{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hassan.senate.gov/news/press-releases/signed-into-law-government-funding-bill-with-key-nh-priorities-secured-by-senator-hassan", "SIGNED INTO LAW: Government Funding Bill with Key NH Priorities Secured by Senator Hassan", "2022-12-29", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "NH", "Margaret Wood Hassan", "H001076", "www.hassan.senate.gov", "hassan", "https://www.hassan.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Senator Maggie Hassan issued the following statement after the President signed into law the bipartisan government funding legislation, which includes key New Hampshire priorities that Senator Hassan worked to secure:\n\n\u201cThis year\u2019s government funding bill includes major Granite State priorities that will lower costs for families, strengthen our response to the opioid epidemic, and help more Americans save for retirement. I\u2019m pleased that we came together across the aisle to pass this critical legislation, and I look forward to seeing how it will support families, our economy, and our national security in the year ahead.\u201d\n\nCritical New Hampshire priorities that Senator Hassan helped secure in the government funding bill include:\n\nCombating the Opioid Epidemic\n\nSenator Hassan\u2019s bipartisan Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act, which eliminates an outdated requirement, the \u2018x-waiver,\u2019 that limits the number of medical practitioners who can prescribe life-saving medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.\n\nA measure backed by Senator Hassan to give law enforcement more flexibility to interdict fentanyl-related substances by extending the designation of fentanyl analogues as Schedule I drugs until December 31, 2024.\n\nProvisions from Senator Hassan\u2019s bipartisan bill to help address the severe shortage of doctors trained in addiction medicine. The government funding bill creates 200 new medical residency positions, including for addiction medicine, at teaching hospitals in New Hampshire and across the country.\n\nSupporting Veterans\n\nSenator Hassan\u2019s bipartisan bill to designate one week per year as \u201cBuddy Check Week.\u201d The bill is modeled after the American Legion\u2019s \u201cBuddy Check National Week of Calling\u201d that connects veterans to other veterans in order to better ensure that they receive the support that they need.\n\nBipartisan legislation that Senator Hassan championed to help provide surplus government computers to veterans and others who need them. Senator Hassan worked on the legislation with Digitunity, a nonprofit based in North Conway.\n\nA bipartisan measure that the Senator introduced with Thom Tillis (R-NC) to improve oversight of the VA and reduce the backlog of requests from veterans for medical and other VA military records.\n\nLowering Health Care and Home Energy Costs\n\nBipartisan measures that Senator Hassan worked on to increase access to generic and biosimilar medications, which are often less expensive than generic drugs.\n\n$4 billion for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program, a $200 million increase over last year, which will help Granite Staters with their energy costs.\n\nHelping Americans Save for Retirement\n\nBipartisan measures Senator Hassan and colleagues introduced to make it easier for businesses to offer retirement benefits, including enabling more businesses to join multiple employer plans (MEPs) and expanding tax cuts to small businesses who provide retirement benefits to their employees.\n\nIncreases retirement plan flexibility for public safety officers and improves access for military families, including provisions from bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Hassan and Susan Collins (R-ME) to help military families save for retirement.\n\nAddressing the Housing Shortage\n\nFunding that Senator Hassan worked to secure that will help with the construction of thousands of new rental units and houses.\n\nStrengthening Maternal Health and Child Care Support\n\nThe bipartisan TRIUMPH Act, which Senator Hassan introduced with Senator Tillis, that creates a federal taskforce and national strategy to improve maternal mental health outcomes and expand mental health resources for new mothers.\n\nA critical measure that Senator Hassan pushed for to ensure that for the first time, every child in America who qualifies for Medicaid or the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) will now be guaranteed at least one year of continuous health coverage.\n\nExtension of a measure, which Senator Hassan supported, that ensures that states can provide a full year of postpartum coverage for mothers on Medicaid and CHIP.\n\nIncreased funding for Child Care and Development Block grants, a measure that Senator Hassan pushed for, which will expand affordable child care to more families in New Hampshire and across the country.\n\nExtending Access to Affordable Telehealth Services\n\nA measure Senator Hassan pushed for that extends coverage of Medicare telehealth services through 2024, ensuring that more patients, especially in rural communities, get the care that they need.\n\nStrengthening Support for Rural Students\n\nDoubling funding for a program that supports rural students, including college prep and career pathway programs in rural communities.\n\nFunding Key Bipartisan Legislation\n\nCritical funding to implement key bipartisan legislation that Senator Hassan helped pass into law, including the bipartisan infrastructure law, the CHIPS and Science Act, and PACT Act that addresses veterans\u2019 toxic exposure.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hassan.senate.gov/news/press-releases/signed-into-law-government-funding-bill-with-key-nh-priorities-secured-by-senator-hassan"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.125707920640707, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}