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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Yesterday the House passed Congressman Chris Pappas’s (NH-01) Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 2023 with bipartisan, unanimous support. This bipartisan legislation will eliminate red tape that excludes veterans from accessing commercial driver-education programs using their GI Bill benefits. It has passed the Senate and is headed to the President’s desk for his signature.
This week, the Problem Solvers Caucus - a group evenly split between Republicans and Democrats - endorsed Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01)’s Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding (GUARD) VA Benefits Act, which would reinstate criminal penalties for unaccredited claim representatives who charge unauthorized fees while assisting veterans with filing a claim for Department of Veterans
On the 13th anniversary of the full repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT), Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee and Co-Chair of the Equality Caucus, alongside Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (CA-51) and Congressman Mike Levin (CA-49)
Yesterday, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA), helped lead the House in passing the Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2024 with a bipartisan, unanimous vote. Pappas introduced this legislation alongside Congressman Morgan Luttrell (TX-08).
Following his call for action, House passes Pappas-backed bill to avert funding shortfall for veterans benefits
Ahead of the two-year anniversary of the Honoring Our PACT Act this weekend, U.S.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02), members of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee (HVAC), introduced the Veterans’ Transition to Trucking Act, bipartisan legislation to cut red tape for veteran truckers by allowing VA to streamline the approval of certain apprenticeship programs to partner with VA. The companion bill in the Senate was introduced by Senators Jon Tester (MT) and Bill Cassidy (LA).
MANCHESTER, NH – Earlier this year, the VA announced that more than one million PACT Act-related claims had been approved, including for more than 3,300 Granite State veterans.
Last week Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA) Subcommittee of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee (HVAC), 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.
WASHINGTON — Veterans advocacy groups on Wednesday urged House lawmakers to update eligibility rules and payment rates for a little-known program that gives a tax-free monthly benefit to veterans who are unable to work but lack a 100% disability rating from the Department of Veterans Affairs.