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December 22, 2025

Friends,

Healthcare costs are a matter of life or death for families across New Hampshire. That’s why, since day one on the job, I’ve been working to cut sky-high costs that are crushing hardworking Granite Staters.

I’m leading bipartisan legislation that would protect the healthcare that Granite Staters rely on and tackle the core drivers of this healthcare cost crisis.

Without action, ACA tax credits will expire this year, causing monthly premium costs to nearly double for many families. One of our commonsense bipartisan bills would save healthcare for millions of Americans by extending these critical savings. We’ve rallied the bipartisan support of 218 Members of Congress, but the Speaker of the House refuses to allow a vote.

Watch my full interview with WCAX here.

The American people deserve a vote on our bipartisan bill. Enough grandstanding, Mr. Speaker. Let’s get this done.

We’re leading the charge on commonsense, bipartisan legislation – the CommonGround for Affordable Health Care Act – that would extend critical health insurance premium savings, including enhanced Premium Tax Credits, and extend open enrollment, so families have the time they need to make informed decisions about their coverage.

Our bill would protect American taxpayers by implementing new guardrails to prevent healthcare fraud and lower costs by cracking down on abuses of Big Pharma and middlemen PBMs, including by banning abusive “spread pricing” in Medicaid and securing basic accountability and long-overdue transparency around how prescription drug costs are set.

This fight to lower your costs and fix our broken healthcare system is far from over, and I’ll keep you updated every step of the way. For real-time updates, I hope you’ll follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube.

We have heard from people across New Hampshire who are concerned about their costs going up.

Please know that our team is here for you, just like we were for Ms. B.

Ms. B from Newport applied for Medicare six months before her 65th birthday and paid her monthly premiums on time for three years. After she semi-retired, she was told she owed a higher Medicare premium because of an Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount, and she continued paying the full amount each month.

When Ms. B later set up her Medicare account online, she learned that Medicare had significantly overestimated her premiums and that she had built up a large credit from overpayments. Medicare told her they were aware of the mistake and that she would receive a reimbursement check.

After waiting for months without receiving the money she was owed, Ms. B contacted our office for help. After our office stepped in, Ms. B finally received her reimbursement for years of overpayments.

If you need help with Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, the VA, or any federal agency, please give us a call at 603-226-1002 or visit our website at Goodlander.House.Gov.

Cracking Down on the Corporate Greed – Calling for Probe of Genesis Bankruptcy Sale

I won’t stop fighting until we protect coverage, lower costs, and return the power back where it belongs – with We the People, not profiteering corporations.

I’ve spent my career standing up to powerful corporate interests that put profits ahead of people—and this past week, we secured an important victory for accountability.

Genesis Healthcare is a private-equity-owned company that operates 16 skilled nursing facilities across New Hampshire. Genesis is facing serious allegations of grave abuse by patients, families, and workers across America, including here in New Hampshire.

Now, Genesis may be attempting to abuse our bankruptcy system by selling itself back to its own insiders, potentially wiping away millions owed to injured patients, families, and workers in a profit-driven ploy to evade accountability, self-deal, and deny justice to people who have been hurt.

Not on my watch. Accountability is essential – not optional.

That’s why I joined forces with Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal to file a legal brief in federal court raising the alarm and advocating for accountability.

The result? The judge ordered Genesis to reopen the bidding process. That decision is a victory for transparency and the basic principle that no corporation gets to use the bankruptcy courts to evade accountability.

This work is far from over.

Making Housing Affordable Again

Granite Staters are getting crushed by rents. In the middle of a housing crisis, powerful companies are using algorithms to jack up rents and squeeze hardworking people.

That’s why I’m taking on price-fixing in housing and leading the End Rent Fixing Act to stop corporate landlords from using algorithms to artificially inflate rents. Housing is a necessity, not a tool for market manipulation.

I’ve taken on these corporate rent-fixers before — in Congress and during my years at the Department of Justice — and I won’t stop now.

This bill restores real competition, strengthens protections for renters, and makes it easier to hold bad actors accountable under our antitrust laws. Addressing the housing crisis means standing up to price gouging, lowering costs, and making sure renters get a fair deal — and I’ll keep fighting to level the playing field for Granite Staters.

Lowering the sky-high cost of housing will take dedicated advocates, teamwork, creative ideas, and real solutions. All of these ingredients were in the house at the Woman's Club of Concord's Gingerbread Housing Festival.

As part of this fight to bring down housing costs, I’m calling President Trump to take immediate, commonsense action to address the housing crisis. In a recent letter I sent with my colleagues, we laid out specific steps with real impact—cutting construction costs, restoring critical homelessness funding, improving transparency, and reducing red tape that drives up prices. Granite Staters can’t afford delay or half-measures.

Read our letter and learn more here.

Having a home is a cornerstone of the American Dream, and every American needs and deserves a safe, stable place to call home.

Right now, hundreds of thousands of Americans are struggling to find a home, and downright dangerous maneuvers by the Trump Administration are putting 170,000 Americans at risk of losing their homes in the dead of winter.

That’s why I’m sounding the alarm and demanding immediate action to protect federal funding that mission-critical partners like Harbor Care rely on.

