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Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Co-Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus and New Hampshire’s first openly gay member of Congress, issued the following statement to mark the start of Pride Month:
Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped launch the End Corruption Caucus. This new caucus will work to advance legislation, bring together like-minded partners, and aim to root out corruption in government to restore the American people’s trust in their leaders.
Following the New Hampshire Congressional delegation’s calls for the Department of Education to issue the delayed Grant Award Notifications (GANs) for fiscal year 2026 TRIO Upward Bound programs, GANs have begun to be released.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee (HVAC) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, led 27 of his colleagues in calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to immediately implement a targeted foreclosure moratorium for veterans with mortgages gu
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) in introducing the Developing Oversight for Nutrition through the Official Regulation of Milk Act or the DONOR Milk Act, legislation that would better protect the nation’s supply of donor human milk – a lifesaving resource for premature and medically fragile newborns.
Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (NH) and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (MN-05) in reintroducing the Manufactured Housing Community Sustainability Act, which would incentivize manufactured home park owners to sell the park to community residents or nonprofits, rather than another developer or landlord.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee (HVAC) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, was the third member to sign a discharge petition for the Major Richard Star Act. This legislation currently has 330 cosponsors and would end the “wounded veteran tax”, or the offset that keeps medically retired veterans from receiving their full Department of Defense retirement pay and their full Veterans Affairs disability pay.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) had two bills he co-leads and an additional bill he is a cosponsor of pass the House as part of the House’s amended 21st Century Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing legislative package. This legislation would address the high cost of housing for Granite Staters by increasing access to home loans, cutting red tape, lowering costs to build housing, and more.
This week Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH),U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Representative Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) in applauding the release of more than $9.4 million from the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help Granite State communities and private well owners address contamination from per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Today legislation introduced by Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ranking Member of the Economic Opportunity Subcommittee of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, and Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02), the

