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How often we called Margaret Wood Hassan's passage votes correctly, from their stated positions on each bill's tagged topics. Excludes “unclear” calls and abstentions.
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To prohibit the disclosure of records by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of individuals for the purposes of immigration enforcement, and for other purposes.
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Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
85/100
What they said
Mar 27, 2026
Senator Hassan supports funding for TSA, FEMA, and DHS agencies and calls for reforms to ICE operations, citing concerns about conduct by federal immigration agents and the need for ICE to meet standards comparable to local law enforcement.
Senator Hassan's statement supports funding for TSA, FEMA, and DHS agencies while calling for ICE reforms. The bill is a broad FY2024 appropriations measure that includes the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024, which funds these agencies. Her YES vote on passage aligns with her stated support for funding these agencies. However, the bill is an omnibus appropriations package covering multiple departments and agencies beyond DHS, and the statement does not address her position on the other five appropriations bills bundled within it (Defense, Financial Services, Labor/HHS/Education, Legislative Branch, State/Foreign Operations), creating some ambiguity about whether her vote reflects support for the entire package or primarily the DHS component.
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Highway Administration relating to "Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Electric Vehicle Chargers".
25/100
What they said
Apr 28, 2026
Senator Hassan opposes President Trump's tariffs, arguing they harm small manufacturers by raising input costs, reducing profit margins, and contributing to manufacturing job losses. She calls for the President to reverse course and work with Congress on a bipartisan basis to support small manufacturers.
Voted Nay on A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Highway Administration relating to "Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Electric Vehicle Chargers".
Senator Hassan's statement opposes tariffs and calls for support of small manufacturers through bipartisan congressional action. However, she voted against this amendment to disapprove a waiver of Buy America requirements for EV chargers. A 'no' vote on disapproval means she supported keeping the waiver in place—effectively supporting a policy that relaxes domestic content requirements. This is inconsistent with her stated position that tariffs and trade barriers harm small manufacturers; relaxing Buy America requirements would similarly reduce protections for domestic manufacturers. The procedural nature of the amendment vote and the complexity of trade policy add uncertainty.
Senator Hassan criticizes ICE's diversion of personnel and resources away from counter-fentanyl and counter-cartel efforts under the Trump Administration, which has resulted in a 39 percent decrease in fentanyl seizures and reduced investigative hours, and calls for ICE to provide detailed information and accelerate corrective action.
Senator Hassan's statement criticizes ICE's diversion of resources away from counter-fentanyl efforts under the Trump Administration, citing a 39 percent decrease in fentanyl seizures. Her YES vote on the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (which includes DHS appropriations) is generally consistent with supporting robust funding for law enforcement agencies tasked with drug interdiction. However, the bill is a broad omnibus appropriations measure covering multiple departments and agencies; it does not specifically address the resource allocation or prioritization issues Hassan raised regarding ICE's counter-fentanyl mission. The vote reflects support for DHS funding overall, but the bill text does not clarify whether it contains provisions that would correct or prevent the resource diversion Hassan criticized.
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027
45/100
What they said
Aug 20, 2026
Senator Hassan opposes President Trump's tariffs and military actions in Iran, arguing they increase costs for small businesses and consumers. She calls for the administration to reverse course and work with Congress on a bipartisan basis to lower costs.
The statement opposes Trump's tariffs as harmful to small businesses and consumers, while the bill extends duty-free trade preferences for sub-Saharan African countries under AGOA—a trade liberalization measure that would reduce tariffs on certain imports. Senator Hassan's yes vote on this amendment is directionally consistent with her stated opposition to tariffs and support for lowering costs. However, the vote is procedural (amendment), not a passage vote on the bill itself, and AGOA extension addresses a specific regional trade preference rather than the broad tariff policy or Iran situation the statement emphasizes. The connection between the two is plausible but not explicit.
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Crossing the aisle
Passage votes where Margaret Wood Hassan broke ranks with ≥75% of Democrats. Threshold catches substantively partisan splits; unanimous-ish or close votes are excluded.
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119-hr-5334·Jul 29, 2026·77% of D voted YES
Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026
Senator Hassan Presses ICE for Accountability and ... | U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Position: Senator Hassan calls for increased congressional oversight and accountability of ICE, citing whistleblower allegations of inadequate vetting of recruits, misconduct by officers, and improper security clearances for political appointees.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a Senior Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, is pressing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for accountability and transparency after a new whistleblower report revealed that the Trump Administration failed to properly vet new recruits. According to The New York Times, a career ICE official responsible for vetting new hires filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that the administration violated the law by hiring unqualified candidates without complete background checks to join the agency’s ranks, and that this move has exposed the agency to “grave national security risks.”
“New disclosures, reportedly from an ICE unit chief, underscore grave concerns that the agency has hired and deployed armed agents in communities across the country who lack the training and temperament to serve in law enforcement and who, in some cases, may pose serious danger to members of the public,” Senator Hassan wrote in a request for records and information to ICE. “The concerns expressed by this whistleblower about ICE leadership, taken together with ICE’s recent handling of allegations of misconduct, further underscore the need for robust Congressional oversight.”
“Recent lawless conduct by ICE officers underscores the seriousness of the allegations brought forward by the ICE unit chief. As you are aware, ICE officers have shot and killed multiple people since March 2025. ICE agents have also been accused of violating constitutional rights, using excessive force, and lying to investigators,” continued Senator Hassan. Senator Hassan highlighted unanswered questions, in particular, about how ICE hired the agent responsible for a fatal shooting in Maine despite that agent reportedly having a history of violent behavior.
