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Chris Pappas for Congress: Pappas, Mace Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Ensure Family Members of Fallen Heroes Receive Timely Payments
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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, introduced the Faster Payments to Veterans' Survivors Act to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) processes for identifying, locating, and paying hard-to-find survivors of recently deceased veterans.
Chris Pappas for Congress: Marks Start of Pride 2022
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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 to mark the start of Pride Month tomorrow:
Chris Pappas for Congress: NH Delegation Welcomes $1M to Continuum in North Conway to Support Wood Energy
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Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) applauded a $1 million award to Continuum in North Conway to support the Ridgeline Assisted Living Community Wood Chip Fueled District Heating and Cooling Plant.
Chris Pappas for Congress: Calls on House Leadership to Act on Gun Violence Prevention
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Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined Representatives David N. Cicilline (RI-01), Robin Kelly (IL-02), and John Larson (CT-01) and 131 of their colleagues in calling on House leadership to take immediate action to combat gun violence.
Chris Pappas for Congress: Pappas, Kuster Urge State Department to Expedite Processing of J-1 Visas Ahead of Summer Tourism Season
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Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) led a bipartisan call demanding the Department of State take action to address J-1 Visa processing delays ahead of the summer.
Chris Pappas for Congress: Statement on Texas Elementary School Shooting
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Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement on the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas:
Chris Pappas for Congress: NH Delegation Applauds $18.6M Heading to NH for Water Infrastructure Upgrades
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U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed $18,688,000 in funding headed to New Hampshire to improve water infrastructure.
Chris Pappas for Congress: NH Delegation Welcomes More Than $28M to Combat Opioid Crisis Through SOR Grant Funding
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Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) alongside Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed $28,505,671 from the Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration's State Opioid Response (SOR) grant program to help the Granite State respond to the opioid crisis.
Chris Pappas for Congress: Anti-Inflation Legislation to Hold Oil Companies Accountable for Ripping Off Consumers Passes House
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Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped to pass the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act in the House.
Chris Pappas for Congress: VA Leadership Praises Pappas’s Preventing Homelessness for Veteran Families Act
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Today, a representative from the Department of Veterans' Affairs praised Congressman Chris Pappas's (NH-01) Preventing Homelessness for Veteran Families Act, which would reauthorize the VA's Supportive Services for Veterans Families (SSVF) program for FY23 and FY24, during a legislative hearing. The SSVF program makes grants to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives to rapidly re-house veteran families and prevent homelessness for those at risk.
Chris Pappas for Congress: Helps Lead Bipartisan Effort to Invoke Defense Production Act to Address Baby Formula Shortage
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Pappas is leading bipartisan efforts to address America’s baby formula shortage, including helping introduce new legislation to invoke the Defense Production Act, increase supply, and calling for more action from the Administration
Chris Pappas for Congress: Votes To Ease Baby Formula Shortage
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Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), voted to pass the Access to Baby Formula Act and the Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act, legislation that will increase access to baby formula and address the ongoing formula shortages.
Chris Pappas for Congress: Presses Biden Administration to Quickly Address Baby Formula Shortage
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Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped lead a call for the Biden Administration to take fast action to address the shortage of baby formula facing New Hampshire families.
Chris Pappas for Congress: Helps Reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
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Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped pass the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022 which reauthorizes and strengthens the nation's workforce development system which expired in 2020.
Chris Pappas for Congress: Fights for New Hampshire in Ongoing Competitiveness Legislation Negotiations
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Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a key negotiator on the Conference Committee crafting the domestic manufacturing and competitiveness legislation in Congress, authored a column for the Union Leader detailing the importance of passing bipartisan legislation to support New Hampshire's manufacturing economy and our veterans.
Chris Pappas for Congress: NH Delegation Applauds $4 Million Brownfields Investment Heading to NH from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
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U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) today welcomed a $4 million investment announced for New Hampshire, made possible by the bipartisan infrastructure law, to revitalize communities by cleaning up contaminated and blighted sites and redeveloping them for productive uses.
Chris Pappas for Congress: Introduces Preventing Homelessness for Veteran Families Act
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Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) introduced the Preventing Homelessness for Veteran Families Act to reauthorize the VA's Supportive Services for Veterans Families (SSVF) program for FY23 and FY24.
Chris Pappas for Congress: Discusses ACERT Funding He Secured to Expand Program, Tours Housing Project
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Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) discussed $750,000 he recently secured in FY 22 Community Project Funding on behalf of the New Hampshire YWCA to expand ACERT programs across New Hampshire.
Chris Pappas for Congress: Bipartisan Opposition to Biden Administration Proposal to Sell Weapons to Turkey
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Ahead of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s visit to Washington next week, Pappas joined by Hellenic Caucus co-chairs in opposition to the sale of advanced weapons and equipment to upgrade Turkey’s F-16 fleet
Chris Pappas for Congress: Harbor Care Leadership Praises Pappas’s Preventing Homelessness for Veteran Families Act
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Yesterday, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) introduced the Preventing Homelessness for Veteran Families Act to reauthorize the VA's Supportive Services for Veterans Families (SSVF) program for FY23 and FY24.
