Press Releases

(Washington) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) today announced the award of $641,864 in federal funding to Dartmouth College in support of research efforts to improve the detection and diagnosis of breast cancer. Specifically, the grant will be used to develop and evaluate a new breast imaging system that will improve detection rates for breast cancer.

Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) reacted to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today, which found that the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) has failed to take meaningful action to address serious deficiencies in a key medical supplies purchasing program -- problems that have slowed the delivery of care to veterans.

Following President Trump's State of the Union Address, Congressman Chris Pappas issued the following statement:

The bipartisan letter to the VHA Executive is the latest action in months of work to address this issue including meeting with providers and patients and working individually with constituents to resolve late payments

Pappas will hold Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing in February on the topic of provider payment problems

MANCHESTER, NH – On Friday, January 31st at 9:00 AM in Manchester, Congressman Pappas will visit Manchester Central Fire Station to meet with first responders, local officials, and health providers who are partners of Manchester's ACERT (Adverse Childhood Experiences Response Team) program to discuss the work they are doing to mitigate childhood trauma through Safe Stations and other resources.

Washington, DC - Today Congressman Pappas, who serves on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, helped unveil House Democrats' new framework for a five-year, $760 billion investment that would create an estimated 10 million jobs addressing some of the country's most urgent infrastructure needs. This framework makes substantial federal investments in our nation's roads, railways, and airports to move our country and our economy forward.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that Lara Quiroga of Manchester will be his guest at the State of the Union address on February 4, 2020.

Washington, D.C.- Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) alongside Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-03) and Jared Huffman (CA-02) introduced the Connecting America's Active Transportation System Act. Their legislation provides $500 million in funding for a federal grant program to help build connected active-transportation routes including trails, sidewalks, and bikeways that support the health and economic growth of our communities.