Maggie Hassan

For the first time in more than 25 years, a new sunscreen ingredient is available in the U.S.! I worked across the aisle to cut outdated red tape at the FDA to help Americans access new and effective sunscreen products that are already used around the world. I'm pleased to see this progress https://t.co/afeehLpPIL

In case you missed it, the findings of my year-long investigation into Match Group’s scam prevention efforts came out yesterday. Dating platforms and other companies must stay vigilant and continuously update their detection models to protect users from scammers. https://t.co/N4PIXP2EUh

Dating apps should help you find a match, not a scammer. That's why we launched an investigation into Match Group platforms and romance scams. During the course of our investigation, Match Group made progress in combating scammers – but it shouldn’t have taken so long, and there’s still more that Match needs to do. As criminal networks use AI to supercharge their scams, dating apps and all companies must quickly and proactively keep their scam defenses up to date.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced the Standardizing Cancer Recommendations for Earlier Evaluation and Navigation of Screenings (SCREENS) Act to make cancer screening recommendations more accessible, transparent, and user friendly for patients and health care providers. “Cancer screenings can identify cancers during the early stages when they are easiest to treat, but patients often do not know when they are due for potentially life-saving screenings,” said Senator Hassan. “This bipartisan bill will help make sure that patients and doctors are informed about federal cancer screening recommendations so that they can catch cancer earlier and get people the treatment that they need. I’m glad to introduce this bill, and I will continue working across the aisle to strengthen preventative care for Granite Staters.” “Detecting cancer early can save lives. I know that based on the personal experience of my wife, Barbara, a nearly 40-year breast cancer survivor. Unfortunately, patients and providers are navigating a complex and confusing maze just to keep up with cancer screening recommendations. By making these recommendations more accessible through technology, our SCREENS Act would strengthen cancer care and help save lives. For my home state, this bill would proactively support Iowans by helping providers identify patients who could be overdue for a screening,” said Senator Grassley. Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the United States. Cancer screenings can increase the chance of earlier treatment and reduce mortality, but screening recommendations are often complex, fragmented and difficult to interpret and navigate. The bipartisan SCREENS Act would simplify and improve the process by establishing a national data and technology framework for cancer screening recommendations, to make these recommendations more accessible, interoperable and effective for providers and patients. In 2022, the Presidential Cancer Panel recommended the federal government develop a digitally accessible version of the cancer screening and risk assessment guidelines. The SCREENS Act would enact this recommendation. Under the legislation, the national data and technology framework would be publicly available in machine-readable format for use by health information technologies, interoperability tools and patient-facing applications. The legislation would also help providers identify which patients are at risk and overdue for screenings. Click here for a section-by-section of the bill. Click here to see text of the bill. The SCREENS Act builds on Senator Hassan’s record of expanding access to preventive care and cancer screenings. She has repeatedly fought to protect Title X funding that helps patients access cancer screenings and other preventive care. In 2022, Senator Hassan helped pass into law the bipartisan SERVICE Act to expand access to mammograms for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances. ###

In 2025, romance scams cost Americans almost $1.5 billion – taking a devastating toll both financially and emotionally on victims. That's why I sat down with NBC to discuss the findings of my year-long investigation into Match Group and its scam prevention efforts across platforms.

Cancer screenings can save lives by catching cancer early, but patients often do not know when they are due for one. My bipartisan SCREENS Act will make cancer screening recommendations easier for patients and doctors to access so that people can get the treatment that they need earlier.

Students with disabilities shouldn’t face unnecessary barriers to getting the support they need in college. I appreciated hearing directly from students and educators at SNHU about how the bipartisan RISE Act would help make higher education more accessible. https://t.co/5LfT8GdN4k

Cyberattacks on hospitals can expose patients’ private medical information and disrupt care in ERs. The Senate just passed my bipartisan bill to help hospitals strengthen their cybersecurity, protect patients’ private information, and respond faster when attacks happen.

