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Jun 26 2025

As Seniors Face Highest-Ever Rate of Disconnected Social Security Calls, Senator Hassan Presses Social Security Administration to Restore Public Information on Wait and Processing Times

U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, is pushing the Social Security Administration to resume reporting on metrics such as current call wait times, the share of callers who get disconnected, and processing times at field offices on its public dashboard. Recently, the Social Security Administration removed this data from its website, and availability of this information on the public dashboard is critical for seniors and other beneficiaries navigating the benefits process.

Jun 18 2025

Senator Hassan Launches Inquiry Into the Impact of Tariffs on Grocery Costs

U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), as Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, is leading an effort to assess the impact that President Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs will have on grocery costs for everyday Americans. Senator Hassan today sent letters to Albertsons, Dollar General, Walmart, Costco, and Kroger seeking details that will help Congress and the public better understand the impact that these tariffs will have on the cost of food for families, as well as on companies and workers in the grocery supply chain.

Jun 17 2025

NEW: Middle-class Workers Lose, Very Wealthiest Win Under Trump Tax and Tariff Plans

The Joint Economic Committee – Minority released a new report today finding that the combination of President Trump’s tariffs and the Republican budget bill will cost the typical firefighter, teacher, truck driver, and other middle class workers hundreds of dollars next year, while the wealthiest Americans will get massive windfalls.

Jun 12 2025

NEW: Parents Are Paying 24% More for Five Common Baby Items Since Trump’s Tariffs

The Joint Economic Committee – Minority released a new report today finding that since President Trump imposed his tariffs, new parents in the United States are paying 24% higher prices for key goods for new babies. The Committee analyzed price changes between April 1st – just before Trump announced the so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs on nearly every country – and June 9th.

May 15 2025

NEW: Energy Tax Cuts in the Inflation Reduction Act Are Key to Outcompeting China & Lowering Costs for Families

“The most important responsibility of government is to keep people safe – and that includes ensuring that we are not reliant on adversaries like China for components of defense technologies. This new report highlights the critical role that the Inflation Reduction Act plays in strengthening our national security and lowering costs for American families – and the progress that President Trump and Congressional Republicans are now threatening to reverse.”

May 05 2025

Price Hikes and Layoffs: New Report on Impacts of Tariffs on U.S. Small Businesses

“Small business owners are innovative, driven, and scrappy – they often operate on razor-thin margins and are constantly finding new ways to grow. But President Trump’s tariffs are needlessly causing immense uncertainty for small business owners, forcing them to make layoffs, increase prices for their customers, and even close their doors. Through new data and the direct experiences of individual small business owners, this report demonstrates the ways in which tariffs are already hurting small businesses,” said Senator Maggie Hassan, Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee.

Apr 14 2025

REPORT: New Data Show Role of Medicaid – Especially Medicaid Expansion – in Combating the Fentanyl Crisis

“The Trump Administration and Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle agree that access to addiction treatment is a critical tool in combatting the fentanyl crisis – and as this new report highlights, Medicaid is what enables one million people to get medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction, the gold standard of addiction care,” said Senator Maggie Hassan, Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee. “President Trump and Congressional Republicans have proposed gutting Medicaid — in order to pay for tax breaks for corporate special interests and billionaires — which would jeopardize addiction care just as our country is finally starting to see progress in addressing the fentanyl crisis.”