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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.”
This week, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) supported the final passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2023.
This year's NDAA includes several provisions Pappas fought for to invest in domestic manufacturing, increase community access to resiliency grants, support the Pease Air National Guard Base, improve FEMA’s response to natural disasters, and make clear Congress’s opposition to NATO allies violating the territorial air space of fellow NATO members.
U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas said all same-sex couples in America should be relieved after the House passed legislation Thursday that would preempt any future Supreme Court from nullifying those marriages.
Pappas, 42, the first openly gay person elected to federal office in New Hampshire, told the Union Leader he and his partner, Vann Bentley, would marry next February.
Watch Rep. Pappas’s remarks on the House floor ahead of the vote
Today the House passed an amended version of legislation Pappas helped introduce to ensure strong federal protections for marriage equality, even if the Supreme Court were to reverse the precedent set by United States v. Windsor and Obergefell v. Hodges
The New Hampshire delegation sent a letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra, urging the Department to support sexual education providers in the wake of the Executive Council’s decision to block their funding.