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Sunday, August 3, 2025

Friends,

It was a busy week traveling across New Hampshire, connecting with hardworking Granite Staters to discuss what matters most. For real-time updates, I hope you’ll follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Twitter, and YouTube. 

The high cost of living came up everywhere I went this week – from housing costs to healthcare costs and from utility costs to food costs. My top priority in Congress is tackling the cost crisis and making pursuing the American Dream a reality for every Granite Stater.

LOWERING HOUSING COSTS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

Having a home is a cornerstone of the American Dream, but, for far too many Granite Staters, the cost crisis and the housing crisis are keeping it out of reach. 

Read more about New Hampshire’s housing crisis from the New Hampshire Bulletin here.

As your Congresswoman, I am working with every tool I’ve got to make housing more affordable. 

I will never stop fighting to bring your voices to Congress.

During my visit to the Monadnock Region this week, I joined Dan Mitchell on WKBK in Keene to discuss my work to lower costs for you and your family.

Listen to my full conversation on WKBK’s Good Morning with Dan Mitchell on Thursday here.

I will never stop working to find solutions to the housing crisis and deliver for Granite Staters.

I had a great afternoon with Keene Housing and partners from across the mighty Monadnock Region on Thursday to discuss how we can expand access to affordable housing, eliminate barriers for development, and tackle the housing crisis head-on.

Read more about my work to address the housing crisis and lower costs here.

FIGHTING FOR YOUR HEALTHCARE

Watch my full reaction to our visit with Keene’s Planned Parenthood Health Center here.

When we talk about Republican efforts to prohibit Planned Parenthood from accepting Medicaid, we are talking about cutting access to lifesaving cancer screenings, vaccinations, contraception, birth control, and so much more for those most in need.

On Thursday, I had the opportunity to visit the Keene Planned Parenthood Health Center alongside Mayor Jay Kahn and speak with health providers and staff about the impact that this move will have on their services.

Learn more about the wide range of care provided by Planned Parenthood here.

The effort to prohibit Planned Parenthood from accepting Medicaid is dangerous and will take away access to preventive care for those most in need. That’s why I’m helping to lead the Restoring Essential Healthcare Act and using every tool I have to protect your healthcare.

I am using every tool I have to protect the lifesaving preventative care provided by Planned Parenthood.

The Restoring Essential Healthcare Act is bicameral legislation that repeals the GOP’s newly enacted federal ban on Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood. Specifically, this bill strikes Section 71113 of the Republicans’ Big, Brutal Budget, which prohibits federal Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood clinics that offer reproductive health care alongside other health care.

Learn more about my fight to restore Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood here.

I am working with every tool I’ve got to cut sky-high healthcare costs, including for our servicemembers and military families.

At a time when costs are rising and families across the country are feeling a strain on their wallets, this legislation will deliver much-needed relief.

That’s why I am helping to lead the Health Care Fairness for Military Families Act, bipartisan legislation that will close a senseless loophole and ensure adult children from military families can keep their TRICARE coverage until they are 26, the same as private insurance plans. This commonsense bill will save hundreds of thousands of American military families thousands of dollars every year.

Read more about the Bipartisan Health Care Fairness for Military Families Act here.

Protecting Medicare and Medicaid is a matter of life or death for tens of thousands of people across New Hampshire.

For 60 years, people in New Hampshire and across the country have relied on Medicaid and Medicare to access the lifesaving healthcare they need – from cancer treatments to physical rehabilitation.

Today, these critical programs are under attack. But we are fighting back and will never give up.

PROTECTING OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Learn more about how I'm fighting back against this funding freeze from WMUR here.

New Hampshire’s educators have been standing up to bullies for a long time, but they didn’t need one in the White House. For weeks, the Trump Administration has been withholding nearly $7 billion in public education funding, including $27 million for New Hampshire.  

Since they announced this lawless betrayal of public trust, I have been working to get every dollar promised to the people of New Hampshire back into our public schools. The work paid off and we learned this past week that the federal funding promised to our schools will finally be released. I will never let our public schools be pushed around.

Read more about my work to deliver the federal funding promised to New Hampshire schools here.

KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE

“Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I understand,” - Nashua Fire Lt. Jess Wyman, Founder of Camp Fully Involved.

New Hampshire’s Fire Departments are stronger because of the women who serve in them. And Camp Fully Involved is a critical pipeline for talent across our state.

