Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016, Senator Hassan has worked across the aisle to get results for Granite Staters. She is the second woman in American history to be elected both Governor and United States Senator, along with fellow New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen.
Senator Hassan is working to build a more inclusive economic future where all people who work hard to get ahead can stay ahead. She helped author and negotiate the bipartisan infrastructure package that is now law. It will repair New Hampshire roads and bridges, get affordable high-speed internet to communities, and get clean water into people’s homes. The Senator has led additional efforts to create jobs and support innovative businesses, including by expanding COVID-19 relief to more small businesses in New Hampshire. Senator Hassan has also led efforts to combat climate change, which threatens our environment and our economy.
Senator Hassan will always fight to ensure that women have the freedom to make their own health care decisions and control their own destinies.
In order to compete on a level playing field economically and be full participants in our democracy, women need to be able to decide if and when to start a family, they must not be charged more than men for health care, and they must receive equal protections at work.
As Governor, she signed New Hampshire’s Paycheck Fairness Act to ensure that women earn equal pay for equal work and successfully pushed to restore funding to Planned Parenthood.
As too many in Washington continue to play partisan games with women’s health and equal rights, Senator Hassan is standing up to protect a woman’s constitutionally protected right to make her own reproductive health decisions as guaranteed by Roe v. Wade. She is also working to stop harmful, misguided efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, which provides critical health care services to thousands of Granite State women, including preventive care, birth control, and cancer screenings.
The Senator will always fight to ensure that women across the country earn pay that is equal to their male colleagues, to protect access to affordable health care that includes contraception, and to advocate for common-sense paid family leave policies.