President Trump has sold out our friends in Ukraine as they fight for freedom and is helping Putin rake in billions. It's absolutely disgraceful. This President has done more to put money in Putin’s pockets than he’s ever done for American families.

As the President and his family profit from Trump Mobile, customers face data breaches and serious security risks. Our review raised concerns about gaps in required FCC filings meant to protect consumers and stop scammers, so I'm pressing for answers from Trump Mobile and the @FCC https://t.co/vwZEFGdIfr

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, is pressing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reinstate the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), which is the only nationwide system that tracks the experiences of women and their infants before, during, and after birth. As the United States faces a maternal health crisis, the Department of Health and Human Services chose to shut down PRAMS at the start of the Trump Administration in January 2025. PRAMS helped lawmakers and public health officials across the country develop and strengthen programs to protect maternal and infant health by providing a nationwide snapshot of the challenges that women face during prenatal and postpartum care, their mental and physical health, and the health of their babies. “Before January 2025, the federal Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, or ‘PRAMS,’ was the only nationwide system that helped us understand whether the programs that are intended to reduce maternal and infant deaths are working. Each month, states asked women who have recently given birth about their health and experiences before, during, and after pregnancy,” Senator Hassan wrote in a request to Secretary Kennedy to restore the program. “For decades, this information had been collected, anonymized, and posted in the PRAMS system by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, providing a nationwide snapshot of the challenges that women face during prenatal and postpartum care, their mental and physical health, and the health of their babies.” The Senator continued, “Researchers and policymakers have used information from PRAMS to design programs that stop preventable maternal and infant deaths. For example, the system helped health workers in New Hampshire more effectively screen for and treat substance use in pregnant women... I am deeply concerned that disruptions to PRAMS have left permanent gaps in our understanding of maternal and infant health.” Hassan is pressing Secretary Kennedy and his department to restore the PRAMS program, reinstate the staff working on it, and make all data on material and infant health that has been collected in the last year and half publicly available. Hassan’s push to restore PRAMS is supported by several organizations including the March of Dimes and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. “It cannot be overstated how important PRAMS is to the collective effort to improve U.S. maternal and infant health outcomes,”said Camille A. Clare, MD, MPH, CPE, FACOG, President of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. “For nearly 40 years, PRAMS has been the only tool we have that captures detailed, self-reported, state-specific information on topics such as prenatal and postpartum care, mental health, breastfeeding, housing, and income. This information gives ob-gyns important insights into maternal behaviors and experiences that help improve care delivery. Yet, for more than a year, PRAMS has been unable to function optimally without the necessary staff to provide states with analysis and technical assistance. It is imperative that PRAMS staff be reinstated so that we can stay abreast of emerging issues and continue monitoring changes in maternal and infant health that will ultimately help save lives.” Senator Hassan has led a number of efforts to ensure that new and expecting mothers have access to high-quality health care. Last year, Hassan led her colleagues in introducing the bipartisan Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act to support rural health care facilities in providing urgent obstetric care. The bill advanced from committee in July. Senator Hassan and the New Hampshire Congressional delegation also had previously fought to secure nearly $1 million in federal funding for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center to strengthen maternal health care in the North Country. She introduced the Keep Obstetrics Local Act (KOLA), to help keep labor and delivery units in rural and underserved communities stay open, and the bipartisan Healthy Moms and Babies Act to strengthen health care for women before, after, and during childbirth. In 2023, thanks to Senator Hassan’sbipartisan legislation to improve mental health for new mothers, the Department of Health and Human Services launched theTask Force on Maternal Mental Health. Read the full text of Senator Hassan’s request to Secretary Kennedy here or below. Dear Secretary Kennedy: The United States faces a maternal health crisis. A larger share of American women and infants die from preventable causes than women and infants in peer nations. Despite this crisis, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services chose in January 2025 to shut down the only nationwide system that helps the public track the performance of federal programs that are intended to keep mothers and babies from dying preventable deaths. We urge you to immediately reinstate access to this centralized system and publicly release unpublished data from the past year and a half. Before January 2025, the federal Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, or “PRAMS,” was the only nationwide system that helped us understand whether the programs that are intended to reduce maternal and infant deaths are working. Each month, states asked women who have recently given birth about their health and experiences before, during, and after pregnancy. For decades, this information had been collected, anonymized, and posted in the PRAMS system by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), providing a nationwide snapshot of the challenges that women face during prenatal and postpartum care, their mental and physical health, and the health of their babies. Researchers and policymakers have used information from PRAMS to design programs that stop preventable maternal and infant deaths. For example, the system helped health workers in New Hampshire more effectively screen for and treat substance use in pregnant women. In West Virginia, the state used PRAMS to identify high rates of unintended pregnancies among women battling addiction and used that information to target resources and reduce the number of babies born with opioid withdrawal syndrome. Through PRAMS, the State of Maine found that pregnant women in that state used tobacco at a high rate, and in response, Maine created a new program to support smoking cessation among pregnant and postpartum women. In January 2025, the administration shut down the PRAMS software that states use to collect maternal health data and the portal that the public used to access it. This forced many states to stop collecting responses for an average of three months, and in some cases for as long as eight months. You fired the CDC staff responsible for managing the program and have yet to restore the system that researchers used to study national PRAMS data. I am deeply concerned that disruptions to PRAMS have left permanent gaps in our understanding of maternal and infant health. I urge you to reinstate the CDC staff working on PRAMS, restore public access to the portal for studying national PRAMS data, and release PRAMS data that has not been made publicly available for the past year and a half. ###

