By Representative Regina Birdsell (R – Hampstead) & Representative Laurie Sanborn (R – Bedford) As women and as Human Resources professionals, we believe the national and state-wide Democrat agenda surrounding Paycheck Equity is unnecessary and misleading. It is against the law to pay women differently than men based on their gender. This law has been in …
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By Rep. Laurie Sanborn (R-Bedford) So many of us ran for public office with a primary goal of improving jobs and the economy in our state, and we know you can only be pro-jobs if you are pro-business. That’s why I created in January 2011, and now chair, the House Business Caucus, a nonpartisan group …
By: Rep. Laurie Sanborn (R-Bedford) Democratic House Speaker Norelli’s plans for growing the economy, as stated in her column in the Jan. 5 New Hampshire Sunday News, involve more taxpayer-funded spending, more regulations and costs imposed on New Hampshire employers, higher taxes and unnecessary expansion of government and its intrusion into our daily lives. Republicans …
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CONCORD – House Republican Leader Gene Chandler offered the following statement in reaction to the op-ed by House Speaker Terie Norelli (D-Portsmouth) published over the weekend. In the op-ed the Speaker indicated that House Democrats would offer an amendment to a retained 2013 bill that would include Medicaid Expansion legislation. Language of the amendment has …
We will post a link to the House Calendar weekly. The House Calendar is a publication of the NH House Clerk’s office. Click here to view this week’s calendar
We will post a link to the House Calendar weekly. The House Calendar is a publication of the NH House Clerk’s office. Click here to view this week’s calendar
The N.H. Legislature has an important vote on Medicaid expansion coming up soon. As a state representative, I have one of those votes, which I take very seriously. I have been monitoring the progress of the Medicaid Expansion Commission and presented testimony concerning issues I need addressed. As a thoughtful legislator, I am searching for …
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We will post a link to the House Calendar weekly. The House Calendar is a publication of the NH House Clerk’s office. Click here to view this week’s calendar
We will post a link to the House Calendar weekly. The House Calendar is a publication of the NH House Clerk’s office. Click here to view this week’s calendar
Contact information for each State Representative in New Hampshire is available via the General Court website: http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/memberlookup.aspx If you don’t know who your Representative is, you can search for them using this map feature and clicking on your county/town: http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/wml.aspx
The House Finance Committee will be holding regional hearings on the state budget and House members and concerned citizens are encouraged to attend. The hearing schedule is as follows: CONCORD, Thursday, March 7 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. in Representatives Hall, State House, 107 North Main Street, Concord. WHITEFIELD, Monday, March 11 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. …
Due to the expected snow storm, the House session scheduled for tomorrow (February 27) has been cancelled. On Thursday, committees will meet as scheduled. The next House session will be Wednesday, March 6th, at 10:00 a.m.
Legislative and public policy leaders as well as families and supporters turned out today in Concord to voice their opposition to a bill that would repeal a brand new program in New Hampshire that creates scholarships for low and moderate income families.
CONCORD – House Speaker William O’Brien (R-Mont Vernon) and House Majority Leader Pete Silva (R-Nashua) today offered the following comments on the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) today approving New Hampshire’s photo identification law passed this year. House Speaker William O’Brien “When I came to New Hampshire almost 30 years ago I was surprised, as …
On March 2, 2012, Lexis Nexis gave a presentation to officials at the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services reviewing results of a recent test sample they ran through their data system to identify potential instances of fraud among food stamp recipients and medicaid beneficiaries. The report can be viewed here (PDF of a scanned …
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