The whistleblower also alleged that political appointees at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were given security clearances despite troubling information that should have made them ineligible. According to reporting by the Times, this included Corey Lewandowski, who served as a chief advisor to former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. Senator Hassan is leading an investigation into Corey Lewandowski and his reported misconduct and abuse of taxpayer dollars during his time at the Department and secured a commitment from the DHS Under Secretary for Management, the top contracting official at the Department, to cooperate with Congressional oversight committees and provide transparency into an internal review of contracts approved by Mr. Lewandowksi and former Secretary Noem.
Senator Hassan has been outspoken against ICE’s recklessness and lack of accountability and continues to press for reforms. Earlier this year, amid efforts by DHS to convert industrial warehouses into processing facilities and detention centers, including in Merrimack, Senator Hassan along with the entire New Hampshire delegation introduced the Respect for Local Communities Act. The bicameral legislation would require DHS to solicit public comments and receive written approval from state and local officials before constructing, acquiring or operating any new ICE processing facility or detention center. Following the introduction of this legislation and pressure from Senators Hassan and Shaheen, DHS cancelled its plans for an ICE processing and detention center in Merrimack.
As a senior member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Senator Hassan has fought to protect Americans' basic civil rights from unlawful actions by ICE. Under questioning from Senator Hassan, ICE’s then-Acting Director Todd Lyons admitted that public comments from former Secretary Noem and White House Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller “put a bias” onto investigations of the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by DHS law enforcement officers. Following Lyon’s testimony, Senator Hassan called for an investigation into whether Noem’s comments influenced the investigations or violated DHS policy.
Read the full text of Senator Hassan and her colleagues' request to Acting Director of ICE David Venturella here or below.
Dear Acting Director Venturella:
I am writing to seek information regarding serious risks to public safety, law enforcement, and national security posed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who reportedly were hired without basic vetting. New disclosures, reportedly from an ICE unit chief, underscore grave concerns that the agency has hired and deployed armed agents in communities across the country who lack the training and temperament to serve in law enforcement and who, in some cases, may pose serious danger to members of the public.
According to new reporting by the New York Times, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General (DHS OIG) received a whistleblower complaint in August 2025 that included allegations that ICE was cutting corners, violating the law, and fast-tracking unqualified candidates who had not completed background checks. The source of the complaint was an ICE unit chief with 17 years of experience who supervised more than 100 employees responsible for vetting applicants. He detailed an “unprecedented lowering of standards” and “systemic breakdowns” that ultimately could expose the agency to “grave national security risks.” In addition, the unit chief raised concerns about Department of Homeland Security (DHS) political appointees – including Corey Lewandowski – receiving favorable treatment during the security clearance process despite troubling information in background checks. According to the unit chief, a memo from the DHS head of security had included allegations that Mr. Lewandowski had been paid by a Chinese government agency, further adding to concerns that I continue to investigate about his conduct while at DHS.
ICE has reportedly also struggled to prevent criminal organizations from embedding themselves within the agency. For example, Reuters reported in February 2026 that two ICE recruits were flagged as suspected MS-13 members after they had already been hired and sent to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers academy in Georgia, but only because of visible gang tattoos. Such lapses can have catastrophic consequences. Not only could criminals improperly occupy positions of power and authority as law enforcement officers, but they could also potentially ascertain and reveal the identity of confidential informants who are working with law enforcement, or even undercover law enforcement officers who are working to take down criminal organizations. Potential breaches of this nature could be deadly. As one former ICE instructor stated, “the thing that I think kept some of the other instructors up at night was the possibility of organized crime getting access to the agency or penetrating the agency.”
In a move suggesting a lack of trust in ICE leadership, the unit chief reportedly “chose to alert the [DHS OIG] because…leadership had created these issues and he thought an outside, independent investigation was necessary.” One month prior to this whistleblower complaint, DHS had launched a recruitment campaign that included a goal of hiring 10,000 new ICE agents following the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. To do this, ICE reportedly eliminated age limits for prospective officers, shortened the length of training, and created a fast-track online training program for individuals with qualifying prior law enforcement experience.
Recent lawless conduct by ICE officers underscores the seriousness of the allegations brought forward by the ICE unit chief. As you are aware, ICE officers have shot and killed multiple people since March 2025. ICE agents have also been accused of violating constitutional rights, using excessive force, and lying to investigators. In June 2026, ICE appeared to recognize problems with training when it increased core training requirements and directed recent new hires to participate in supplemental training. However, experts have continued to raise serious concerns about ICE agents for poor judgement and inadequate training. As one police chief said after an ICE agent killed an unarmed man in Maine in July, ICE agents are “creating this exigency during car stops that they’re just not trained to handle… they’re creating their own chaos.” There are also unanswered questions about how the ICE agent responsible for the Maine shooting was hired in the first place given his background, including repeated allegations of domestic violence and “too many red flags” to be hired by his local police department, according to a town official.
