Transportation & Infrastructure
Every dollar we invest in infrastructure yields two dollars in economic activity, which is why I am proud to lead the fight for federal investment in New Hampshire’s roads, bridges, and waterways as a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
I learned the unique needs of New Hampshire’s diverse transportation system while helping write our state’s past three long-term transportation plans. While serving on the Executive Council, I advocated for the expansion of I-93, helped increase investments in paving and bridge repair, and fought for the expansion of passenger rail from the Manchester area to Boston, all of which I continue to champion in Washington.
It is time for Congress to work across the aisle and pass an infrastructure package that invests in rebuilding our nation while improving our state’s economy, public safety, and quality of life.
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Today, in coordination with the first day of the U.S.
Today, during Children’s Health Month, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined Senator Maggie Hassan (NH),
The New Hampshire delegation celebrated the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement of $24,898,000 in new funding for New Hampshire for drinking water infrastructure, including to identify and remove lead pipes. The funding comes from the bipartisan infrastructure law, which was negotiated by Senators Shaheen and Hassan, and which the full New Hampshire Congressional delegation supported.
The New Hampshire delegation applauded the announcement of more than $19 million headed to New Hampshire from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Lead Hazard Reduction Grant program to help protect families with small children from the dangers of lead-based paint exposure. Specifically, the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority is receiving $7.75 million, the City of Nashua is receiving $7.7 million, and Sullivan County is receiving $4 million through the grant program.
This week a bipartisan veteran bill introduced by Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA), was signed into law, the Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 2023.
American Trucking Associations is praising passage in the U.S. House of Representatives of the Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act, which seeks to streamline the process for veterans to obtain a CDL.
The bipartisan bill’s Sept. 25 voice vote passage in the House followed its unanimous approval in the Senate. The bill would ease veterans’ ability to use GI Bill benefits to pursue commercial driving careers.
Legislation aimed at facilitating access to veterans benefits for interstate trucking apprenticeships was recently introduced in the House of Representatives.
Reps. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) and Jen Kiggans (R-Va.) are co-sponsoring a measure designed to improve how veterans connect with commercial transportation apprenticeships across multiple states.
The New Hampshire delegation applauded the announcement that $22.6 million in federal funding is being awarded to public transit improvement projects in Manchester and Durham. The Manchester Transit Authority will receive $19.9 million through the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Bus and Bus Facilities Grant Program for the construction of a new transit center which will replace the city's outdated facility and enable an expansion of transit services in the region.
MANCHESTER, NH – Manchester Transit Authority will receive $19.9 million of $22.6 million in federal funding allocated for public transit improvement projects through fiscal year 2024.
In Manchester, the money will be used for construction of a new transit center to replace the city’s outdated center and enable an expansion of transit services in the region.
Today the New Hampshire delegation applauded the announcement that $2.9 million in federal funding is being awarded to two infrastructure improvement projects in New Hampshire. The federal grants, which members of the delegation supported, will be allocated through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program.