WASHINGTON — Members of New Hampshire’s Congressional Delegation issued news releases on Wednesday lauded the end of a Veterans Affairs commission that had recommended closing outpatient clinics in Conway and Littleton.
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, said in her release that she worked with a bipartisan group of her colleagues including Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) to end the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission process that threatened New Hampshire veterans’ care.
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