Chris Pappas
- Previous profession
- Small business owner, The Puritan Backroom Restaurant
- First public office
- 2002Member, New Hampshire House of Representatives, 2002 to 2006
- Years in public office
- 21
Confirmed from the official recordSource: Congressional Directory for the 119th Congress (2025-2026), February 20, 2026. We saved our copy on October 8, 2026.
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Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Pappas has a recorded vote on 60 laws that passed, and 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law.
The tally counts votes on passage. 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law is listed apart.
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The record in plain language
Of the 118 laws passed since January 3, 2025, 60 came to a recorded vote on passage in the House while Pappas is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Pappas votes No on H.Res. 590, the resolution that passed the Rescissions Act of 2025 in the House. The rest passed the House by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.
Pappas votes Yes on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention, the HALT Fentanyl Act, the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar), the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026 and the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.
On funding the government, Pappas votes Yes on the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA, and the September 2026 funding extension, and No on the March 2025 full-year funding law, the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown and the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies.
Pappas votes No on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.
Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. Pappas votes to cancel 1 and against cancelling 23. The rules Pappas votes to cancel come from: Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1).
Pappas votes differently from most House Democrats on 3 of 60 Yes and No votes: Yes on the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar), Yes on the law that cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do and Yes on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention.
Votes on laws that passed
Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.
Requires the federal prison system to act on sexual harassment and assault of its staff by incarcerated people.
Adds College Station, Texas, and El Centro, California, to the places where federal court can sit.
Keeps the federal government funded at about last year's levels through December 11, 2026.
Lets farmers and ranchers get emergency conservation money up front after a disaster, instead of paying first and waiting for reimbursement.
A package of housing measures intended to increase the supply of homes.
Allows phone emergency alerts to be sent when a shark attack happens nearby.
Protects Alaska Native artists' right to make and sell handicrafts from walrus ivory and other marine mammal materials.
Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.
Authorizes a major VA medical facility project in St. Louis, Missouri.
Gives certain licensed hydropower projects more time to start construction.
Sets deadlines for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process mortgage paperwork for homes and businesses on tribal land.
Extends again the surveillance authority that lets intelligence agencies collect the communications of foreigners abroad from U.S. providers without individual warrants.
Cancels a federal order that had closed about 225,000 acres of national forest in northeastern Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters, to new mining leases for 20 years.
Renews the federal programs that set aside research money for small businesses.
Cancels a District of Columbia law that changed how D.C.'s income and business taxes follow federal tax rules.
Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for a further group of federal agencies.
Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, science agencies, energy and water programs, the Interior Department and the EPA.
Renews the Congressional Award program, which recognizes young people for service and achievement.
When the IRS postpones a tax deadline after a disaster, the time allowed to claim a refund is now extended to match.
Requires federal agencies to publish digital maps of the rules for boating and fishing on federal waterways.
Protects 40 acres at the Wounded Knee massacre site as land owned by the Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes.
The annual defense policy law.
Restores federal payments to rural counties with national forest land, which pay for schools and roads.
Cancels a land agency decision that limited oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Cancels a land agency plan for northeastern Wyoming that ended new federal coal leasing in the Buffalo area.
Cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development.
Cancels a land agency plan for federal lands in North Dakota that limited where coal, oil and gas could be leased.
Cancels a land agency plan for eastern Montana that ended new federal coal leasing in the Miles City area.
Cancels a land agency plan that limited oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Renews federal programs for preventing and treating opioid addiction and supporting recovery.
Raises the special pension paid to Medal of Honor recipients.
Requires the Justice Department to publish its unclassified records on Jeffrey Epstein in a searchable form within 30 days.
Ends the 43-day government shutdown of fall 2025.
Renames the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas for Jocelyn Nungaray.
Lets the IRS push back tax deadlines for people in areas where a governor has declared a disaster, without waiting for a federal declaration.
Creates the first federal rules for payment stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar).
Permanently places fentanyl-related substances in the most restricted drug category, which carries the strictest criminal penalties, and eases registration for researchers who study them.
Renames the Salem Maritime site in Massachusetts a National Historical Park and orders a study of expanding its boundary.
Changes the rule that required Alaska Native village corporations to hand land to the State of Alaska to be kept for future cities.