The concerns expressed by this whistleblower about ICE leadership, taken together with ICE’s recent handling of allegations of misconduct, further underscore the need for robust Congressional oversight. To assist Congress in its oversight of ICE, and to assess recent ICE hires’ vetting and training, please provide the following documents and information as soon as possible, but not later than October 2, 2026:
1. Please provide all policies, directives, guidance, and communications since January 2025 that changed, waived, shortened, delayed, or otherwise modified requirements for vetting ICE law enforcement personnel. For each change, identify when it took effect, who authorized it, and the legal or policy authority relied upon.
2. For each month since January 2025, please provide the number of ICE personnel who received an offer of employment, entered or completed training, or entered on duty before completing required vetting, broken down by each category of outstanding vetting requirement, including identity verification, fingerprints, criminal history or database checks, credit checks, security questionnaires, applicable polygraphs, and background investigations.
a. Please provide the number of adverse personnel actions, including disciplinary actions, reprimands, or suspensions, taken against ICE personnel who, since January 2025, entered duty prior to completing all vetting requirements, and provide Office of Professional Responsibility records known as “red files” for all such employees.
3. Please provide all policies, directives, guidance, and communications since January 2025 concerning changes to minimum applicant qualifications, disqualifying criteria, testing or fitness standards, training or academy requirements, or standards for determining whether ICE recruits are qualified for operational duty.
4. For each month since January 2025, please provide the number and percentage of ICE recruits who failed, were removed from, or did not complete training and the reasons for those outcomes.
5. Please describe any retrospective review of ICE personnel hired through expedited procedures since January 2025. For personnel allowed to enter training or employment before completing required vetting since January 2025, please provide the number of employees for whom subsequent screening identified criminal conduct or associations, material misrepresentations, significant financial concerns, national security concerns, or other potentially disqualifying information.
a. Please identify the number of employees that ICE subsequently removed, terminated, suspended, reassigned, denied or revoked access, or otherwise subjected to remedial action, and provide Office of Professional Responsibility records known as “red files” for all such employees.
b. Please provide the number of current ICE employees with incomplete vetting.
6. Please provide the number of individuals who were removed from ICE training or ICE employment due to connections with organized criminal organizations, known criminals, or suspected criminal enterprises since January 2025, and provide Office of Professional Responsibility records known as “red files” for all such employees.
7. Please provide all documents and communications concerning DHS or ICE’s receipt, investigation, or response to the allegations from the whistleblower described above, including records concerning efforts to identify the whistleblower’s contacts with the media and any decision to question the whistleblower, examine or seize his government devices, place him on leave, restrict his duties or access, or take other personnel action.
Data should be provided in a searchable, machine-readable format, including Excel or CSV files where applicable. Please produce responsive records on a rolling basis as they become available.
Thank you for your prompt attention to these matters.
Senator Hassan Pushes Postal Service to Immediatel... | U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Position: Senator Hassan and fellow committee members oppose the Trump administration's executive order on vote-by-mail processing and the USPS rule implementing it, arguing it lacks legal authority, risks voter disenfranchisement, and violates federal court orders.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, a senior member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined an effort from the Committee to push the United States Postal Service (USPS) to immediately halt implementation of President Trump’s unlawful vote-by-mail executive order and rescind its recently finalized rule on federal ballot mail. While the U.S. Supreme Court recently allowed a lower court’s injunction to remain in place that barred the Postal Service from enforcing its rule for the upcoming midterm elections, President Trump has still not withdrawn this illegal order.
In a letter to Postmaster General David Steiner and the USPS Board of Governors, the senators warned that the Postal Service’s efforts to fundamentally change how absentee ballots are processed and delivered just weeks before the 2026 midterm elections risks disenfranchising millions of eligible voters and disrupting the smooth administration of the elections.
The lawmakers are also demanding the Postal Service provide overdue answers about what legal authority permits it to regulate federal election mail, its new ballot verification processes, and the operation of its Federal Ballot Mail Portal, as well as its efforts to comply with federal court orders.
“Despite repeated warnings from Congress and court orders not to implement the President’s unlawful directives to regulate mail-in voting, the Postal Service continues to carry out these actions, which will undermine peoples’ faith in the upcoming elections,” the senators wrote. “If the Postal Service does not immediately reverse its current course, it will inflict lasting harm to our democracy and permanently damage a storied American institution.”
On August 21, USPS finalized a rule to implement President Trump’s vote-by-mail executive order that would require states to provide absentee voter rolls to the federal government and comply with new ballot standards, while giving USPS the authority to verify and refuse to deliver ballots that do not meet its requirements. The senators argue that neither the President nor USPS has the legal authority to regulate absentee voting and noted that despite previous commitments to Congress that it would abide by judicial injunctions, the Postal Service finalized the rule while subject to a federal court order prohibiting it from doing so. The lawmakers also raised a recent whistleblower disclosure alleging that USPS is rushing to build and deploy a new IT system to support these ballot verification processes without adequate testing or normal system standards, creating multiple points of failure that could result in ballots being rejected and eligible voters being disenfranchised.
“Notwithstanding the major legal deficiencies with the final rule, the Postal Service’s continued insistence that it can successfully build, test, train, and deploy an entirely new system for processing millions of absentee ballots – just weeks prior to the November general election – risks disrupting the smooth administration of the midterms and disenfranchising voters,” the senators wrote.
“We reiterate our call to halt your breakneck implementation of the President’s unlawful order and rescind the final rule on federal ballot mail, especially as states are finalizing their absentee ballots and are just weeks or days away from mailing them to voters,” the senators wrote.
