Senate Republicans Create Committee to Find a Path Forward for Cruel, Anti-Family Legislation
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD - Today, NH Senate Republicans passed HB 233, a bill which, as amended, will create a committee to study different ways to criminalize health care providers and limit the rights of grieving parents. This bill was brought forward on the baseless premise that infants are being left to die by medical professionals in New Hampshire. Not only is there no evidence of this happen
Senator Whitley Champions Increased Access to Affordable Child Care
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, the Senate passed SB 144, Senator Whitley’s bill to implement a 3-month pilot program to provide enrollment-based reimbursement to child care providers who accept child care scholarships through the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) plan for New Hampshire. After the vote, Senator Whitley (D-Hopkinton) issued the following statement: “Access to safe, affordabl
Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy Comments on NH Secretary of State Bill Gardner’s Retirement
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Earlier today, long-time NH Secretary of State Bill Gardner announced his retirement from the office, effective immediately. Per the NH Constitution, Deputy Secretary of State David Scanlan will be stepping into the role until another election for that office is held. Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy (D-Manchester) issued the following statement: “I want to thank Sec
NH Senate Democrats’ Statement on Passage of Former Senator Robert Preston
Contact Name: Jessica Eskeland Phone: (603) 568-9357 Email: jessica.eskeland@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy (D-Manchester) and Senator Tom Sherman (D-Rye) comment on the passage of former Senator Robert Preston, who passed away on December 27th. Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy (D-Manchester) and Senator Tom Sherman (D-Rye) issued the following statement: “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passage of former Senator Robert Preston of Ha
Honoring the Memory of Representative Barbara Shaw
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Manchester Senators Donna Soucy, Kevin Cavanaugh, and Lou D’Allesandro released the following statements in honor of Representative Barbara Shaw: Senator Donna Soucy stated, “As an educator, a state representative, and as the longest serving female Alderman in Manchester, Representative Shaw embodied the very definition of what it means to be a public servant. Her decade