It was a privilege to spend time at the New Hampshire Fire Academy and Emergency Medical Services this week and meet with the extraordinary group of instructors and cadets who make Camp Fully Involved possible. I’m proud to advocate for our firefighters and first responders in Congress.

Our firefighters, first responders, and air traffic controllers are on the frontlines of keeping our communities safe.

But last week, the Trump Administration announced a senseless and rushed plan to make massive cuts to our Air National Guard’s civilian workforce, including emergency personnel and air traffic controllers. This plan defies common sense and will make our country and our state less safe.  

I will always fight to protect our first responders and air traffic controllers.

That’s why I am working to prevent these cuts from happening, including at New Hampshire’s Pease Air National Guard Base, where more than half of our civilian employees are currently serving as emergency personnel and air traffic controllers.

Read more about my work to protect our critical civilian workforce here.

STANDING UP FOR OUR SERVICEMEMBERS AND VETERANS

We owe a sacred obligation to the women and men who dedicate their lives to serving our country, whether in uniform or as civilians. In Congress, I am focused on living up to that obligation and delivering for our servicemembers, veterans, and shipyard workers. 

I was proud to secure critical wins for New Hampshire’s servicemembers, veterans, and our future in the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act. Learn more about what I’m fighting for here.

The women and men of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard — America’s first and finest public shipyard — are critical to our national security. 

See more photos from our visit to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and the Manchester VA Medical Center here.

I had a great visit and powerful discussion this week with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree – two senior members of the House Appropriations Committee – about how we can work in Congress to support the Shipyard’s vital mission and workforce. I look forward to bringing our conversation back to Congress and to the House Armed Services Committee.

See more photos from our visit to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and the Manchester VA Medical Center here.

The incredible team at the Manchester VA Medical Center helps us live up to the sacred obligation we owe to our veterans every single day. I had a great visit there this week to discuss my legislation.

After we visited the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz and I continued the conversation about how Congress can help deliver for New Hampshire, our servicemembers, and our veterans at the VA Medical Center. We also talked about how to finally secure a full-service VA Hospital for New Hampshire, the only state in the continental U.S. without such a facility.

Read more about our visit to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Manchester VA Medical Center here.

The WINGS Act lays the groundwork for smarter flight medicine, better mental health support, and policy reforms that prioritize both mission readiness and long-term aviator health.

The brave women and men who serve our country as aviators go to the extremes to keep our nation safe. They test the boundaries of what is possible, and we owe these American heroes a sacred obligation.

This week, I helped introduce the WINGS Act, bipartisan legislation to ensure we fully understand the long-term brain and mental health impact of service on America’s military aviators and ensure our servicemembers and veterans get the care they deserve.

Read more about the bipartisan WINGS Act to study long-term brain health of military aviators here.

To all of the Korean War veterans living in our state and at the New Hampshire Veterans Home and beyond: thank you.

I grew up in a household where the Korean War loomed large.  Last week, I was honored to be with veterans and military families at the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton and the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen to thank the brave Korean War veterans in New Hampshire and beyond.

I’m grateful to the Korean-American Society of New Hampshire and everyone who helped make the incredible ceremony at the NH Veterans Cemetery possible.

Learn more about my visit to the New Hampshire Veterans Home and the New Hampshire State Veterans Ceremony to honor our Korean War veterans here.

SUPPORTING NEW HAMPSHIRE’S SMALL BUSINESSES

New Hampshire’s small business owners and employees move our state forward.

When we support our small businesses, we build stronger communities. Carlisle Wide Plank Floors in Swanzey is proof of that. 

It was fantastic to see Carlisle Wood Plank Floors’ operation in action.

I am proud to bring the voices of these truly great American craftsmen to the House Small Business Committee.

JOIN TEAM GOODLANDER!

I am so thankful for the incredible interns who helped serve the people of New Hampshire.

The work of Congress is made possible by our dedicated interns – from constituent services to legislative support, interns are part of the team that makes it happen.

Interested in interning with Team Goodlander? Check out our website for more information about how to apply here!

HOW CAN WE HELP?

Our team is here to help you. Whether you need support navigating a federal agency or help with a military academy nomination, we are here to serve you. Please get in touch by calling 603-226-1002 or by visiting Goodlander.House.Gov.

If you have been impacted by – or are concerned you may have been impacted by – a recent change in a federal policy or program, I want to hear from you. Please share your story here.

Thanks for reading.

Sincerely,

Maggie Goodlander
Member of Congress

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