Joining Senator Hassan in sending the letter were Ranking Member Gary Peters (D-MI), and Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Andy Kim (D-NJ), and John Fetterman (D-PA).
Senator Hassan Statement on Clarity Act Vote | U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Position: Senator Hassan supports establishing a federal regulatory framework for cryptocurrency to protect consumers and enable business growth, but opposes the Clarity Act as written because its enforcement mechanism contains a loophole that would allow the President to waive compliance, particularly regarding restrictions on elected officials profiting from cryptocurrency issuance.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released the following statement on the Senate’s vote today on the Clarity Act:
“As cryptocurrency usage grows, so does the need for Congress to establish strong legal standards that protect consumers, public safety, and our national security. I support establishing a regulatory framework that reduces uncertainty for this technology to help our businesses and startups grow. At the same time, any new standards need to also include an ironclad ban that prevents elected officials from issuing and profiting off their own cryptocurrencies. This issue is not theoretical — President Trump made more than $1 billion from crypto-related holdings last year, according to his own financial disclosure. This bill’s ethics standards are a step in the right direction, but unfortunately its enforcement mechanism includes a loophole that President Trump will drive a truck through. The bill essentially gives President Trump’s administration the ability to waive enforcement against him. Because this bill fails to crack down on President Trump’s galling corruption, I cannot support it today.”
Senator Hassan Raises Alarm Bells Over ICE’s Negle... | U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Position: Senator Hassan criticizes ICE's diversion of personnel and resources away from counter-fentanyl and counter-cartel efforts under the Trump Administration, which has resulted in a 39 percent decrease in fentanyl seizures and reduced investigative hours, and calls for ICE to provide detailed information and accelerate corrective action.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, pressed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for answers about its apparent neglect of its responsibilities to combat illegal fentanyl trafficking. Her request follows a new Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General report that found that ICE diverted significant personnel and resources away from counter-fentanyl and counter-cartel efforts under the Trump Administration – leading to a nearly 40 percent decrease in fentanyl seizures.
“I write to request information on the diversion of ICE personnel and resources away from essential efforts to combat transnational criminal organizations and stop illegal fentanyl from reaching American communities… According to [the Inspector General report], Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), an ICE component responsible for investigating and disrupting transnational criminal organizations, has significantly reduced its work to combat fentanyl since the start of the Trump Administration, which in turn has led to fewer HSI fentanyl investigations and fewer seizures of this deadly drug,” wrote Senator Hassan.
Senator Hassan continued, “[From October 2024 through September 2025], fentanyl investigations that HSI conducted fell by 24 percent, fentanyl seizures fell by 39 percent, and investigative hours devoted to fentanyl fell by approximately 30 percent (a decrease of more than 250,000 hours). During this same time period, the Drug Enforcement Administration saw a 25 percent increase in the amount of fentanyl powder that it seized, which raises the concern that HSI’s decreased results in combatting fentanyl trafficking have been based on a reallocation of priorities and personnel within ICE, rather than a decrease in the threat to Americans from fentanyl and transnational criminal organizations.”
Senator Hassan also highlighted ICE’s “lack of urgency to take corrective action and refocus agency resources,” given that ICE said it would not be able to complete a review of the staffing concerns raised in the Inspector General report until July 2027. Senator Hassan requested detailed information on HSI personnel and resources that have been diverted from counter-fentanyl and counter-cartel missions since the start of the Trump Administration, as well as an explanation from ICE about why it will need nearly a year to address the issues that the Inspector General found.
Read the Senator’s full letter here or below:
Dear Acting Director Venturella:
I write to request information on the diversion of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel and resources away from essential efforts to combat transnational criminal organizations and stop illegal fentanyl from reaching American communities. According to an August 2026 report from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), an ICE component responsible for investigating and disrupting transnational criminal organizations, has significantly reduced its work to combat fentanyl since the start of the Trump Administration, which in turn has led to fewer HSI fentanyl investigations and fewer seizures of this deadly drug.
HSI has unique legal authorities that give it the ability to combat illegal fentanyl at every step of the supply chain and conduct complex investigations that involve money laundering, drug cartels, weapons trafficking, human smuggling, and other elements of transnational organized crime. Yet according to the DHS OIG, in FY 2025 (October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025), HSI’s work to combat fentanyl trafficking decreased significantly compared to the previous fiscal year. Fentanyl investigations that HSI conducted fell by 24 percent, fentanyl seizures fell by 39 percent, and investigative hours devoted to fentanyl fell by approximately 30 percent (a decrease of more than 250,000 hours). During this same time period, the Drug Enforcement Administration saw a 25 percent increase in the amount of fentanyl powder that it seized, which raises the concern that HSI’s decreased results in combatting fentanyl trafficking have been based on a reallocation of priorities and personnel within ICE, rather than a decrease in the threat to Americans from fentanyl and transnational criminal organizations.
Consistent with this data, HSI agents have described changes in priorities under the Trump Administration that have come at the expense of countering fentanyl and other missions. At one HSI office that the OIG reviewed, for example, “approximately 99 percent of HSI’s work was dedicated to immigration, leaving almost no capacity for fentanyl investigations.” At another office, a seven-agent drug investigation team was reportedly reduced to approximately two agents after personnel reassignments. These findings raise concerns about ICE’s current priorities and management of HSI’s specialized investigative workforce, specifically that ICE has deprioritized its efforts to combat the trafficking of fentanyl, a drug that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans.
