PORTSMOUTH — Former Gov. and Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen was in Portsmouth today to talk about the effect rising oil and fuel prices are having on New Hampshire families and what measures she thinks should be taken in the short term to address the crisis.

Former Governor and current U.S. Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen today discussed her plan to provide New Hampshire families with relief from skyrocketing gas prices.

As Congress takes up another supplemental Iraq war funding bill this week, there will be a lot of debate about skyrocketing foreign and domestic spending, policies that are putting significant strain on our military and how we best support this newest generation of veterans who have sacrificed so much to serve our country. Yet American tax dollars continue to pour into Iraq while the Bush administration and its allies in Congress fail to hold the Iraqis accountable for Iraq.