Fiscal Committee Meeting Postponed After Anti-Vaccine Protest Shuts Down Executive Council Meeting
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3207 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, the meeting of the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee scheduled for Friday, October 1st was postponed following a reckless anti-vaccine protest at an Executive Council meeting earlier today. The Fiscal Committee was scheduled to take up the same funding for the state’s immunization program that was being protested at this morning’s Executive Council meeting, leavi
Executive Council Meeting Cancelled Due to Reckless Anti-Vaccine Protestors
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3207 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today’s meeting of the New Hampshire Executive Council was canceled following an anti-vaccine protest that caused state employees in attendance to fear for their lives. The cancellation notice was made by Councilor Dave Wheeler (R-Milford) with the Governor nowhere in sight. Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy (D-Manchester) issued the following statement in response: “
Senate Democrats Push Back on Senate Republicans’ Anti-Public Health Message
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3207 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, Senate Democrats pushed back against a letter sent by Senate Republicans to New Hampshire’s federal delegation regarding President Biden’s efforts to protect public health and safety. Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy (D-Manchester), Senator Sue Prentiss (D-West Lebanon), and Senator Tom Sherman (D-Rye) issued the following statements in response: Senate Democr
Senator Cindy Rosenwald on Report of Another COVID-19 Lockdown at the NH Veterans Home
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3207 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD - Yesterday, the Laconia Daily Sun reported that 25 residents at the New Hampshire Veterans Home were in a partial, week-long lockdown because an unvaccinated staff member contracted COVID-19. This comes almost a month after State Senator Cindy Rosenwald called on Governor Chris Sununu to require Veterans Home staff to get the COVID vaccine. The Sununu administration rebuf
GOP Members of Fiscal Committee Table $27 Million in COVID-19 Response Money, Delay Public Health
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3207 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, Republican members of the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee voted to table $27 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to fund the state’s Immunization Program. The vote to table this funding will further delay efforts by DHHS to take appropriate public health action to combat COVID-19. Deputy Senate Democratic Leader Cindy Rosenwald (D-Nashua) issued the follo
Senate Democratic Leader Condemns Executive Council Vote to Deny Health Care to 12,000 Granite State
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3207 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, in a 4-1 vote, Republican members voted to reject contracts for New Hampshire’s family planning providers, thereby jeopardizing access to birth control, sexually transmitted infection testing & treatment, and cancer screenings for 12,000 Granite Staters. Democratic Councilor Cinde Warmington was the sole dissenting vote. Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy (D-Man
Republican Executive Councilors Reject $22.4 Million in Federal Funds to Combat COVID-19
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3207 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us NASHUA – Today, in a 3-2 vote, the Executive Council rejected $22.4 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to fund the Immunization Program under the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 and create 12 new positions for immunization purposes. Deputy Senate Democratic Leader Cindy Rosenwald (D-Nashua) issued the following statement in response: “There was no rea
Republicans Block Health Care for 12,000 Granite Staters, Vote No on Family Planning Contracts
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3207 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us NASHUA – Today, in a vote of 4-1, Republican members of the Executive Council voted against contracts for New Hampshire’s family planning providers, thereby jeopardizing access to birth control, sexually transmitted infection testing & treatment, and cancer screenings for 12,000 lower-income Granite Staters. During discussions, Republican members cited their unfounded fear that co
Senate Democrats Commend President Biden’s Continued Commitment to Public Safety
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3207 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Following President Biden’s announcement that COVID-19 vaccinations would be required for workers in most health care settings that receive Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement, Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy (D-Manchester) and Senator Tom Sherman (D-Rye) issued this statement: “We applaud President Biden’s continued commitment to public health and safety. Across the
Senator Prentiss Appointed to National EMS Advisory Council
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3207 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Senator Sue Prentiss (D-West Lebanon) has been appointed to The National EMS Advisory Council at The Department of Transportation. As a member of the Council, Senator Prentiss will provide advice and recommendations regarding EMS to NHTSA in the Department of Transportation and to the members of the Federal Interagency Committee on EMS. Senator Sue Prentiss (D-West Leban