CONCORD – Today House Republican Leader Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett) and House Republican Policy Leader Laurie Sanborn (R-Bedford) offered the following comments on the passage of HB617, a bill that would raise the gas tax by 12 cents. The bill passed by a vote of 206-158. House Republican Leader Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett) “Before we start imposing …
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CONCORD – Today House Republican Leader Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett) and House Republican Policy Leader Laurie Sanborn (R-Bedford) offered the following comments on the passage of HB135, a bill that would repeal the “Stand Your Ground” law in New Hampshire. The bill passed by a vote of 189-184. House Republican Leader Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett) “Retreat is …
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BARTLETT – Today House Republican Leader Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett) released the following statement on the passing of former New Hampshire Speaker of the House Harold Burns. “The passing of Harold Burns is a tremendous loss for the Granite State. As someone who served with Speaker Burns I know firsthand his passion, leadership and dedication to …
Republican Review Issue 2
CONCORD – Today House Republican Whip Shawn Jasper (R-Hudson) and Deputy Republican Whip Andy Renzullo (R-Hudson) offered the following comments in reaction to the passage of HB 595, a bill that repeals some photo identification requirements scheduled to take effect September 1, 2013. The bill passed by a vote of 184-122. House Republican Whip Shawn …
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CONCORD – Today House Republican Leader Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett) and Rep. Steve Vaillancourt (R-Manchester) offered the following comments regarding the passage of HB 443, a bill that prohibits prison privatization. The bill passed by a vote of 197 -136. House Republican Leader Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett) “It is incredibly shortsighted for our legislature to prohibit prison …
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CONCORD – Today House Republican Leader Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett) offered the following reaction to the defeat of HB271, which would have prohibited New Hampshire from accepting expanded Medicaid. The bill was defeated by a vote of 206-155. House Republican Leader Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett) “There is no such thing as free money. Every federal dollar we …
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CONCORD – Today House Republican Leader Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett) and House Republican Policy Leader Laurie Sanborn (R-Bedford) offered the following comments in reaction to the passage of HB 659, a bill that would increase the tobacco tax. HB 659 passed by a vote of 193-167. House Republican Leader Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett) “With tobacco sales on …
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CONCORD – Today House Republican Leader Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett) and House Republican Policy Leader Laurie Sanborn (R-Bedford) offered the following statements on the committee vote on HB617, a bill that would raise the gas tax. The House Ways and Means committee voted 11-7 to recommend the bill ought to pass with amendment. The committee amendment …
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Republican Review Volume 1
CONCORD – Today House Republican Leader Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett) and House Republican Policy Leader Laurie Sanborn (R-Bedford) offered the following comments in reaction to the passage of HB617, a bill that would raise the gas tax 15 cents over the next 4 years. The bill passed by a vote of 207-163. House Republican Leader Gene …
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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.
CONCORD – Deputy House Republican Leader David Hess (R-Hooksett) today offered the following comments in reaction to Governor’s apparent violation of state statute requiring budget documents be drafted, complete and available by February 15th. As of February 25th, HB 2 was still not available. Deputy House Republican Leader David Hess (R-Hooksett) “In my 40+ years …
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CONCORD – House Republican Leader Gene G. Chandler (R-Bartlett) and House Republican Policy Leader Laurie Sanborn (R-Bedford) today offered the following statements following review of the executive summary of Governor Hassan’s budget, which on page 7 adds auditor positions to aggressively target small businesses resulting in $26 million in tax revenue. The budget proposal also …
