Press Releases
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) reintroduced his bipartisan Bolstering Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Act to require the Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct a long-range strategic review of the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve (NEHHOR) and report to Congress on opportunities to
As Granite Staters eagerly await the delivery of gifts for friends and loved ones, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) is pushing Congress to pass the Porch Pirates Act, which would increase penalties for package theft and safeguard millions of dollars that New Hampshire residents lose each year to so-called “porch pirates.”
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the below statement following the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issuing an internal memorandum reinstating a near-total ban on abortions and abortion counseling, ripping away access to health care from thousands of veterans.
Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01), Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Jack Bergman (MI-01), and Andrew Garbarino (NY-02), the bipartisan Co-Chairs of the Congressional Postal Service Caucus, introduced bipartisan legislation to increase transparency around temporary post office closures, known as “emergency suspensions.” The
Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), founding member of the bipartisan Public Shipyard Caucus and representative for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, applauded the signing of the FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act which enacts provisions from his b
Last week, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) led U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (NH) and Maggie Hassan (NH), and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) in calling on Secretary Wright of the Department of Energy (DOE) to immediately release $9 million in funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP).
Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee (HVAC), and Congressman Russ Fulcher (ID-01) re-introduced the Bring Our Heroes Home Act in the House of Representatives.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, introduced three bipartisan bills to improve processes at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and expand eligibility for survivors’ benefits, insurance coverage, and burial processes.
Today at a hearing held by the Economic Opportunity Subcommittee of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the subcommittee, pressed VA leadership on VA’s failure to pay required education benefits on time to over 75,000 veterans and their families and survivors. View Pappas’s remarks here.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) introduced the Protecting Access to Affordable Coverage Act, legislation to assist Americans in alleviating paperwork burdens and making informed enrollment decisions. This includes extending the 2026 Open Enrollment period, restoring auto-reenrollment and the Special Enrollment Period (SEP) which were repealed in the Republican One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and funding the Navigator Program.