Press Releases
Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and House Administration Committee Ranking Member Joe Morelle (NY-25) today led 182 colleagues in both houses of Congress in reintroducing the DISCLOSE Act, legislation to end the scourge of dark money in our democracy, shine a bright light of transparency on politics, and make government more accountable to the will of voters.
Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Senator Maggie Hassan (NH), a senior member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (NH), and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), are pushing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to definitively rule out developing any ICE facilities in New Hampshire without state and local support.
Due to the war with Iran, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined a letter yesterday to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the State Department to help stranded Americans leave the Middle East and return to the United States.
Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) led over 40 colleagues in a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought opposing the Department of Homeland Security’s reported request to purchase a $70 million luxury jet and calling on OMB to reject the request.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined a bipartisan group of over 150 House and Senate colleagues in calling for the U.S. Department of Education to not make changes to post-baccalaureate nursing degrees that would saddle nurses with more student loan debt.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, joined Senate and House colleagues in demanding Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins immediately rescind the Trump administration’s new interim final rule that would change how veteran disability ratings are evaluated.
This week, ahead of a Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources legislative hearing on the Securing Essential and Critical U.S. Resources and Elements (SECURE) Minerals Act, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) became the first Democrat in the House to cosponsor the legislation. U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Todd Young (R-IN), and U.S. Representatives Rob Wittman (VA-01) and John Moolenaar (MI-02) introduced the legislation last month.
Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) are introducing a new bill that would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to solicit public comments and receive written approval from state and local officials before constructing, acquiring or operating any new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility or detention center.
Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined Senator Maggie Hassan (NH), a senior member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (NH), and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) in continuing to push Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to address the serious concerns raised by local Merrimack officials regarding ICE’s effort to build a new detention facility in the town.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Co-Chair of the Congressional Camp Caucus, joined Congressmen Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Chuck Edwards (NC-11), and U.S.