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In a letter to the House Speaker and Minority Leader outlining his priorities, Pappas calls for immediate measures to help struggling small businesses and workers, including expansive small business lending, federal debt relief, employee retention tax credits, and new health care subsidies for workers

Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Annie Kuster (NH-02) are applauding the announcement of $28 million in federal funding to combat the opioid and substance misuse epidemic in 2020. Pappas and Kuster, along with the entire New Hampshire delegation, have support of additional resources for New Hampshire. They have continuously advocated on behalf of New Hampshire's treatment, healthcare, law enforcement and first responder communities.

Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Annie Kuster (NH-02) are applauding the announcement of $28 million in federal funding to combat the opioid and substance misuse epidemic in 2020. Pappas and Kuster, along with the entire New Hampshire delegation, have support of additional resources for New Hampshire. They have continuously advocated on behalf of New Hampshire's treatment, healthcare, law enforcement and first responder communities.

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.