Chris Pappas

Ultimately, we are all working toward the same goal, and that is ensuring that the VA serves our veterans as best it can.

Frankly, the testimony today left me wanting more, and so I think further discussions and further hearings are warranted to ensure that things are moving in the right direction.

Let's be clear on one fact. Whistleblowers are performing a public service. They are a critical resource, and they need to be protected.

To close, I think it is critical that we give EPA the ability to set standards that are reasonable for PFAS that would protect public health. In passing this amendment, we can ensure that our government can meet its most basic guaranty…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle B of title III insert the following: SEC. 3__. PFAS DESIGNATION, EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, AND…

I think we need to give you our commitment that we are going to do everything we can to protect folks who are in your position.

I absolutely agree, it is clear that this can't be the end of the conversation and we need to move forward expeditiously to continue it.

I want to give you my commitment that we always intended to do a second hearing and we are eager to work with you.

I couldn't agree more than my colleague Miss Rice about the extent to which this is clearly a bipartisan problem.

I want to thank the three individuals who appeared on the first panel for all of their work and for being with us here today.

I rise on behalf of thousands of American heroes who may be unjustly denied the opportunity to serve the country they love. Last month, the administration's discriminatory ban on transgender military service took effect, telling 15,000…

Thank you to my colleague, Representative Hill from California, my fellow co-chair of the Equality Caucus, as she rightfully notes nothing--nothing--in the Equality Act infringes upon women's rights. If it did, we wouldn't be supporting it…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 47, line 23, insert after ``activities'' the following: ``and annual enrollment targets'' (and update…

I am willing to close if the gentleman from Oregon is, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In section 2, insert ``, including any such action that would, with respect to individuals with substance…

This is a critical issue. This is an important piece of legislation. I, for one, don't trust this administration to get it right. They have tried every trick in the book they can to repeal the Affordable Care Act outright legislatively and…

Ultimately, it is up to all of us to reduce and prevent veteran suicide because this is not a problem that VA can solve alone.

We need to understand why this legislation hasn't done more to prevent suicides.

I appreciate your response to my question on providing care for transgender veterans in light of the implementation of the ban on their serving openly in the Armed Forces.

It is time for Congress to look at this crisis with fresh eyes.

My Republican colleague, Ranking Member Roe, often says we haven't moved the needle far enough to reduce veteran suicide and he is right.

When we took our oath in January, no issue before us was more critical than healthcare. Over the past 100 days, we have fought the administration's efforts to gut the Affordable Care Act at every turn. We must keep at it because the ACA…

There are times in Washington that go beyond the mundane, times when you can feel the pull of public sentiment and the weight of history, times that aren't political but become personal. For some of us who serve here and for millions more…

Recently I spent the day in the Mount Washington Valley, with local businesses, hearing from small business owners about the challenges that they face. I met with the owners of White Mountain Puzzles, a second-generation family business…

Yesterday, I welcomed a transgender veteran from New Hampshire named Tavion as my guest to the State of the Union. I am proud to say that he was warmly received here in the people's House. Tavion didn't give a big speech last night but he…