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March 3, 2025

Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that Julie Mudd, a mother and advocate, will join him as his guest for this year's Presidential Joint Address to Congress to highlight the needs of New Hampshire women and families as the Trump administration pursues cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and more.

February 28, 2025

On Friday, February 28, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan and Congressman Chris Pappas held a press conference in Portsmouth to discuss the impact the Trump Administration is having on the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

February 27, 2025
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the Economic Opportunity (EO) Subcommittee of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee (HVAC), re-introduced the Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding (GUARD) VA Benefits Act
Issues:Veterans
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Congressman Pappas speaks on the floor in support of his legislation ahead of the vote.
February 26, 2025

Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congressman Troy Nehls’s (TX-22) bipartisan Medal of Honor Act, legislation to increase the monthly pension for Medal of Honor recipients, passed the House. This legislation would increase the monthly pension for recipients to roughly $67,500 annually.

Issues:Veterans
February 26, 2025

Yesterday Congressman Chris Pappas’s (NH-01) Rural Small Business Resilience Act passed the House. Pappas introduced this legislation earlier this year alongside Representatives Kelly Morrison (MN-03), Aaron Bean (FL-04), and Troy Downing (MT-02). If enacted into law, this legislation will improve access to disaster assistance for rural small businesses.

Issues:Economy
February 24, 2025

Congressmen Chris Pappas (NH-01) and David Kustoff (TN-08) recently introduced H.R.1480, the Rural Health Innovation Act in the House of Representatives.

Issues:Health Care
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From left to right: Congressman Pappas, Daniel Sabalakov, Nicholas Gladu, Joshua Kelly, John Tobin
February 19, 2025

Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) met with New Hampshire’s First District’s 2024 Congressional App Challenge winners, Nicholas Gladu, Daniel Sabalakov, Joshua Kelly, and John Tobin of Portsmouth High School, and presented them with an award. This team of students created an app program, titled “Clarity Extension”, designed to make resources on the internet more accessible.

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Pappas speaks with roundtable participants.
February 18, 2025

Following the news that House and Senate Republicans have released drafts of their budget plans, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) held a roundtable with Betsy Burtis, COO of Amoskeag Community Health, Jake Berry, VP of Policy at New Futures, Judith Jones, Healthy Aging Policy Coordinator at New Futures and Policy Advisory for New Hampshire Healthy Aging, Patricia Carty, CEO of the Mental Health Cente

February 14, 2025

Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-41) introduced the HEARTS Act (Humane and Existing Alternatives in Research and Testing Sciences Act), bipartisan legislation encouraging the use and development of humane alternatives to animal testing experiments funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).