Further, ICE’s response to the DHS OIG report indicates a lack of urgency to take corrective action and refocus agency resources. Although ICE concurred with the DHS OIG’s recommendation to review staffing “to ensure an appropriate level of coverage commensurate with the relative priority of fentanyl investigations,” it does not anticipate completing this staffing review until July 2027. Similarly, the DHS OIG found that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) “did not always refer fentanyl seizures to HSI, thereby limiting HSI’s ability to pursue fentanyl-related leads.” CBP and ICE leadership concurred with the DHS OIG’s recommendation to update these referral policies, but similarly do not plan to complete this work before July 2027.
In recent years, ICE has become the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency, with more than $100 billion in new funding since 2024 – 10 times its historical annual budget. The DHS OIG findings described above, however, raise significant concerns that ICE is neglecting its counter-fentanyl and counter-cartel missions. To assist Congress in its oversight of these critical homeland security missions, please provide the following documents and information as soon as possible, but not later than September 25, 2026:
Data should be provided in a searchable, machine-readable format, including Excel or CSV files where applicable, and should not be aggregated nationally when field-office-level information is maintained. Please produce responsive records on a rolling basis as they become available.
Senator Hassan Leads Colleagues in Pressing RFK Jr... | U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Position: Senator Hassan and colleagues are criticizing HHS Secretary Kennedy for allegedly diverting departmental resources toward personal vanity projects (a podcast and cooking show) while failing to address urgent public health crises including measles outbreaks and foodborne illness.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, led her colleagues in pressing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for answers regarding his use of time and resources for vanity projects as he fails to address the public health challenges facing Americans. While a record number of Americans are contracting measles, falling sick from parasites found in their food, and struggling to afford the health care that they need, Secretary Kennedy is diverting taxpayer dollars for self-promotion projects such as a podcast and cooking show to highlight his own interests, hobbies, and brand. The effort was joined by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) as well as U.S. Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM).
“On a bipartisan basis, Congress has provided your Department with targeted resources to fight outbreaks of disease... However, it appears that you are not using this Office or comparable Department resources to address ongoing public health crises,” Senator Hassan and her colleagues wrote in a request for records and information to Secretary Kennedy.“Instead, you appear to be directing taxpayer dollars and official federal resources to produce vanity projects. These self-promotion projects include a new podcast and a new show that are each centered around your personal brand instead of the responsibility of your Department to protect the health of all Americans.”
The Senators continued, “On ‘The Secretary Kennedy Podcast,’ you appear to be using official HHS resources to discuss topics such as ‘biohacking’ while ignoring the pressing outbreaks that Americans are facing every day. You also appear to be spending official HHS resources to personally host a cooking show called ‘The Real Food Show.’ A recent episode of this show, paid for with taxpayer dollars, featured you discussing ‘The Secret to the PERFECT Omelet.’ Both projects are on official government websites and state that they were produced by the Department of Health and Human Services.”
In the letter to Secretary Kennedy, Senator Hassan and her colleagues pressed for answers on how much of his Department’s time and taxpayer funds have been spent on projects such his “The Real Food Show,” and “The Secretary Kennedy Podcast.” The letter also requests answers on how much of the Department’s time and funding is being spent to respond to growing public health emergencies, such as the measles outbreak, including how much of Secretary Kennedy’s own time is actually dedicated to addressing these public health threats.
Under Secretary Kennedy’s leadership, the United States is facing multiple life-threatening public health challenges. More Americans have contracted measles during this current administration than in the past 24 years combined. Additionally, as many as 20,000 people have been infected by cyclospora, a parasite that causes severe gastrointestinal distress, and two people have died as a result of this uncontrolled outbreak.
Read the full text of Senator Hassan and her colleagues' request to Secretary Kennedy here or below.
Record numbers of Americans are contracting measles, falling sick with a parasite, and struggling to afford the health care that they need. At the same time, you are failing to carry out your duties as the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). We are concerned that, instead of addressing the struggles that Americans face today in trying to keep their families safe and healthy, you are using taxpayer dollars to promote your personal brand.
In just the past few months, the United States has faced life-threatening public health challenges that you have failed to adequately address. Since President Trump was sworn in, more than 4,600 Americans – mostly children – have been infected by measles, and three have died. During this Administration, we have seen more cases of measles in the United States than in the previous 24 years combined. Yet you have made nearly no effort to help families protect their children from the life-threatening impacts of measles, and infections continue to skyrocket: in August of 2026, we have already surpassed the total number of measles cases reported in all of 2025. In fact, this is a predictable consequence of your longstanding crusade against vaccines.
While measles outbreaks continue to make children sick in every region of the country, you are also failing to protect Americans from historic outbreaks of foodborne illness. As many as 20,000 people have reported infections from cyclospora, a parasite that causes severe gastrointestinal distress, and two people have now died as a result of this uncontrolled outbreak. As your Department fails to get a handle on cyclospora, people in at least 32 states have also been infected by salmonella, and dozens have been hospitalized.
On a bipartisan basis, Congress has provided your Department with targeted resources to fight outbreaks of disease. For example, the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs has received significant funding to lead national communications campaigns about public health emergencies. However, it appears that you are not using this Office or comparable Department resources to address ongoing public health crises.
