Veterans
Both of my grandfathers served as military pilots during World War II, and their sacrifice to this great country never went unnoticed. The women and men defending our country today should feel that same appreciation. Sadly, this is often not the case.
As a member of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, I will work to restore our veterans’ faith in the VA and improve the quality of care for Granite State Veterans.
I am holding VA leadership accountable and fighting to improve the quality of physical and mental health care provided to our veterans. Veterans deserve specialized and dedicated care, which is why I oppose efforts to privatize the VA, which could cut the quality care veterans receive. I will also continue to fight to make the Manchester facility a full-service VA, as we are one of the only states left in the nation without a full-service VA facility. No veteran should ever face obstacles to receive the care they have earned and the care they need.
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More on Veterans
Today at a House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Full Committee Oversight Hearing, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, pushed for answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins on delivering a full-service VA hospital to New Hampshire, VA’s failure to communicate to veterans and families about months-long delays in payments of education benefits, and the implementation of the bipartisan VA Home Loan Program Ref
Legislation led by Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) is a part of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus’s Affordability Agenda, a comprehensive proposal to lower the cost of living in the United States. The framework received overwhelming support from members of the caucus, which is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the below statement following the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issuing an internal memorandum reinstating a near-total ban on abortions and abortion counseling, ripping away access to health care from thousands of veterans.
Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee (HVAC), and Congressman Russ Fulcher (ID-01) re-introduced the Bring Our Heroes Home Act in the House of Representatives.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, introduced three bipartisan bills to improve processes at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and expand eligibility for survivors’ benefits, insurance coverage, and burial processes.
Today at a hearing held by the Economic Opportunity Subcommittee of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the subcommittee, pressed VA leadership on VA’s failure to pay required education benefits on time to over 75,000 veterans and their families and survivors. View Pappas’s remarks here.
On Friday Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Mark Takano (CA-39), Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (CT), and Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) sent a third
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the Economic Opportunity Subcommittee of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, led a bipartisan group of more than 40 members in sending a letter to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, the U.S.
Congressman Chris Pappas, member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee (HVAC), joined Senator Maggie Hassan, a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee (SVAC), Senator Jeanne Shaheen, and Representative Maggie Goodlander in pushing U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Doug Collins to publicly share the Department’s action plan to establish a full-service VA facility in New Hampshire.
Ranking Member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, Chris Pappas (NH-01), House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Mark Takano (CA-41), and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (CT) sent a letter addressed to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins urging him to address VA’s failure to pay out required education benefits to tens of thousands of veterans, their families, and survivors.