Economy
As a small business owner, I know it takes well-trained workers to keep our state’s small business economy growing. That’s why as an Executive Councilor, I worked across party lines to secure funding for New Hampshire’s job training and technical education programs. In Washington, I am continuing my commitment to increasing access to job training and career and technical education.
We also need to increase capital for small businesses and address onerous regulations that hamper the ability of our small businesses to thrive. We need to cut the red tape and make interactions between small businesses and federal agencies easier, support continued economic growth with creative solutions, and fight the online sales tax that is burdening New Hampshire’s small businesses.
Investing in job training and apprenticeship programs is essential to building a talent pipeline, which trains and matches workers with our amazing local companies looking to hire them. We must also work to make college more affordable, so those who want to pursue post-secondary education have the ability to do so, regardless of their zip code.
Together, we can ensure New Hampshire remains a great place for everyone to live and work.
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Yesterday Congressman Chris Pappas’s (NH-01) Rural Small Business Resilience Act passed the House. Pappas introduced this legislation earlier this year alongside Representatives Kelly Morrison (MN-03), Aaron Bean (FL-04), and Troy Downing (MT-02). If enacted into law, this legislation will improve access to disaster assistance for rural small businesses.
Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) took a tour of Laconia High School’s Huot Career and Technical Center Thursday afternoon. Led through the campus by Huot Director David Warrender, Pappas met with instructors from a variety of programs offered there. Following the hour-long tour, Pappas spoke with Lakes Region Community College President Patrick Cate and representatives from the Taylor Community in a meeting closed to the media.
Every year, about 1 million visitors hit the slopes to ski or snowboard in New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest, according to the National Forest Service.
This week Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congressman Troy Downing (MT-02) reintroduced the Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act. This bipartisan legislation would require the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation to report on capital access issues faced by rural small businesses.
Last week Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined Congressman Joe Neguse (CO-02) and Congressman Blake Moore (UT-01) in reintroducing bipartisan legislation to support ski areas across the country.
Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01), along with Representatives Kelly Morrison (MN-03), Aaron Bean (FL-04), and Troy Downing (MT-02) reintroduced the Rural Small Business Resilience Act which would improve access to disaster assistance for rural small businesses.
The all-Democratic congressional delegation from New Hampshire urged President Donald Trump to abandon his 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, warning it would lead to a “cruel” price spike for New Hampshire homeowners that purchase heating oil from north of the border.
Canada is New Hampshire’s number one trading partner and heating oil the number one import, wrote U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan along with Reps. Maggie Goodlander and Chris Pappas, in their letter to Trump on the eve of his tariff announcement.
(Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), alongside U.S. Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), welcomed more than $10 million in federal funding for Granite State projects through the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC).
MANCHESTER, N.H. —Porch pirates continue to strike in New Hampshire and across the country, and U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, is calling for increased penalties for package thieves.
Pappas said the issue is about more than Christmas presents getting stolen from doorsteps. He said the thefts can have a negative impact on small businesses, and people can be hurt when their medications are stolen.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the U.S.