Instead, you appear to be directing taxpayer dollars and official federal resources to produce vanity projects. These self-promotion projects include a new podcast and a new show that are each centered around your personal brand instead of the responsibility of your Department to protect the health of all Americans. On “The Secretary Kennedy Podcast,” you appear to be using official HHS resources to discuss topics such as “biohacking” while ignoring the pressing outbreaks that Americans are facing every day. You also appear to be spending official HHS resources to personally host a cooking show called “The Real Food Show.” A recent episode of this show, paid for with taxpayer dollars, featured you discussing “The Secret to the PERFECT Omelet.” Both projects are on official government websites and state that they were produced by the Department of Health and Human Services.
To better understand how you are allocating the Department’s resources, we request answers to the following questions by September 30, 2026:
During Events Across the Granite State, Senator Ha... | U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Position: Senator Hassan opposes President Trump's tariffs as harmful to small businesses and families, supports affordable housing initiatives including the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, opposes Medicaid cuts affecting rural healthcare access, and supports bipartisan education and literacy programs.
NEW HAMPSHIRE – Last week, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan made stops across New Hampshire to meet with Granite Staters and discuss efforts to lower costs, support small businesses, expand access to housing and health care, and strengthen education and workforce development.
On Monday, Senator Hassan visited Marmon Utility, a small business in Milford that manufactures cables used to power America’s electric grid. Senator Hassan also visited Labsphere, a cutting-edge photonics business in in Sutton on Tuesday, and ArborTech, a small tree care business in Gilford, on Wednesday. At each of these stops, Senator Hassan heard from New Hampshire small business owners and manufacturers about how President Trump’s tariffs and illegal war with Iran are making it more expensive for them to purchase the materials and inventory that they need for their businesses. Senator Hassan is committed to reversing these reckless tariffs and lowering costs for both families and businesses.
Senator Hassan tours Marmon Utility in Milford
Additionally, on Monday, Senator Hassan toured Vose Farm Residences in Peterborough, a new housing community that will help more Granite Staters find housing that they can afford, while also helping local businesses recruit and retain employees. During the visit, Senator Hassan highlighted a new report from the Joint Economic Committee – Minority, which found that New Hampshire families have had to spend an additional $1,214 on housing costs since President Trump took office — the third highest of all 50 states – and the historic passage of the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, pushed by Senator Hassan, to bring down the cost of housing.
Senator Hassan ended the day at the new Daland Memorial Library in Mont Vernon, where she met with library and community leaders who spent decades planning, fundraising for, and building the new library. Senator Hassan previously visited the library while it was under construction last year shortly after the Trump Administration abruptly terminated a $655,000 federal grant for the project. However, the library was ultimately able to use the federal funding that it had been awarded.
In the Upper Valley on Tuesday, Senator Hassan spoke with health care leaders at West Central Behavioral Health about their work to provide mental health and substance use disorder treatment to Granite Staters. At the visit, the Senator highlighted the higher costs and fewer health options that rural Granite Staters face due to President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ Medicaid cuts. Senator Hassan has pushed for bipartisan legislation to support rural hospitals.
See more: Sen. Hassan tours Upper Valley clinic as mental health access expands (WCAX3)
Senator Hassan then visited Enfield Village School, where she read to kindergarten students and spoke with educators about their work to strengthen childhood literacy. Senator Hassan’s bipartisan Reading Excellence and Achievement for Development (READ) Act, which would improve K-12 literacy outcomes by connecting teachers with evidence-based strategies to help students read, passed out of committee last month.
Read more: How a rural NH school turned around its reading scores (Valley News)
Senator Hassan reads to students at Enfield Village School
At Lakes Region Community College on Wednesday, Senator Hassan toured campus and heard from the school’s leadership and the Community College System of New Hampshire about the ways in which community partnerships and federal funding are being used to prepare students for successful careers in high paying fields, including through the school’s automotive, electrical industry, and nursing programs.
Senator Hassan speaks with students at Lakes Region Community College
ICYMI: Bipartisan Hassan, Sullivan Bill to Help Mo... | U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Position: Senators Hassan and Sullivan support bipartisan legislation to improve business access to existing federal tax incentives for child care by creating an IRS liaison position to increase utilization of underused credits.
WASHINGTON –In case you missed it, the Senate Finance Committee recently advanced bipartisan legislation from U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) to make it easier for businesses to access tax incentives to expand access to child care for working families. The Child Care Tax Benefit Outreach and Assistance Act would create a Business Child Care Liaison at the IRS to help more businesses take advantage of existing federal child care tax incentives that are underutilized.
In June, the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee - Minority issued a report that calculated that a sample business could save $820,000 over 5 years using the credits, and a parent working for the company could save nearly $10,000 on child care costs.
"Finding affordable child care is one of the biggest challenges facing working families, and it's also making it harder for businesses to hire and retain employees," said Senator Hassan. "This bipartisan bill will help more employers take advantage of existing child care tax incentives so they can better support working parents. I'm glad to see it advance through committee, and I urge my Senate colleagues to join me in passing this bipartisan bill into law. I'll keep working across the aisle to help more families access affordable child care."
“Quality child care is not only essential for the well-being of families, it is also key to a thriving economy and a strong workforce,” said Sen. Sullivan. “I hear repeatedly from Alaska parents that the lack of affordable child care is one of their top concerns, and the data backs that up. Sixty-one percent of Alaskans are living in communities classified as child care ‘deserts,’ and too many families struggle to find reliable, affordable care close to home. This legislation will help employers, providers, and other nonprofits better utilize federal tools for employees—specifically the significant expansion of federal incentives in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act for child care facilities and the provisions that expand opportunities and support for working families. It was great to see this legislation advance through committee, and I look forward to working with my Senate colleagues on both sides of the aisle to get it across the finish line.”
