Specifically, Shaheen addressed Hegseth’s inconsistencies on various foreign policy issues, including ...

1 day ago · WASHINGTON— This week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) reintroduced the Global Health, Empowerment and Rights (HER) Act. The Senators’ bipartisan legislation would permanently repeal the harmful Global Gag Rule, also known as the Mexico City Policy, which bans federal funds for foreign non ...

2 days ago · WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke on the Senate floor in opposition to the partisan legislation to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC), highlighted her tireless efforts to come up with a bipartisan compromise to hold the ICC accountable for its actions against Israeli officials and ...

5 days ago · WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule (GGR). The GGR, also known as the Mexico City Policy, bans federal funds for foreign non-governmental organizations that use non-U.S. funds to provide abortion services or offer ...

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21 hours ago · Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Wednesday reintroduced a bill which would permanently repeal a policy that restricts sending federal foreign aid to groups providing a…

2 days ago · Jeanne Shaheen (born January 28, 1947, St. Charles, Missouri, U.S.) is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2008 and began representing New Hampshire the following year. She was the first woman to serve as governor of the state (1997–2003).