WASHINGTON – The Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act authored by Senators Maggie Hassan and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) was signed into law yesterday. The bipartisan legislation makes it easier for identity theft victims to get help from the Social Security Administration. “Too often, victims of identity theft are forced to navigate a long, confusing process to get support from the Social Security Administration. This process is frustrating to victims and unnecessarily drains the agency’s resources,” said Senator Hassan. “My bipartisan bill will help streamline support from SSA for so that victims of identity theft can get the help that they need more quickly. I worked with colleagues across the aisle to pass this commonsense legislation, and I am glad to see it signed into law. I will continue pushing to make the government work more efficiently for victims of theft, fraud, and scams.” “Millions of Americans suffer from identity theft each year, and Social Security numbers are a top target. Unfortunately, when an identity theft victim calls up the Social Security Administration, they can be jerked around from one contact to another, having to reexplain the situation each time. By providing victims a single point of contact at the agency, our bill will help ease this frustrating and stressful process and make life easier for Iowans who may find themselves in this unfortunate situation. I want to thank my colleagues for their overwhelming support to get this legislation over the finish line,” said Senator Grassley. The Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act provides a single point of contact at the Social Security Administration to more efficiently and quickly resolve and identity-theft victim’s issues. The legislation was endorsed by numerous groups, including AARP, Social Security Works, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM), Justice in Aging, and the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR). Read the full text of the bill here. This bill builds on Senator Hassan’s longstanding efforts to protect taxpayers, prevent waste and fraud, and help government work more effectively for the American people. Earlier this year, she introduced the bipartisan ReportScams.gov Act to establish a centralized portal where Americans can report scams and get help. She also introduced the bipartisan No Aid for Ghost Students Act to prevent fraudsters from using stolen identities to steal federal student aid. As Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, Senator Hassan is leading a comprehensive investigation into combating scams, and as part of that, she led a Committee hearing earlier this year during which she secured commitments from the FBI and Department of Justice to improve coordination and strengthen the federal response to scams. ###

The evidence is clear that President Trump's reckless tariffs are making everyday goods more expensive for Granite Staters. Instead of delivering on his promise to lower costs, the President is taking money out of hardworking families' pockets. https://t.co/9kqaZGOyqz