Cancels an EPA rule that had stopped certain large sources of toxic air pollution from being moved into a less strictly regulated category.
Cancels a bank regulator's rule that changed how proposed bank mergers are reviewed, restoring the earlier, faster process.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California set stricter smog-pollution limits for heavy-duty truck engines.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California require truck makers to sell a rising share of zero-emission trucks.
Cancels an EPA rule that tightened limits on toxic air emissions from tire manufacturing plants.
Cancels a National Park Service rule that restricted where off-road vehicles could drive in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
Makes it a federal crime to publish intimate images of a person without consent, including AI-generated ones, and requires online platforms to remove them within 48 hours of a victim's request.
Cancels a rule that would have put the largest digital payment apps under the consumer bureau's regular supervision.
Cancels a consumer bureau rule that would have limited overdraft fees at the largest banks and credit unions.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for commercial refrigerators and freezers.
Cancels an Energy Department rule on how appliance makers certify, label and report the energy use of their products.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for tankless gas water heaters.
Cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do.
Funds the federal government through September 30, 2025, mostly at the prior year's levels, with more for defense and less for non-defense programs.
Cancels a rule that required offshore oil and gas leaseholders to submit archaeological surveys of the seabed before drilling.
Cancels an EPA rule that set up how oil and gas facilities would be charged a fee for excess methane emissions.
Requires immigration authorities to detain non-citizens without legal status who are charged with, arrested for or convicted of theft-related crimes, assaulting a police officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury.
Votes on a resolution that passed a law
Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.
What this member says about laws and orders
This section has two lists: statements in the official record, and excerpts from this member’s own press releases. Together they name 7 laws and 5 executive orders.
From the official record
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From this member’s press releases
From a secondary sourceThese are excerpts from press releases on this member’s official website that name a law or an executive order. We save a copy of each one.
26 excerpts
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Pappas Statement on Need for Russian Sanctions
“Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statement after voting no on H.R. 5334, the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026:”
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Pappas Fights Back on Trump’s Executive Order Limiting Mail-In Voting
“In response to President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14399 seeking to exert control over mail-in ballots ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), co-chair of the Congressional Postal Caucus, led 99 members in calling on the Postmaster General to revoke a Postal Service rule codifying the order. In addition to that, Pappas joined a bipartisan coalition in”
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Pappas Continues to Fight for Manchester VA Improvements
“Authorization for that project was only enacted two weeks ago through S. 2393, more than seven months after FY 2026 appropriations were signed into law and more than year after construction began. The VA’s authority to start construction efforts at Manchester once funding has been appropriated is well established.”
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“He went on to highlight the vested interest of the American people in knowing whether government officials are using these markets in violation of the law and their oaths of office: “The American public has a legitimate interest in knowing whether individuals entrusted with classified national security information have used that access for personal financial gain. A committee investigation, enforced”
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“He went on to highlight the vested interest of the American people in knowing whether government officials are using these markets in violation of the law and their oaths of office: “The American public has a legitimate interest in knowing whether individuals entrusted with classified national security information have used that access for personal financial gain. A committee investigation, enforced”
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“The MTC has brought forward a ULP charge to the FLRA but has been informed that due to President Trump’s March 27, 2025, Executive Order 14251, limiting the right of certain federal employees to engage in collective bargaining, the FLRA would not process the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard employee ULP case. However, recent court rulings have nullified portions of that order,”
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“He went on to highlight the vested interest of the American people in knowing whether government officials are using these markets in violation of the law and their oaths of office: “The American public has a legitimate interest in knowing whether individuals entrusted with classified national security information have used that access for personal financial gain. A committee investigation, enforced”
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“He went on to highlight the vested interest of the American people in knowing whether government officials are using these markets in violation of the law and their oaths of office: “The American public has a legitimate interest in knowing whether individuals entrusted with classified national security information have used that access for personal financial gain. A committee investigation, enforced”
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“As such, we demand that you rescind Executive Order 14399 immediately and instead focus on expanding access to mail-in voting, rather than using the Postal Service to suppress Americans’ right to vote.”
