Press Releases

July 2, 2019 Press Release

Manchester, NH- Today Representative Chris Pappas joined Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan in announcing a $700,000 grant for the University of New Hampshire’s Nurse Practitioner Program.

June 27, 2019 Press Release

MANCHESTER, NH — Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced the addition of two new members to his staff with strong New Hampshire ties. Collin Gately will serve as Communications Director and Dalton McLaughlin will serve as a Wounded Warriors Congressional Fellow.

June 26, 2019 Press Release

Washington D.C.- Today the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved two amendments offered by Vice-Chair of the Coast Guard Subcommittee Chris Pappas (NH-01) in the markup of the bipartisan Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2019.

June 26, 2019 Press Release

Washington D.C.- Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 3401, which provides $4.5 billion in emergency funding to address the humanitarian crisis at the border. Significant funding priorities include legal assistance, food, water, medical services, and support for unaccompanied children.

June 25, 2019 Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Today, Subcommittee Chairman of Oversight and Investigations, Chris Pappas (NH-01) held a hearing entitled, “Learning from Whistleblowers at the Department of Veterans Affairs” to examine how we can better protect 

June 25, 2019 Press Release

Washington, D.C.- Today the House passed the second funding package for fiscal year 2020 which included appropriations bills for Commerce-Justice-Science, Agriculture, Interior, Military Construction-VA, and Transportation-HUD.

June 19, 2019 Press Release

Today the House passed the first appropriations package for fiscal year 2020 which included three amendments Congressman Pappas introduced to expand research on the impacts of PFAS contamination, strengthen our regional economy, and support our Army’s Back-packable Communications Intelligence System technology.

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June 14, 2019 Press Release

Manchester, N.H. – Today Congressman Chris Pappas gathered the New Hampshire Nursing Association, the New Hampshire Nurse Practitioner Association, and local nurses to discuss the rising cost of prescription drugs, workforce shortages, and other critical issues facing New Hampshire patients and health care providers.

 

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May 24, 2019 Press Release

WASHINGTON D.C.- Following the implementation of the Trump Administration’s discriminatory transgender military ban, 15,000 active duty service members face the risk of losing not only their military careers but also access to the same earned benefits as their fellow service members.

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May 22, 2019 Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Today Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01), Joe Kennedy III (MA-04), Jackie Speier (CA-14), Gil Cisneros (CA-39), and Anthony Brown (MD-04) introduced the SERVE (Securing the Rights our Veterans have Earned) Act of 2019 to guarantee protections for our nation’s active duty transgender service members discharged from the Armed Forces under the Trump Administrat

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