Media

Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a co-chair of the House Equality Caucus, helped re-introduce the Equality Act in the 117th Congress. Pappas is an original co-sponsor of this legislation and fought to pass the bill last Congress.

This legislation amends existing civil rights statutes to provide LGBTQ Americans with the same protections all other Americans enjoy in key areas of life, including employment, housing, credit, public services, and education. The Equality Act has overwhelming public support with more than 7 in 10 Americans supporting it.

U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01) today joined a bicameral group of lawmakers in a letter urging President Joe Biden and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to designate Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) due to ongoing armed conflicts and increasingly severe violence in the country. Led by U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and U.S.

Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Chris Pappas (D-NH) released the following statements praising VA's decision to pause debt collection owed to both the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) through September 30^th due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Today, Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01) held a telephone town hall to discuss COVID-19 and take questions regarding the state's COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

Pappas was joined by Dr. Benjamin Chan, the New Hampshire State Epidemiologist, Director Perry Plummer, former Assistant Commissioner of Safety who is overseeing New Hampshire's vaccine distribution efforts, and Kevin Forrest, Chief Executive Officer and Medical Center Director at the Manchester VA Healthcare System.

Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Paul Tonko (NY-20) introduced theAdvancing Enrollment and Reducing Drug Costs Act to expand low-income seniors' access to prescription drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program, also known as Medicare Part D.

**Reps. Kuster and Pappas met virtually with local rail officials to hear updates on the Capitol Corridor Project**

The Delegation Urged the Biden Administration to Repeal this Harmful Policy

Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) led a group of ten lawmakers in a bipartisan call requesting the inclusion of $100 million in funding for the National Sea Grant College Program in the next COVID relief package.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, our coastal communities, and in particular, the marine and aquaculture industries, have experienced severe negative economic impacts due to decreases in exports and sales to restaurants.