Press Releases
Manchester, NH- Today Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Annie Kuster (NH-02), who are both members of the bipartisan PFAS Task Force, introduced legislation that would regulate the discharge of PFAS within our nation's waterways. The Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act will reduce PFAS discharge and hold polluters accountable by adding PFAS to the Clean Water Act's Toxic Pollutants List, allowing the EPA to regulate its release in our water systems.
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. These funds, granted through Health and Human Service's Advanced Nursing Education Workforce program, will allow UNH to work with healthcare providers throughout New Hampshire to address the behavioral health and opioid crises.
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. Congressman Pappas will also officially welcome the community to his Manchester district office on Friday, June 28 with an office open house.
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. The Coast Guard Authorization Act fully funds the Coast Guard for the next two years with more than $11 billion in discretionary funding for each fiscal year, which will allow them to address a backlog created by previous budget cuts.
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.
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 whistleblowers who have faced undue retaliation while serving as watchdogs for our veterans.
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. Congressman Pappas secured three major wins for New Hampshire by successfully including amendments that increase funding for comprehensive opioid abuse programs, strengthen loan and grant programs for rural broadband deployment, and improve health care services for female veterans.
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.
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.
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.