WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) recently helped introduce the Fiscal Commission Act (https://www.curtis.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/HEN26187.pdf), bipartisan legislation to strengthen America's fiscal health and stabilize the nation's finances for future generations. The bill would create a bipartisan, bicameral fiscal commission tasked with finding legislative solutions to stabilize spending and stabilize the federal debt, which now exceeds $30.8 trillion. The bill is led by U.S. Senators John Curtis (R-UT) and Angus King (I-ME).
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