NASHUA – U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan visited KinderCare at Rivier University in Nashua, where she read to Pre-K students and spoke with staff about their work to support children and families. Senator Hassan reads to a Pre-K class “It was great to see firsthand the work that the staff members at KinderCare are doing to help young Granite Staters learn and grow,” said Senator Hassan. “I valued the opportunity to hear about the challenges that they face when it comes to hiring and retaining qualified teachers, even as demand for child care remains incredibly high. The workforce shortage is a main driver in the gap between supply and demand and is key to making and quality child care more accessible and affordable so that parents can enter and stay in the workforce and our businesses can recruit the workers that they need.” Senator Hassan meets with staff at KinderCare at Rivier University Senator Hassan leads several bipartisan efforts to help more families access and afford child care. Her bipartisan Child Care Tax Benefit Outreach and Assistance Act, which would help more businesses take advantage of existing federal child care tax incentives, recently passed the Senate. Senator Hassan also co-leads the bipartisan After Hours Child Care Act, which would improve access to affordable child care for parents working nontraditional hours. Senator Hassan also helped introduce theChild Care for Working Families Act, which would cap child care costs at 7 percent of a family’s income, make high-quality preschool universally accessible for all 3-and 4-year olds, and increase wages for early childhood workers. ###

October 7 was the deadliest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust. 1,200 innocents — including many Americans — were slain by Hamas in their horrific attack on Israel, and more were killed as hostages. We cannot forget those who we lost, nor can we fail to defeat the disturbing rise in antisemitism that has emerged ever since.

WASHINGTON – Legislation led by U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) to help more businesses and working families access federal child care tax benefits recently passed the Senate. The Child Care Tax Benefit Outreach and Assistance Act would create a Business Child Care Liaison at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to help more businesses take advantage of existing federal child care tax incentives that are underutilized. The bill now heads to the House for consideration. In June, the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee – Minority, of which Senator Hassan serves as the Ranking Member, 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. “Child care costs are crushing working families across the country and making it harder for businesses to find and retain the workforce that they need. Federal child care tax incentives can help businesses better support working families by lowering the cost of providing child care, but too often, businesses do not know that these incentives are available,”said Senator Hassan. “This commonsense, bipartisan bill will help cut through the confusion around federal child care tax incentives, increase awareness among businesses about these incentives, and make it easier for Granite State businesses and employers across the country to invest in the child care that their employees need to stay in the workforce. I am pleased to see this pass the Senate and urge my House colleagues to support it so that it can be signed into law.” “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 Senator 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 important legislation pass the Senate, and I look forward to seeing this bipartisan bill advance through the House and signed into law.” 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 leads several bipartisan efforts to help more families access and afford child care. She introduced the bipartisan After Hours Child Care Act to improve access to affordable child care for parents working nontraditional hours. Additionally, Senator Hassan helped introduce the Child Care for Working Families Act, which would cap child care costs at 7 percent of a family’s income, make high-quality preschool universally accessible for all 3-and 4-year olds, and increase wages for early childhood workers. ###

President Trump backed down from using taxpayer dollars for his political ads but doesn’t plan to pay back the money that was already spent. That money belongs to the American people. He should return it. https://t.co/EwfOtyZ5US

Child care costs are crushing working families and making it harder for businesses to find and retain the workers they need. We need to make it easier for businesses to support working families. My bipartisan bill to help employers take advantage of federal child care tax incentives just passed the Senate.

Pay the money back! Taxpayer dollars should never have been used for President Trump’s political ads. Now that the President has reversed course, he should repay taxpayers for the money he has already spent.

