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Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Chair of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (HVAC), and Congresswoman Nancy Mace (SC-01), member of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, announced the United States Senate unanimously passed their bipartisan legislation, the Faster Payments to Veterans’ Survivors Act, which will improve the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) p

Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congressman Ralph Norman (SC-05) sent a joint letter to House leadership requesting immediate bipartisan reform to Form 1099-K reporting requirements. As the leaders continue to craft their end-of-year legislative package, Pappas, Norman, and 27 other Members are urging Congress to raise the Form 1099-K reporting threshold. 

On December 15, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congressman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) introduced a bill to extend Pappas’s bipartisan fentanyl analogue scheduling legislation through December 31, 2024.

The New Hampshire delegation welcomed $1,696,780 to support renewable energy projects in communities across rural New Hampshire. The funding comes from the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) – a program tailored to help farmers, agricultural producers and entrepreneurs make energy efficiency improvements and lower costs.

Today, December 15, 2022, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined a bipartisan group of 85 Members of Congress to introduce a House Resolution condemning antisemitic celebrities and public figures. This comes during the current crisis of rising antisemitism both at home and around the world.

The bipartisan House Resolution is led by U.S. Representatives Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5), Don Bacon (NE-2), Kathy Manning (NC-6), and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1).

Yesterday, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped pass the bipartisan Law Enforcement De-escalation Training Act. The bill has already passed the Senate, and will now be sent to President Biden’s desk for his signature.

Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Co-Chair of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus and New Hampshire's first openly gay member of Congress, issued the following statement after the Respect for Marriage Act was signed into law by President Biden. Pappas introduced this legislation alongside Congressman Nadler and his fellow Equality Caucus Co-Chairs in July 2022. 

Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues, welcomed language in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 making clear that Congress does not support NATO allies conducting “unauthorized territorial overflights of another NATO ally’s airspace.”