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Congressman Chris Pappas’s (NH-01) Securing Our Northern Border Act was included in the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2025 that the House passed yesterday. This bipartisan legislation would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish the Northern Border Mission Center to strengthen implementation and coordination of the Northern Border Strategy, which includes training, information sharing, intelligence, and engagement with federal, state, Tribal, local, and international government partners.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the below statement following the House vote to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2025:
Today, in coordination with the first day of the U.S.
Today the House passed Congressman Chris Pappas’s (NH-01) bipartisan bill to ensure post-disaster services are delivered timely and taxpayer dollars are spent efficiently, cutting down on waste and fraud. It has passed the Senate and is headed to the President’s desk for his signature.
Today the New Hampshire delegation sent a letter to Baxter International urging it to address IV fluid supply issues in the state by improving the reliability of shipments and increasing the amount of IV fluid delivered to New Hampshire health care providers. Following damages to Baxter’s IV fluid and dialysis solutions production facility in North Carolina during Hurricane Helene, New Hampshire hospitals, doctors, and paramedics have worked diligently to extend their existing supplies of IV fluid to prevent service disruptions.
This week Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined a bipartisan coalition of House members in calling for urgent passage of his bipartisan Combating Illicit Xylazine Act.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) led the House in passing legislation to designate the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 609 Portsmouth Avenue in Greenland, New Hampshire, as the Chief Michael Maloney Post Office, in honor of the late Chief Michael Maloney who served as a law enforcement officer for 26 years, including 12 as the Chief of the Greenland Police Department before he was tragically killed in the line of duty.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that his legislation to designate the East Derry Post Office as the Chief Edward B. Garone Post Office was signed into law by President Biden. Pappas’s legislation honors the late Chief Edward B.
The New Hampshire delegation applauded the finalization of a $35.5 million federal award to BAE Systems to increase defense manufacturing and improve our national security. The funds will help modernize BAE’s Microelectronics Center in Nashua, New Hampshire, which is designated as a Trusted Foundry by the U.S. Department of Defense and ensures the U.S. government has access to leading microelectronics technologies.
In many ways, the late Police Chief Ed Garone and the East Derry Post Office were both so uniquely Derry that it makes sense to lend his name to the building.
Both institutions embodied the changes a once small town went through in the last half-century. Garone became chief in 1972 when the town had about 12,000 residents. By the midway point of his tenure, the town’s population had nearly tripled.
Garone was the longest-serving full-time police chief in New Hampshire history.