Federal tax incentives designed to help businesses provide child care benefits are underutilized, even as working parents across the country struggle with the cost and availability of child care. Greater utilization of these incentives by businesses could help expand access to child care for many working families – and help more businesses hire and retain workers. The bipartisan Hassan-Sullivan legislation would direct the IRS to appoint a Business Child Care Liaison who would be responsible for building relationships between the child care sector and business community, coordinating with other federal agencies to help employers use child care tax incentives, and identify and recommend to Congress potential legislative and administrative changes to improve the utilization of these incentives.
Senator Hassan Hosts Conversation About Trump Admi... | U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Position: Senator Hassan opposes the Trump Administration's rollback of PFAS protections, including its proposal to rescind drinking water standards and delay reporting requirements. She advocates for accelerated cleanup timelines at contaminated sites and continued federal resources for PFAS remediation.
PORTSMOUTH – U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan spoke yesterday with Seacoast residents, local water officials, and PFAS reduction advocates about their work to address toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination and ensure that Granite Staters have access to clean, safe drinking water.
During the conversation, participants discussed the need for greater accountability to ensure that PFAS contamination in New Hampshire is addressed quickly, especially as the Trump Administration continues todelay cleanup timelines at military bases across the country, including the former Pease Air Force Base in Portsmouth. They also discussed the challenges posed by PFAS-contaminated sludge that has spread onto farms and golf courses and can irrevocably contaminate soil.
The conversation comes after the Trump Administration’s decision to roll back certain PFAS protections, including its proposal to rescind drinking water standards for some PFAS chemicals and delay reporting requirements for manufacturers and importers of these chemicals.
“The Trump Administration’s actions to roll back and weaken PFAS protections, as well as push back long-overdue clean up timelines at sites like Pease, threaten the progress that New Hampshire has made to keep our drinking water safe,” said Senator Hassan. “People on the Seacoast have already waited far too long to get these unsafe chemicals out of their communities, and continuing to delay cleanup is unacceptable. I appreciated the opportunity to hear directly from residents, local water officials, and PFAS prevention advocates about how PFAS have hurt their communities and the work that they are doing to protect families from exposure to these toxic forever chemicals. I will continue to push the Administration for accountability and to ensure that communities have the resources that they need to clean up contamination as quickly as possible.”
Senator Hassan meets with Seacoast residents, local water officials, and PFAS reduction advocates in Portsmouth
Senator Hassan leads several efforts to protect Granite Staters from forever chemicals. As a negotiator of the bipartisan infrastructure law, Senator Hassan helped secure a provision to better ensure that New Hampshire towns would be eligible for an advanced technology grant program that could be used to remove PFAS from drinking water. Last year, the Senator pushed the EPA to continue PFAS cleanup efforts at the Tinkham Garage Site in Londonderry, where contamination has left residents without access to safe drinking water. Additionally, Senator Hassan has introduced legislation to ban PFAS chemicals in food containers and helped introduce a bill to ban PFAS chemicals in cosmetics products, such as makeup, moisturizer, and perfume.
Senators Hassan, McCormick, Kaine, and Ricketts In... | U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Position: The senators support legislation to expand student-led mental health outreach on college campuses and increase awareness of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline among students.
Legislation Strengthens Access to Student-Led Mental Health Programs and Increases Awareness of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Dave McCormick (R-PA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Pete Ricketts (R-NE) introduced the bipartisan Campus Lifeline Act, legislation to strengthen student mental health and suicide prevention efforts by expanding access to student-led outreach on college campuses and increasing awareness of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which Senator Hassan helped establish and secure funding for.
Suicide remains one of the leading causes of death among young Americans, with nearly one in five high school students reporting suicidal thoughts. Congress has supported youth suicide prevention through theGarrett Lee Smith Memorial Act (GLSMA), which provides grants to colleges and universities to improve mental health and substance use disorder services, suicide prevention programming, and student outreach. Research shows peer-to-peer engagement can play an important role in identifying students in crisis and connecting them with appropriate support.
The launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline has also expanded access to immediate behavioral health support, but awareness of the resource among college students remains inconsistent. The Campus Lifeline Act builds on existing federal efforts by strengthening peer-led outreach and helping colleges connect students with lifesaving mental health resources before a crisis escalates.
“Young people in crisis need to know where to turn for help. This bipartisan bill would encourage colleges to put information about 988, the suicide and crisis hotline, on student IDs to increase awareness about this lifesaving resource. In addition, it would encourage colleges to develop plans for peer outreach about the 988 hotline, making it easier for people to get the support that they need,” said Senator Hassan.
“No family should have to experience the heartbreak of losing a child, classmate, relative, or friend to suicide,” said Senator McCormick. “Students are often the first to recognize when someone is struggling. The Campus Lifeline Act strengthens peer-led mental health efforts, expands awareness of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, and gives colleges additional tools to connect students with support before a crisis becomes a tragedy.”