WASHINGTON – Bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Tim Scott (R-SC) to help ensure that taxpayers are not unfairly held responsible for tax debts caused by a spouse’s hidden income, mistakes, or misconduct unanimously passed the Senate. The Tax Relief for Innocent Spouses Act, which was included as part of the Taxpayer Assistance and Service (TAS) Act, now heads to the House for consideration. “When married couples file taxes jointly, one spouse can sometimes be left facing serious financial consequences because of mistakes that they had no knowledge of or control over,”said Senator Hassan. “This bipartisan bill helps ensure that innocent spouses, including those who may have experienced abuse or lacked access to their finances, will have a fair opportunity to present their case and receive the relief that they deserve. I’m glad to see it pass the Senate, and I’ll keep working across the aisle to get it passed into law.” “One spouse should not bear the responsibility for another spouse’s hidden income or mistakes, and the Tax Relief for Innocent Spouses Act gives the Tax Court greater authority to review the full scope of evidence in appeal cases,” said Senator Tim Scott. “For spouses who face domestic abuse or who lack access to financial information, this legislation would be life changing. By ensuring innocent Americans are treated fairly under our tax laws, we could provide much-needed relief and opportunities to move forward.” When married couples file taxes jointly, both spouses are liable for any misstatement of income or underpayment, even if one spouse had no knowledge of the violation. This can be a particularly common issue in abusive relationships when one spouse takes control of the finances or hides additional income. The “innocent spouse” who is unaware of the tax violations may qualify for tax relief and be protected from liability for tax violations they did not know about. Under current law, courts reviewing innocent spouse claims can only consider evidence that was newly discovered, not evidence that was previously submitted during the IRS administrative review process. This can make it harder for innocent spouses to obtain relief, particularly if they experienced abuse, lacked access to financial information, or did not understand the process. The Tax Relief for Innocent Spouses Act would allow courts to consider all relevant evidence when reviewing innocent spouse claims, helping give taxpayers a fair opportunity to receive relief from tax liabilities they did not cause. ###

WASHINGTON – Legislation led by U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan, Bill Cassidy (R-LA), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Mark Warner (D-VA) to protect Americans’ health data by strengthening cybersecurity recently passed the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent. The Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act is a product of the senators’ bipartisan health care cybersecurity working group launched in 2023. "Cyberattacks have exposed patients’ private medical information and disrupted critical patient care in New Hampshire and across the country,” said Senator Hassan. “This bipartisan legislation will help hospitals and health care providers, particularly those in rural communities with fewer resources, strengthen their cybersecurity and respond faster to attacks. I’m pleased to see that the Senate came together to pass this bill, and I’ll keep working across the aisle to protect patients and strengthen our health care system.” “Cyberattacks can shut down hospitals and expose patients' private medical records,” said Senator Cassidy. “At a time when hostile actors are increasingly using sophisticated tactics to breach health care systems, the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resilience Act will help health care providers strengthen their defenses against cyber threats and protect patients’ health data.” “Patients deserve absolute confidence that their sensitive medical data stored online is protected and shielded from cybersecurity breaches or ransomware attacks,” said Senator Cornyn. “This legislation would strengthen interagency coordination and improve security practices for rural providers, ensuring Texans’ health care is not delayed or compromised by cyberattacks.” “Cyberattacks on our health care systems can have life-or-death consequences for patients and put the sensitive information of millions of Americans at risk,” said Senator Warner. “I’m proud to have helped pass this critical legislation through the Senate, and I urge the House to act quickly. This bill will strengthen our cybersecurity, better protect patients and their information, and give rural health care providers in Virginia and across the country additional tools to defend against cyber threats.” The Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act: Provides a variety of resources for the health care sector to improve cyberattack prevention and response Provides training to health care entities on cybersecurity best practices. Supports rural communities by providing best practices to rural health clinics and other providers on cybersecurity breach prevention, resilience, and coordination with federal agencies. Improves coordination between the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to better respond to cyberattacks in the health care sector. Modernizes current regulations so entities covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) use the best cybersecurity practices. Requires the HHS Secretary to develop and implement a cybersecurity incident response plan. ###

