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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recent statements from the Trump Administration freezing all federal grant funding has impacted millions of people across the country and New Hampshire’s Congressional delegation held a virtual press conference Thursday with leaders of several Granite State organizations directly affected by the move.
CONWAY — In a visit Thursday to the Mount Washington Valley Adult Day Center in Center Conway, U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) learned about a new federal program being piloted there.
The center, which provides day services Monday-Friday for people with dementia and memory loss, was the first stop on the 1st District congressman's visit to the Mount Washington Valley. His district includes most of Carroll County.
MANCHESTER, NH – U.S. Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-02) on Jan. 27 visited with the team at American Medical Response (AMR) in his hometown of Manchester. AMR provides emergency medical and ambulance services for Manchester, Nashua, Portsmouth, and throughout the state. The purpose of the visit was to tour the facility and to hold a discussion about ongoing efforts to combat the fentanyl and addiction epidemic.
(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).
The U.S Post Office in Greenland has been named in honor of the late Police Chief Michael Maloney, who served as the town’s chief for 12 years before he was shot and killed in the line of duty in 2012.
The post office at 609 Portsmouth Ave. will now be called the Chief Michael Maloney Post Office Building after President Joe Biden signed a bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., into law last weekend.
The bill was passed by Congress on Dec.19.
GREENLAND — A bill naming the post office in town for late Police Chief Michael Maloney was signed over the weekend by President Joe Biden, according to an announcement by Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire.
Maloney served as a law enforcement officer for 26 years, including 12 as the chief of the Greenland Police Department before he was killed in the line of duty, eight days before his scheduled retirement. He was 48.
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.
In many ways, the late Police Chief Ed Garone and the East Derry Post Office were both so uniquely Derry that it makes sense to lend his name to the building.
Both institutions embodied the changes a once small town went through in the last half-century. Garone became chief in 1972 when the town had about 12,000 residents. By the midway point of his tenure, the town’s population had nearly tripled.
Garone was the longest-serving full-time police chief in New Hampshire history.
THE GUARD VA Benefits Act is not misguided, it is necessary to protect veterans from claim sharks. New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella and 43 other state attorneys general agree the GUARD Act overwhelmingly helps veterans. In a recent op-ed, former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown advocated for an opposing bill in Washington, D.C.
IN LESS than one week, the United States government may shut down because extremists in the House of Representatives are more interested in playing politics than solving problems for the American people.