“We can and must do more about the alarming spike in anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation that we’ve seen among young people across the country over the last 15 years,” said Senator Kaine. “That includes encouraging schools to take commonsense steps to ensure that students know that help is out there, including through the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline that is free and available 24/7. This bipartisan legislation would help do that, and I encourage all of my colleagues to join us in pushing to get it signed into law as quickly as possible.”
“The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline provides critical support for those struggling with their mental health. As Governor, I was proud to lead the effort to make this resource available to every Nebraskan. The Campus Lifeline Act would increase awareness of this resource and others available to students nationwide. Every student deserves to know that they are not alone, and help is there if they need it,” said Senator Ricketts.
Specifically, the Campus Lifeline Act would:
This bill has bipartisan support in both the Senate and the House. Representatives Erin Houchin (R-IN), Lori Trahan (D-MA), David Valado (R-CA), and Mark Pocan (D-WI) are sponsoring companion legislation, H.R. 8657, in the House of Representatives.
The Campus Lifeline Act has received support from over 35 organizations including: Active Minds, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, American Group Psychotherapy Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association Services, American School Counselor Association, Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare (AABH), Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy & Action, EDGE Partners, Inseparable, Institute for Educational Leadership, International OCD Foundation, International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses, Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance, Mental Health America, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, National Association of School Psychologists, National Association of Secondary School Principals, National Association of Social Workers, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, National Board for Certified Counselors, National Council on Problem Gambling, National Eating Disorders Association, National Federation of Families, National League for Nursing, National Register of Health Service Psychologists, Psychotherapy Action Network (PsiAN), REDC Consortium, Sandy Hook Promise, The Kennedy Forum, The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health, The Trevor Project, Vibrant Emotional Health, Youth Villages.
“At Active Minds, we believe that every student deserves access to mental health support before they reach a crisis. We are grateful to the U.S. Senators for coming together across party lines to champion this effort, which recognizes that supporting young people’s mental health is not a partisan issue, it should be a national priority. By strengthening campus mental health resources and expanding access to evidence-based supports, this legislation will help ensure more youth and young adults can get the care they need, when they need it,” said Anika Rahman, Director of Policy, Active Minds.
The full bill text may be read here.
RELEASE: Senator Hassan and Intervale Small Busine... | U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Position: Senator Hassan opposes President Trump's tariffs and military actions in Iran, arguing they increase costs for small businesses and consumers. She calls for the administration to reverse course and work with Congress on a bipartisan basis to lower costs.
INTERVALE – U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan and Intervale small business owners this week discussed the ways in which President Trump’s tariffs and illegal war with Iran are challenging small businesses across New Hampshire.
Senator Hassan met with Ragged Mountain Outdoor Equipment owners Jack Smith and Cort Hansen and toured the business, which sells outdoor gear and operates an in-house sewing shop where employees manufacture many of its products. They discussed the ways in which higher costs at every level of the supply chain are making it more expensive for small businesses to purchase the materials and inventory that they need.
“Small businesses like Ragged Mountain Outdoor Equipment are the backbone of New Hampshire’s economy, but President Trump’s reckless tariffs and illegal war with Iran are hurting small businesses and raising prices for Granite Staters,” said Senator Hassan. “I appreciated the opportunity to hear directly from the owners of Ragged Mountain Outdoor Equipment about how increased costs throughout their supply chain are making it harder for them to get the inventory and materials that they need for their own manufacturing line. The Trump Administration needs to reverse course and work with Congress on a bipartisan basis to fulfill President Trump’s campaign promise of lowering costs for families and small businesses.”
Senator Hassan Meets with the Owners of Ragged Mountain Outdoor Equipment in Intervale
A recent report from the Joint Economic Committee – Minority showed that New Hampshire families have had to pay an additional $4,400 for goods and services due to inflation in Trump's second term.
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Top PAC donors · 2026 cycle
Political action committees that gave the most to this rep's principal campaign committee this cycle. PAC giving is direct organizational support — industry, ideological, or leadership.
3.BLUE SENATE 2022Leadership1 contributionDemocratic Senate leadership PAC — supports Democratic Senate candidates and coordinates party fundraising for federal races.AI$6,320
4.SECURE OUR SENATE 20211 contribution$5,465
5.INT'L. ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL & REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL)1 contribution$5,000
6.AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEIdeological1 contributionPAC arm of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, federalized in 2021. Backs candidates of both parties who support U.S.-Israel security and economic ties.AI$5,000
7.SUN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE1 contribution$5,000
8.AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE1 contribution$5,000
9.PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PEDIATRIX PAC)1 contribution$5,000
10.AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE1 contribution$5,000
Source: OpenFEC (api.open.fec.gov) Schedule A receipts where contributor type is “committee.” Aggregated by contributing committee. Self-transfers from joint-fundraising / victory committees are excluded.
Top individual contributors · 2026 cycle
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1.ANTHROPIC PBC$28,000
2.LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY$17,926
3.WINGED KEEL GROUP, INC.$10,500
4.ROSEN PARTNERS LLC$10,000
5.CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS INC.$10,000
6.CHISHOLM CHISHOLM & KILPATRICK LTD.$7,144
7.CONSTELLATION BIO$7,000
8.VETERANS UNITED HOME LOANS$7,000
9.140 SUMMER PARTNERS LP$7,000
10.THE BAUPOST GROUP$7,000
Source: OpenFEC Schedule A receipts where contributor type is “individual,” aggregated by the donor's self-reported employer. This is a geographic / industry correlation, not a corporate endorsement.
