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On March 20th at 12:00 PM, Rep. Chris Pappas will join Rep. Annie Kuster for a telephone town hall to discuss the coronavirus and provide an update to New Hampshire residents. Pappas and Kuster will be joined on the call by Dr. Michael Calderwood, Associate Chief Quality Officer at Dartmouth-Hitchcock and System Epidemiologist and Infectious Disease Expert and Greta Johansson, District Director of the New Hampshire District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
(Washington, DC)— U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statements after Small Business Administrator (SBA) Jovita Carranza signed New Hampshire's emergency declaration to allow Granite State small businesses to be eligible for the full suite of emergency resources through the SBA, as firms mitigate financial hardships due to the spread of the coronavirus.
MANCHESTER, NH- Today Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01), Katherine Clark (MA-05), and Ruben Gallego (AZ-07) led a bipartisan group of 72 lawmakerscalling on Secretary DeVos to take steps to ensure that the financial burden of university closures and migration to remote learning do not result in financial burdens for students.
Washington, DC – Today, Reps. Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) wrote to Speaker Pelosi urging her to increase funding for the Small Business Administration (SBA)'s Disaster Loan Program to ensure the SBA can provide loans to small businesses and nonprofits nationwide that are struggling as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.
MANCHESTER, NH - Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) called on the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make available zero-interest loans for small businesses and nonprofits that are facing serious economic challenges from the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak, which has already caused unprecedented operating challenges, reduced consumer demand, and outright closures.
Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) called on the Small Business Administration (SBA) to issue an emergency declaration to ensure New Hampshire small businesses are eligible for the full suite of emergency resources available through the SBA.
In a letter to the Administration of the SBA, Jovita Carranza, the delegation wrote:
U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) wrote to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) calling for the Department to urgently provide guidance to health care providers in New Hampshire and across the country on the steps being taken to deliver personal protective equipment (PPE), ventilators and other essential supplies to hospitals as they prepare for an increase of coronavirus patients in the weeks to come.
MANCHESTER, NH - Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that his offices in New Hampshire and Washington would remain open for essential constituent services with staff switching to telework. Constituents should contact the office by phone or online at pappas.house.gov for assistance.
MANCHESTER, NH - Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement after Governor Chris Sununu and New Hampshire state health officials announced that New Hampshire public K-12 school districts are being directed to transition to a remote learning environment through at least April 3rd, 2020 to help mitigate the spread of coronavirus in New Hampshire.