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Today, a deal was reached to include prescription drug pricing reforms in the Build Back Better legislation that is currently being negotiated in Congress. Following months of advocacy to include these provisions in the bill, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement:
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, led the New Hampshire congressional delegation in announcing robust federal funding for New Hampshire from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in support of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). HHS announced a total of $25,192,436 for the Granite State.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), along with U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Representative Annie Kuster (NH-02) that New Hampshire will receive $1,402,083 in federal funds through the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Anti-Heroin Task Force (AHTF) program.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), alongside Hellenic Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Bilirakis (FL-12) and Maloney (NY-12), led 41 of his House colleagues in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken opposing US plans to sell Turkey F-16s
Yesterday, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined Congresswoman Angie Craig (MN-02) and thirteen of their House colleagues in sending a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer urging immediate action to address the high cost of prescription drugs
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) introduced a bipartisan resolution to designate October 28th as Oxi Day alongside Hellenic Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Bilirakis (FL-12) and Maloney (NY-12). On October 28, 1940 Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas refused to surrender to Axis forces, answering "Oxi!" - or "No!" - to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's 3 A.M.
U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) – members of the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committee – introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislationto expand the Department of Labor (DOL) Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP) to all 50 states and U.S. territories.
Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Co-Chair of the bipartisan House Small Business Caucus, joined a letter with 20 House colleagues to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal expressing concerns about new tax information reporting proposed by the Department of Treasury, requesting that this proposal not be included in the Build Back Better package.
U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) today applauded an announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that the Biden administration will make available $256,000,000 for Title X providers for fiscal year (FY) 2022. Title X funding is critical for New Hampshire family planning providers that have been decimated by the previous administration's Title X Gag Rule, leaving seven of nine New Hampshire providers without access to Title X funding.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) voted to reauthorize the bipartisan Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA). FVPSA was the first federal law to provide resources for survivors of domestic violence. Almost 40 years later, this legislation is still the primary source of federal funding for domestic violence shelters in the country. FVPSA is a comprehensive reauthorization of this critical law that will enhance and refocus federal investment to address intimate partner violence (IPV). Pappas is a cosponsor of this legislation.