Press Releases
U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed today's announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that $132 million from the bipartisan infrastructure law will be invested in the National Estuaries Program (NEP). This unprecedented investment will provide each of New England's estuaries of national significance with up to $4.5 million over the next five years to fund important work to protect and restore the estuaries, including the Piscataqua Region Estuaries.
Rep. Pappas presiding over the House during the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) applauded the Senate's passage of the Chips and Science Act and called on the House to take up the bipartisan legislation without delay.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a former member of the New Hampshire Executive Council, released the following statement after a majority on the Executive Council voted down family planning contracts and defunding vital health care for Granite Staters once again:
Yesterday, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped pass the Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Actwhich he helped introduce in September 2021. This bill will support small businesses and rural entrepreneurs across New Hampshire.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Chairman for the Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, and Congressman Tracey Mann (KS-01), Ranking Member, introduced the bipartisan Strengthening Whistleblower Protections at the Department of Veterans Affairs Act to improve policies and procedures to better protect VA whistle
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, spoke out in opposition to the Department of Defense's proposal to no longer allow veterans and their families and limit the families of active-duty service members from seeking care at the outpatient clinic at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as early as this October.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), helped pass the Right to Contraception Act in the House to codify the right to access contraception. The legislation follows Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's concurring opinion stating that the Court should reconsider Griswold v.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped pass H.R. 8294, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, which would fund key components of the government through fiscal year 2023.
Today Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the following bipartisan statement condemning Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tehran and reaffirming their opposition to the United States selling fighter jets and military equipment to Turkey: