Press Releases
This week Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) andCongressman Troy Downing (MT-02) reintroduced the Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act. This bipartisan legislation would require the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation to report on capital access issues faced by rural small businesses.
Today Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) introduced the bicameral, bipartisan Postal Operations Stay Timely And Local (POSTAL) Act, which would prohibit the United States Postal Service (USPS) from consolidating, closing, or downgrading a processing and distribution center if it would leave a state without one or negatively impact mail delivery across a state.
Last week Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined Congressman Joe Neguse (CO-02) and Congressman Blake Moore (UT-01) in reintroducing bipartisan legislation to support ski areas across the country.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congresswoman Laurel Lee (FL-15) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets (OPIOIDS) Act which will assist law enforcement in collecting information on fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined a bipartisan group of Senate and House colleagues in reintroducing the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act. This bipartisan legislation would make xylazine a Schedule III controlled substance while protecting access for veterinarians.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced the upcoming deadline for the 2025 Congressional Art Competition in New Hampshire's First Congressional District.
Each spring, Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, in collaboration with the Congressional Institute, sponsor a nationwide high school arts competition. The competition is an opportunity to recognize and encourage artistic talent across the nation, as well as in New Hampshire's First Congressional District.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (NH) delivered remarks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s new Waterfront Production Facility. The facility will house training and production facilities at the shipyard and construction was funded through the Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP).
Yesterday Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Don Bacon (NE-02) introduced the bipartisan Marc Fischer Memorial Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act. The fentanyl epidemic has claimed thousands of American lives. It is a particular problem among the incarcerated, a significant number of whom suffer from addiction. This bipartisan legislation would modernize mail scanning at the Bureau of Prisons to protect inmates and prison employees.
The New Hampshire Congressional delegation is demanding answers from U.S.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped pass bipartisan legislation to permanently schedule all fentanyl-related substances (FRS) as Schedule I drugs to ensure law enforcement can keep them off the streets.