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Washington, D.C.- Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) led 10 lawmakers in calling on the Treasury Department to take immediate action to ensure that Americans unable to access their stimulus payments, due to problems involving IRS-issued debit cards, will receive the money they are owed.

Today Congressman Chris Pappas issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana law making it harder for patients to access abortion care is unconstitutional:

Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement in response to President Trump's order to temporarily bar foreign workers on a slate of employment-based visas, including temporary nonagricultural worker visas (H-2B), from coming to the United States:

Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement after voting to pass legislation he co-sponsored, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, in the House of Representatives:

"I was horrified—as every American should be—by the murder of George Floyd as well as the killing of other Black Americans by law enforcement officers. Now more than ever, we must stand together against systemic racism, bias, and injustice wherever it exists," said Congressman Chris Pappas.

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On June 24, Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01) held a roundtable with Eric Golnick, CEO of VFR Healthcare, and VFR Healthcare staff to discuss a newly organized therapy group for LGBTQIA veterans and first responders, and the unique issues LGBTQIA veterans and first responders face.

U.S. Representatives Chris Pappas (D-NH) and Mark Walker (R-NC) introduced the bipartisan Universal Giving Pandemic Response Act which would allow above-the-line deductions for charitable contributions for individuals not itemizing deductions in years 2019 and 2020.

Today, Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01) along with Representatives Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-At Large), Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26), and Sean Casten (IL-06) led 15 additional lawmakers in urging Speaker Pelosi to prioritize measures to increase affordability of COVID-19 treatment in the next relief package to ensure that the exorbitant costs of this pandemic does not continue to fall on American families. Specifically, the lawmakers are calling for a prohibition on cost-sharing for COVID-19 treatment under Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, and private insurance.

Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump Administration's efforts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protects young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.