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Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, spoke out in opposition to the Department of Defense's proposal to no longer allow veterans and their families and limit the families of active-duty service members from seeking care at the outpatient clinic at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as early as this October.

Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), helped pass the Right to Contraception Act in the House to codify the right to access contraception. The legislation follows Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's concurring opinion stating that the Court should reconsider Griswold v.

Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped pass H.R. 8294, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, which would fund key components of the government through fiscal year 2023.

Today Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the following bipartisan statement condemning Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tehran and reaffirming their opposition to the United States selling fighter jets and military equipment to Turkey:

Today, the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan amendment that Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped introduce to a major appropriations bill that transfers the $5 million previously appropriated for the Department of Veterans' Affairs Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission to the Healthcare for Homeless Veterans Program. This effectively eliminates all funding for the AIR Commission, further guaranteeing the Commission's proposal to close local VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) in New Hampshire cannot move forward.

Today, during a House Veterans' Affairs Committee markup, three bills led by Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Chair of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, the Faster Payments to Veterans' Survivors Act,the Preven

Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Co-Chair of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus and New Hampshire's first openly gay member of Congress, helped pass the Respect for Marriage Act in the House of Representatives.

Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined a bipartisan call on Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House leadership to bring the bipartisanUnited States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) or CHIPS Plus approach to the House Floor before the end of July. This is vital legislation that will boost domestic manufacturing, accelerate U.S. production of semiconductor chips, reduce our reliance on foreign countries like China, and help lower costs for families and small businesses, all while creating new US jobs.