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Pappas Introduces Bill to Ban Corporations from Using AI to Raise Food Prices
“He is a co-sponsor of the No Tariffs on Groceries Act, which would require Congressional approval for any tariff levied on food or agricultural products, and the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025, which would repeal the cuts to SNAP in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
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Pappas Introduces the Protein for Every Plate Act
“The so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which passed last summer, included the largest cut to SNAP benefits in history. This put 77,000 Granite Staters at risk of losing support.”
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“The attacks on reproductive health care from this administration and congressional Republicans continued with an estimated 15 million Americans poised to lose health insurance under Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Republicans’ failure to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, and a budget proposal and partisan spending bill for FY2026 that sought to eliminate the Title X program entirely.”
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“Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) proposed an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 to include his legislation, the PUBLIC SAFETY Act to redirect almost $75 billion in funding passed in the Republicans’ so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and send it instead to local law enforcement programs to help”
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Pappas Statement on Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act
“That is why I introduced an amendment to this legislation to redirect $75 billion in excess funding from the Republicans’ so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act from ICE and send it instead to local police departments who know their communities best. Unfortunately, the Republican majority blocked this amendment.”
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Pappas Statement on Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act
“Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement about his vote on H.R. 7147 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026:”
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Pappas Introduces Legislation to Redirect Excessive ICE Funding to Local Law Enforcement
“Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) introduced the PUBLIC SAFETY Act to redirect almost $75 billion in funding passed in the Republicans’ so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which Congressman Pappas opposed, from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and send it instead to local law enforcement programs to help hire and train 200,000 local cops nationwide. Pappas’s bill would not”
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Pappas Introduces Legislation to Protect Granite Staters’ Access to Affordable Health Care Coverage
“This includes extending the 2026 Open Enrollment period, restoring auto-reenrollment and the Special Enrollment Period (SEP) which were repealed in the Republican One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and funding the Navigator Program.”
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Pappas Helps Pass Bipartisan Legislation to Restore Federal Workers’ Union Rights
“President Trump’s March 27 Executive Order, “Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs,” sought to end collective bargaining with unions at the departments of Defense, State, Veterans Affairs, Justice, and Energy, and some workers at the departments of Homeland Security, Treasury, Health and Human Services, Interior, and Agriculture. The order affected around a million federal workers, of whom roughly one-third are”
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“Since the devastating H.R.1 was first introduced, she has worked to deliver a bipartisan solution to the health care crisis, including by leading commonsense, bipartisan legislation, the Fix It Act, to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits for tens of thousands of Granite Staters who rely on them. She has also urged Senate leadership to engage in”
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Pappas, Goodlander Launch Bipartisan Plan to Lower Health Care Costs
“Since the devastating H.R.1 was first introduced, she has worked to deliver a bipartisan solution to the health care crisis, including by leading commonsense, bipartisan legislation, the Fix It Act, to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits for tens of thousands of Granite Staters who rely on them. She has also urged Senate leadership to engage in”
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“On May 9, President Trump issued Executive Order 14296, titled “Keeping Promises to Veterans and Establishing a National Center for Warrior Independence.” Section 5(b) of this order, which dealt with veterans’ health care, required that, within 180 days, you submit to the President “an action plan to expand services to support a full-service medical center in New Hampshire so that”
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Pappas Continues Fight to Prevent Health Care Costs from Skyrocketing for Granite Staters
“Yesterday, he submitted an amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 5371 that would have added the language of the Right to Enroll Act to extend open enrollment to May 1, and cosponsored an amendment that would have extended the enhanced premium tax credits for three years. Republicans rejected both of these amendments.”
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Pappas Helps Introduce Bipartisan Package of Legislation to Strengthen Rural Health Care
“Act, which would strengthen access to care in rural areas by establishing a competitive grant program for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) or Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) to increase staff, equipment, technology, and more, and the Restoring Essential Healthcare Act, which would repeal the federal ban on Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
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Pappas Introduces the Protect Patients from Costly Care Act
“Act, which would strengthen access to care in rural areas by establishing a competitive grant program for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) or Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) to increase staff, equipment, technology, and more, and the Restoring Essential Healthcare Act, which would repeal the federal ban on Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
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Pappas Statement on VA Home Loan Program Reform Act Becoming Law
“H.R. 1815, the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, creates a partial claim program at VA to close the gap left by the abrupt cancellation of VASP and modernize the VA Home Loan program, allowing veterans who have fallen behind on their mortgages to receive federal assistance that is already available through other federal housing programs. H.R. 1815 also includes”
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Pappas Statement on Passage of Cryptocurrency Legislation
“Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement after voting in support of H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, and S.1582, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act:”
Member-requested spending
Congress printed 15 spending items this member requested, $13,326,000 in all, in the lists read for 4 laws.
Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
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| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e NH City of Manche Drainage ImprEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e NH City of Roches Wastewater La Phase IIEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e NH Town of Newmar Reliability I ProjectEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| Newmarket Police Department | Public Law 119-74 | Newmarket Police Department Technology UpgradesDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $400,000 |
| Town of Derry Police Department | Public Law 119-74 | Derry, Londonderry, Windham Police Regional RMS/CAD SystemDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $1,039,000 |
| Somersworth Police Department | Public Law 119-74 | Somersworth Police Department Police Portable RadiosDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $130,000 |
| City of Portsmouth Police Department | Public Law 119-74 | Portsmouth Police IT & SecurityDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $1,031,000 |
| NH | Public Law 119-75 | Pettengill Road Traffic Improvements and Widening ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | NH | $2,000,000 |
| Town of Hooksett | Public Law 119-75 | Martins Ferry Roadway Intersection Improvement and Bridge ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NH | $2,000,000 |
| Portsmouth Housing Authority | Public Law 119-75 | Urban Forest Workforce Housing ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NH | $850,000 |
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| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
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| Dover Housing Authority | Public Law 119-75 | Garrison Crossing HousingDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NH | $1,000,000 |
| City of Manchester | Public Law 119-75 | JFK Coliseum Chiller Plant ReplacementDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NH | $850,000 |
| Town of Rye | Public Law 119-75 | Rye Fuel Island ReplacementDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NH | $250,000 |
| Town of Barrington | Public Law 119-75 | Barrington CommonsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NH | $250,000 |
| Rockingham Planning Commission | Public Law 119-75 | New Hampshire Rail Trail User Counting NetworkDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NH | $250,000 |
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Campaign promises
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- Campaign website: www.chrispappas.org. The Federal Election Commission’s record of CHRIS PAPPAS FOR SENATE gives this address.Confirmed from the official record
- 4 pages of www.chrispappas.org saved on October 8, 2026. 3 state positions on issues.From a secondary source
Online ads
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Chris Pappas for Senate Google Ads Transparency Center
Evidence for the tie: The library lists FEC committee number C00660464 for this advertiser, and the FEC committee file names this member as that committee’s candidate.
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Campaign money
For the 2026 election cycle, Pappas's campaign reports receiving $15,384,656.83 and reports spending $11,540,323.25, as of August 19, 2026.
Confirmed from the official record| What the filing reports | 2026 cycleFEC number S6NH00141as of August 19, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number H8NH01210as of December 31, 2024 |
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| Money raised (total receipts) | $15,384,656.83 | $4,069,100.41 |
| Money spent (total disbursements) | $11,540,323.25 | $3,774,742.48 |
| Cash on hand (at the end of the period) | $4,251,917.81 | $407,584.23 |
| Debts (owed by the committee) | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Where it comes from
| Reported as received from | 2026 cycleFEC number S6NH00141as of August 19, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number H8NH01210as of December 31, 2024 |
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| Individuals, itemized | $8,783,187.43 | $2,463,918.41 |
| Individuals, unitemized | $4,743,838.22 | $258,982.74 |
| Other political committees | $1,104,872.76 | $1,277,252.31 |
| Party committees | $1,500.00 | $10,000.00 |
| The candidate, contributions | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| The candidate, loans | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Committees
- CHRIS PAPPAS FOR SENATE Principal campaign committee · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00660464
- PUTTING NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRST Leadership PAC · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00760009
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Reported stock trades
Confirmed from the official recordThe Clerk's index for 2025 and 2026 lists no Periodic Transaction Report under this member's name and district.
Source: Periodic Transaction Reports filed with the Clerk of the House. The Clerk's index for 2025 and 2026 was saved October 8, 2026.
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