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August 24, 2022

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) that New Hampshire agencies and organizations have been awarded $6,800,000 from the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) for various projects that invest in economic and community development.

Issues:Economy
August 23, 2022

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) alongside Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01), Co-Chair of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus and New Hampshire’s first openly gay member of Congress, filed an amicus brief to defend nondiscrimination laws in the upcoming Supreme Court case, 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis

August 22, 2022

Today, the New Hampshire delegation highlighted important ways the Inflation Reduction Act lowers health care costs for Granite Staters. These measures will cap prescription costs, reduce health insurance premiums, tackle surging insulin costs and expand access to health care for thousands of Granite Staters.   

Issues:Health Care
August 19, 2022

Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Chair of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (HVAC), and Congressman Jake Ellzey (TX-06), introduced the Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding (GUARD) VA Benefits Act t

Issues:Veterans
August 18, 2022

Today, the New Hampshire delegation announced important clean energy and climate investments heading to the Granite State through the Inflation Reduction Act. These measures will create good-paying jobs, lower energy costs for households, reduce harmful pollution, support small businesses and boost domestic manufacturing through clean energy technologies.

August 16, 2022

Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statement after the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law:

August 16, 2022

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, (D-NH) and U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), alongside Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed a $7,736,284 grant from the Federal Transit Administration to improve public transit in the Seacoast region. The grant was awarded to the Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation (COAST) through the Bus Facilities Competitive Grant Program. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Pappas helped pass, provided $1.97 billion for this program, as part of the law's historic investments in public transportation.

August 12, 2022

Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statement after helping to pass the Inflation Reduction Act:

August 11, 2022

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined a bipartisan, bicameral push to increase funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which helps over 5.3 million households nationwide afford their energy bills.

August 11, 2022

Yesterday, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01) discussed the historic, bipartisan military toxic exposure legislation that they crafted, which will deliver to all generations of veterans exposed to toxic substances the VA health care and benefits that they need. The legislation includes provisions from the bipartisan Toxic Exposure in the American Military (TEAM) Act that Senator Hassan introduced more than a year ago and continued to push for throughout negotiations.