Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement after President Trump declared a national emergency in response to Coronavirus:
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the United States, Congressmen Chris Pappas (NH-01), Lloyd Doggett (TX-35) , and Ted Lieu (CA-33) and over 100 lawmakers urged Secretary Alex Azar to utilize his authority to establish a Special Enrollment Period for patients to seek ACA Marketplace coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Washington, DC – Last evening, Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) held a telephone town hall to discuss COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, and provide an update to New Hampshire residents. Kuster and Pappas were joined on the call by Dr.
Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) commended the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) announcement today that it will make available 35,000 supplemental temporary nonagricultural worker visas (H-2B) for the second half of fiscal year 2020, while underscoring the need for additional visas to be released and calling on Congress to fix this broken system in order to meet the workforce needs of Gr
Pappas led delegation effort to ensure that New Hampshire will be reimbursed for spending to combat the coronavirus
Kuster, Pappas vote to send coronavirus spending measure to the Senate
Washington, D.C.- Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ron Kind (WI-03), and Annie Kuster (NH-02) introduced the American Job Centers Family Accessibility Act, which will create a childcare program at American Job Centers across the country, easing American families' ability to acc
Washington, DC – Today, Senator Shaheen, Senator Hassan, Congresswoman Kuster and Congressman Pappas wrote to the House and Senate leadership calling for the inclusion of language in the coronavirus emergency supplemental spending bill to ensure that states, including New Hampshire, are reimbursed for the cost of their ongoing efforts to combat the virus.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), who serves as the Chair of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, secured the commitment of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie to resolve the ongoing problems facing VA's Community Care
Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), who serves as a co-chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) sent a letter with 30 of their colleagues calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reassess an outdated and discriminatory policy that blocks members of the LGBTQ community from donating blood.