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Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Co-Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement after voting against H.R. 5, the so-called Parents Bill of Rights Act, which passed the House today.
The New Hampshire delegation welcomed $511,898 for Boire Field Airport (ASH) in Nashua. Specifically, these funds will be used to support the reconstruction of 11,277 square yards of the existing apron pavement that has reached the end of its useful life.
The New Hampshire delegation welcomed $690,562 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support the Candia Fire Department through the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Program.
The New Hampshire delegation applauded the recent announcement that New Hampshire will receive an additional $4,232,260 through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). These funds were allocated as part of $1 Billion of Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) Disaster Supplemental Funds.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) reintroduced his legislation to establish a new grant program at the Department of Justice alongside Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01). They were joined by Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02), Don Bacon (NE-02), Jay Obernolte (CA-23), Angie Craig (MN-02), Don Davis (NC-01), and Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11).
Congressman Chris Pappas took a tour of the town's transfer station which, officials hope will undergo a $4 million makeover next year paid for with local and federal money.
On a sunny blue-skied morning Thursday, U.S. Rep Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) joined Conway selectmen chair David Weathers, Selectman John Colbath and Town Engineer/Deputy Town Manager Paul Degli Angeli on a tour of the Aligned Capital Solar Array on the Morrill Tree Farm property at 1393 East Main St. in Center Conway.
Leading the tour was Sarah Waring, U.S. Department of Agriculture State Director for Rural Development in Vermont and New Hampshire.
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) introduced the Survivor Benefits Fairness Act.
The New Hampshire delegation announced that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) selected New Hampshire as one of 15 states to receive a $1 million, one-year planning grant as part of its national expansion of the Medicaid-funded Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration program under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Because of this new funding, the state will start plans to greatly expand access to community-based, integrated behavioral health services.
The Board of Selectmen held an outdoor meeting Thursday at the Snow Road Bridge during which they recognized a group of culvert-clogging beavers, town taxpayers, and USDA Rural Development for the bridge’s replacement.
About a decade ago, the 50-foot long, two-lane span over the ironically-named South River — the South River actually flows north from Province Lake in Effingham to the Ossipee River, which itself joins the Saco River — came to the attention of the board because of flooding to its approaches after heavy rainstorms, said Chairman Lenny Espie.