WASHINGTON – Following U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan’s recent push for immediate answers and transparency around President Donald Trump’s plainly-illegal taxpayer-funded political advertisements, President Trump this evening announced that he would back down from the effort and direct his campaign and his super PAC to pay for the ads instead. The ads, one of which included footage that was directly from a 2024 Trump campaign video, have reportedly already cost taxpayers more than $10 million as part of a reported $20 million contract. “These campaign ads never should have run on the taxpayer’s dime to begin with. They were clearly wrong and clearly illegal, which is why the President should also immediately repay the taxpayers for the amount already spent on these ads,” said Senator Hassan, Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee and senior member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in response to the news. “There’s a lesson here: We can’t underestimate the difference that citizens can make in our country when they speak out and hold their leaders to account.” Reports of President Trump’s taxpayer-funded political ad push first became public on September 24, and Senator Hassan immediately launched an effort to get answers for people and force the President to reverse course. Senator Hassan began by calling for White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles to immediately tell the American people how these political advertisements, which clearly violated federal law, were developed, who authorized them, and where the funds were coming from. Senator Hassan also took to the Senate Floor for answers, introducing and moving to pass a Senate resolution condemning the ads and saying they should not be paid for by taxpayer dollars. Senate Republicans blocked consideration of the effort. Finally, Senator Hassan kept up the pressure on the Administration, pushing President Trump on multiple televisionnetworks about the unprecedented and unacceptable nature of these ads. Finally, this evening, President Trump relented, announcing that he would pay for the television ads himself, as well as through funds he has raised for his super PAC. It is not immediately clear how the President, who is legally barred from coordinating with his Super PAC, could direct them to do anything while remaining in compliance with federal law. ###

These campaign ads never should have run on the taxpayer’s dime to begin with. Clearly wrong. Clearly illegal. But there’s a lesson here: We can’t underestimate the difference that citizens can make in our country when they speak out and hold their leaders to account.

Quality child care helps give our kids a strong start and supports working families across New Hampshire. I enjoyed visiting KinderCare at Rivier University in Nashua and reading with the Pre-K class. https://t.co/pd963EOl7G

PLYMOUTH – U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan spoke at the Communities for Alcohol- and Drug-Free Youth (CADY) 24th Annual Prevention Summit in Plymouth. During her speech, Senator Hassan highlighted efforts to combat addiction and support people working on the front lines of prevention, treatment, and recovery. The CADY Summit brought together prevention and recovery professionals, health care providers, law enforcement, students, and community members to discuss strategies to prevent substance misuse and strengthen prevention efforts across New Hampshire. Senator Hassan continues to work to combat addiction and expand access to evidence-based addiction treatment. At the end of last year, Senator Hassan played a key role in spearheading the passage of the bipartisan SUPPORT Act, which included important support for federal funding for fentanyl test strips. Additionally, Senator Hassan helped introduce the Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act, bipartisan legislation to improve access to medication-assisted treatment by allowing more addiction specialists to prescribe methadone. In 2022, Senator Hassan successfully passed into law her bipartisanMainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act to increase the number of medical professionals authorized to prescribe medication-assisted treatment. Read highlights from Senator Hassan’s remarks as prepared below: “Thanks in part to the work of many of the people in this room, New Hampshire has made real, steady progress combatting fentanyl. Overdose deaths are down. Medication-assisted-treatment, the gold standard for treatment, is now much more readily available. And law enforcement officers continue to find new ways to stop the spread of illicit fentanyl on our streets.” “It’s important for us to note that none of this progress happened by accident. We made this progress because people like all of you in this room worked to make it happen.” “While we’ve made important progress, we also know that there is much more work to do. One of the challenges of the fentanyl and synthetic drug crisis, as everyone here understands full well, is that it’s a constantly changing threat. Every time we seem to get a handle on it, we encounter a new illicit drug showing up on our streets, or some other new challenge. That’s why it’s vital that we don’t let up. We need to continue building on the progress that we’ve made.” “It’s also critical that we continue to ramp up efforts to promote prevention, including in schools. We need to understand which educational programs and strategies work and which don’t.” "Students often tell us that dealing with addiction on their own, without the support system that they need, cases them to retreat into themselves; they feel all alone... Any successful anti-addiction strategy is going to need students and young leaders having a key role.” ###