Press Releases
Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), founding member of the bipartisan Public Shipyard Caucus and representative for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, applauded the signing of the FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act which enacts provisions from his biparti
Last week, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) led U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (NH) and Maggie Hassan (NH), and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) in calling on Secretary Wright of the Department of Energy (DOE) to immediately release $9 million in funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP).
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.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) introduced the Protecting Access to Affordable Coverage Act, legislation to assist Americans in alleviating paperwork burdens and making informed enrollment decisions. This includes extending the 2026 Open Enrollment period, restoring auto-reenrollment and the Special Enrollment Period (SEP) which were repealed in the Republican One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and funding the Navigator Program.
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) introduced three bills to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) contamination and hold polluters accountable: his bicameral, bipartisan Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), the bipartisan
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act (PAWA), bipartisan legislation to repeal a presidential executive order that stripped union rights from roughly 1 million federal workers.
Yesterday Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Congressman Michael Rulli (OH-06), and Congressman Greg Stanton (AZ-04) introduced the Continuous Skilled Nursing Quality Improvement Act of 2025, which would modernize Medicaid’s approach to continuous skilled (private duty) nursing, remove outdated provider red tape, and mandate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services convene a working group to establish national quality stan