Press Releases
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced $1,827,334 in funding through the CARES Act to support affordable housing for Granite Staters during the COVID-19 crisis. Specifically, funding was distributed to the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Housing Choice Voucher Program, which is used to help low-income, disabled and elderly people afford safe and decent housing in the private market.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) announced that New Hampshire will receive $5,826,951 in federal grants established under the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was passed by Congress and signed into law to help address the economic impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable Granite Staters. Specifically, the funding was awarded through the U.S.
Today, on the 19th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001, Congressman Chris Pappas(NH-01) released a video honoring the memory of the 2,977 people killed in New York City, Washington, DC, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania by an act of terrorism.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed the arrival of $82,000 in federal support for the Manchester Police Department from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) for the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act Program.
These federal funds will help Manchester improve mental health and wellness services for law enforcement with training and technical assistance related to peer mentoring mental health and wellness, and suicide prevention programs.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) invited high school students from across New Hampshire's 1st District to participate in the 2020 Congressional App Challenge.
The Congressional App Challenge is a competition aimed at encouraging high school students to learn how to code by creating their own applications. The challenge is intended to highlight the value of computer science and STEM education. The challenge provides an opportunity for students to explore coding, design and create an app, and showcase their abilities.
MANCHESTER, NH - Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement to mark Labor Day 2020:
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) co-sponsored and voted to pass the bipartisan Delivering for America Act, which will strengthen the U.S. Postal Service and protect it from ongoing political attacks. Pappas returned to Washington Saturday to cast his vote.
H.R. 8015, the Delivering for America Act, would prohibit the Postal Service from implementing or approving any changes to the operations or service levels in effect on January 1, 2020, that would impede prompt, reliable, and efficient service.
Members of Congress urge Azar to publicly state how a continued mail slowdown would impact U.S.
Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) is calling on the United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General to investigate a media report that the USPS sold a mail sorting machine at the facility on Goffs Falls Road in Manchester for scrap parts to a man from Pennsylvania. The report comes as the Postmaster General has spent months systematically attacking the Postal Service and undermining services that veterans, seniors, and voters rely on every day.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) is announcing that he has filed two amendments to H.R. 8015, the Delivering for America Act. These amendments follow reports that USPS facilities across the country, including the Goffs Falls Road facility in Manchester, were dismantling, scrapping, and selling mail sorting machines in recent months.