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| http://kuster.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/weekly-roundup-connecting-nh-employers-and-workers-protecting-medicare | WEEKLY ROUNDUP: Connecting NH Employers and Workers, Protecting Medicare and Social Security, and More | 2013-11-22 | 2013 | 2013-11 | Democrat | House | NH | Ann Kuster | K000382 | kuster.house.gov | legacy | As part of her commitment to helping create jobs and opportunity for middle class New Hampshire families, Congresswoman Kuster today hosted a Career and Opportunities Fair in Nashua to bring together Granite Staters looking for work and employers looking to hire. The fair featured more than two dozen New Hampshire employers and professional groups and drew nearly 300 job-seekers. In advance of the jobs fair, Kuster reiterated her call for Congress to focus like a laser on job creation, and she also signed onto legislation that would extend vital unemployment insurance benefits that are set to expire just days after Christmas. If Congress fails to act soon, 1.3 million Americans – including 1,300 Granite Staters – will be cut off from their benefits at the end of the year. Kuster also called on the lead negotiators on the Budget Conference Committee to protect Medicare and Social Security as they work toward a long-term budget agreement. Kuster and a group of more than 60 Democratic lawmakers underscored that while reaching a responsible budget agreement will require difficult choices, it does not require Americans to surrender their hard-earned benefits. Kuster is a cosponsor of a House resolution opposing the use of Chained CPI and has repeatedly highlighted the harmful impacts that sequestration is having on programs like Meals on Wheels that serve New Hampshire seniors. For more on these updates and others, please continue reading below. Kuster hosts jobs fair in Nashua to connect employers looking to hire and workers looking for jobs More than two dozen companies, including Manchester tech firm Dyn Inc., Crotched Mountain ski area, and the U.S. Postal Service, will be part of a job fair in Nashua on Friday. The fair will take place from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2 Somerset Parkway…The fair is being hosted by U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H. Other employers and professional groups that will be represented at the fair include Corfin Industries, Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center, The Rapid Group, Two C Pack, W.H. Bagshaw and Whaddy.com. (Nashua Telegraph, 11/20/2013) Kuster to host career fair in Nashua U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H., will host a Career and Opportunities Fair on Friday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Nashua that will feature employers from the manufacturing, finance, health care and recreation industries, among others. More than two dozen employers and professional groups will be represented at the fair, including Corfin Industries, Crotched Mountain, Crotched Mountain Ski and Ride Area, Dyn, The Rapid Group, Two C Pack, U.S. Postal Service, W.H. Bagshaw and Whaddy.com. (Union Leader, 11/20/2013) NH’s Kuster urges unemployment insurance extension U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster wants Congress to extend benefits for long-term unemployed workers into 2014. The emergency jobless benefits were extended at the beginning of the year as part of a deal designed to avert a so-called fiscal cliff of tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts. Kuster, a Democrat and member of the House Small Business Committee, says unless Congress reauthorizes the program, 1,300 New Hampshire residents will be cut off from unemployment insurance at the end of December. (Associated Press, 11/16/2013) Kuster signs onto bill to extend critical unemployment insurance for NH families With critical unemployment insurance for the long-term unemployed set to expire just days after Christmas, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) today signed onto legislation to renew the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation program for another year. The legislation would extend the program through 2014, providing a vital lifeline to Granite Staters and other Americans who are still struggling to find work as the economy continues to recover from the worst recession since the Great Depression. Kuster called for an extension of unemployment insurance benefits earlier this month and highlighted a report which estimated that without Congressional action, 1.3 million Americans – including 1,300 Granite Staters – would be cut off from their benefits on December 28. (11/21/2013) Kuster: Any budget deal must protect Medicare and Social Security Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) called on the leaders of the Budget Conference Committee to protect Medicare and Social Security as they work toward a long-term budget agreement. In a letter to the leaders of the committee, Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Kuster and a coalition of Democratic lawmakers underscored that while reaching a responsible budget agreement will require difficult choices, it does not require Americans to surrender their hard-earned benefits. “While we understand that you and your fellow conferees will have to make difficult decisions to find common ground, we believe that any compromise the conference produces must protect Medicare and Social Security for current and future generations,” Kuster and her colleagues wrote. (11/21/2013) Kuster to Boehner: Stop Standing In the Way of Ending Workplace Discrimination Today, on National Transgender Day of Remembrance, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) called on Speaker of the House John Boehner to allow a vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), legislation that would end workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. During her remarks on the House floor, Kuster shared a story from a transgender teenage constituent who supports ENDA, and who is fearful about his job prospects if the legislation doesn’t become law. ENDA recently passed the Senate with strong bipartisan support, but Speaker Boehner has refused to allow a simple vote on the legislation in the House. (11/20/2013) Kuster encourages NH stakeholders to apply for new workforce development grant program To help train a highly-skilled, 21st century workforce in the Granite State, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) today encouraged New Hampshire stakeholders to apply for a newly-announced, $100 million federal grant program designed to help equip high school students with industry-relevant education and skills they need to compete for good jobs. The Youth CareerConnect Grant program, administered by the U.S. Department of Labor in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Education, encourages school districts, institutions of higher education, and workforce development leaders to scale-up evidence-based models to strengthen the talent pipeline in states like New Hampshire. (11/20/2013) After push from Kuster, FDA extends comment period for food safety rules The Food and Drug Administration has extended the comment for food safety rules for farmers by an additional week after people said they had technical problems submitting their views online. New Hampshire Rep. Annie Kuster led a New England delegation in asking for the extension. The original deadline was Friday; the new deadline is Friday, Nov. 22. Earlier this year, farmers attended FDA sessions on the rules, which would require them to take new precautions against contamination, including ensuring workers' hands are washed, irrigation water is clean and that animals stay out of fields. New England farmers say many aspects of the rules were derived from large-scale farming practices that don't apply to the region's smaller farms. (Associated Press, 11/15/2013) Kuster visits West Lebanon brewery to highlight plan to cut taxes on NH’s small brewers “What I’m hoping to do is help the small brewers get off the ground and grow,” Kuster said. Kuster has made job growth a priority. And in New Hampshire, craft beer is one fast growing area of the state’s economy. She is co-sponsoring a bill, called the Small BREW Act, that would cut the federal excise tax in half for small breweries across the nation. The proposal would save more than $1,000 a year for a place like Seven Barrel. It doesn’t sound like a lot, but consider that small businesses generally don’t have a lot of discretionary money for things like marketing or advertising. The money could help Seven Barrel cover some of the expense of recent upgrades, Lubold said, or go toward a pay bump for staff. “The money will certainly come back into the business,” he said. (Valley News, 11/20/2013) ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |