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SOMERSWORTH — In what is being called the first venture of its kind in New Hampshire, city residents and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency broke ground on a new solar array at Somersworth’s former landfill.
On Monday, the EPA joined U.S. Congressman Chris Pappas and local officials to celebrate the groundbreaking at the site of the former Somersworth Sanitary Landfill. This is the first time in New Hampshire that a portion of a Superfund site has been redeveloped into a solar farm.
This week Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congresswoman Katie Porter (CA-47) introduced legislation to codify the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), the only independent internal watchdog that probes ethical breaches in Congress.
CONCORD — Federal and state officials said emails rather than telephones have become the most popular way for predators to try and steal the identity of New Hampshire senior citizens.
Derick Rill, a congressional relations specialist with the Federal Trade Commission, said consumers should never make a purchase or enter into any agreement online or on the phone with someone that they did not solicit in the first place.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined federal and local officials for the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new solar array at the site of the former Somersworth Sanitary Landfill. This is the first time in New Hampshire that a portion of a Superfund site has been redeveloped into a solar farm.
Ahead of the two-year anniversary of the Honoring Our PACT Act this weekend, U.S.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02), members of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee (HVAC), introduced the Veterans’ Transition to Trucking Act, bipartisan legislation to cut red tape for veteran truckers by allowing VA to streamline the approval of certain apprenticeship programs to partner with VA. The companion bill in the Senate was introduced by Senators Jon Tester (MT) and Bill Cassidy (LA).
MANCHESTER, NH – Earlier this year, the VA announced that more than one million PACT Act-related claims had been approved, including for more than 3,300 Granite State veterans.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined six bipartisan Members of Congress in a call for more transparency from U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Louis DeJoy regarding proposed changes at postal processing, distribution, and delivery facilities in New Hampshire and nationwide.
Last week Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01), James Moylan (GU-AL), and Jared Golden (ME-02) introduced the Save the Green to Gold Program Act. This bipartisan legislation would ensure servicemembers participation in the Army’s Green-to-Gold (G2G) Active Duty Option Program is recognized toward their Time in Service (TIS) calculation, which determines future pay and retirement benefits.
Following the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) notification to Congress of an anticipated funding shortfall by September 20, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, wrote to Speaker Mik