Proud to support partners like Harbor Care and Riverbend to support Granite Staters in need. Watch my conversation with WMUR here.

Protecting Our Caregivers

The New Hampshire Hospital Association lays it out clearly in their new report: our hospitals are facing serious challenges.

At a moment when our healthcare system is stretched thin, and our caregivers are being asked to do way more with way less, I am working with every tool I have to protect our caregivers.

Earlier this year, I spent time with some incredible nursing students at Cottage Hospital in Woodsville. Photo courtesy of Cottage Hospital.

Nurses and nurse practitioners are the backbone of healthcare in America. President Trump’s so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" reclassified nursing degrees, imposing new limits on student loans for nurses that will choke off the pipeline of Nurse Practitioners and CRNAs New Hampshire urgently needs. I will not stop fighting to reverse this policy.

Just like our nurses, hospitals are overburdened and under-resourced – that is especially true for New Hampshire’s Critical Access Hospitals.

That’s why I was proud to help announce $1.5 million in mission-critical federal funding from the Northern Border Regional Commission to support New Hampshire:

Speare Memorial Hospital (Plymouth): $500,000 to create transitional housing for healthcare workers.
Cottage Hospital (Woodsville): $1,000,000 to modernize its operating room and communications systems.

Critical Access hospitals are the backstop in our healthcare system. I will always stand up and fight to ensure they have the resources and support they need.

I’ll keep fighting to ensure our hospitals have the resources they need to serve Granite Staters today and for the long term.

That’s not all – in total, we helped deliver millions in federal funding for projects that will help communities across New Hampshire thrive. These are smart, targeted investments that lower costs, strengthen our economy, and improve quality of life—from expanding access to affordable childcare to supporting farmers, foresters, and small businesses.

Learn more about these investments in New Hampshire here.

These investments reflect my core focus in Congress: making sure every community gets a fair deal and has the tools it needs to succeed. When we strengthen healthcare facilities, invest in housing, expand childcare, improve our infrastructure, and support local food systems and outdoor recreation, we’re lowering costs for families and improving the conditions that keep people healthy and working. I’ll keep fighting to bring federal resources back home, deliver real results, and make sure no community in New Hampshire is left behind.

Serving Those Who Serve Us

This past week, I was proud to help deliver real results for New Hampshire when the President signed the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act into law. As a member of the House Armed Services Committee and a former Navy Reserve intelligence officer, this bill is personal for me. It represents real wins for New Hampshire servicemembers, military families, and public servants — and a reminder of what’s possible when we come together to defend our national security, advance Granite State priorities, and honor our sacred obligation to the brave women and men who serve our country in uniform.

I was proud to help get this bill over the finish line as a member of the House Armed Services Committee.

This law takes concrete steps to lower costs for military families who are feeling the squeeze. It includes a 3.8% pay raise for our service members, pushes the Pentagon to be more transparent so housing allowances can keep pace with rising rents, takes steps to expand affordable childcare options, and works to strengthen access to healthcare and food security on base. These are common-sense wins to make life better for the families who carry so much of the burden of service.

We also secured major investments for New Hampshire workers and our defense economy. From protecting jobs and preventing delays at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, to supporting submarine work that keeps PNSY strong, to bringing hundreds of millions of dollars home for manufacturing, supply chains, critical minerals, ReGen Valley, and mission systems built right here in southern New Hampshire — this bill stands up for Granite State workers. And my bill, the TRANSFER Act, was included to help the New Hampshire National Guard retain experienced leaders and stay mission-ready.

Finally, this NDAA restores accountability and sanity to Washington. We’re demanding real action on PFAS cleanup so families can trust their drinking water, cracking down on waste, fraud, and abuse at the Pentagon, and strengthening the right to repair so our military can fix its own equipment and save taxpayer dollars.

The spirit of Lieutenant Jess Wyman lives on in Nashua and across all the lives she touched.

I am incredibly proud that the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act also passed the House as part of the NDAA. This legislation recognizes cancer as a line-of-duty death for New Hampshire’s firefighters, ensuring their families receive the federal benefits they have earned.

Families like Lieutenant Jess Wyman of Nashua Fire Rescue. She lived by these words: “Tell me, and I forget; show me, and I remember; involve me, and I understand.”

I was grateful to stand with her beloved husband, Lt. Chris Wyman, and her Nashua firefighter family, who have involved and motivated me in the cause of making the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act the law of the land.

Standing with Workers and Unions

From the FCI Berlin to the Manchester VA to our Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, federal workers across New Hampshire devote their lives to serving our state and our country.

Their basic rights are under attack like never before by our union-busting President.

But we have stepped up in the House to fight back by passing the Protect America’s Workforce Act.

This commonsense bipartisan bill will restore fundamental freedoms for our federal workers and reverse the biggest union-busting act in American history.

Banning Congressional Stock Trading

I have dedicated my life to delivering a fair deal for the people of New Hampshire — and that includes ensuring our representatives in Congress are focused on fighting for our state, not their own bottom lines.

It’s simple: Members of Congress, who rely on the public’s trust to do their jobs and who have access to privileged information by virtue of their position, should not be trading stocks. That’s why I’m proud to support the bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act, which would prohibit Members of Congress, their spouses, dependent children, and trustees from owning, buying, or selling individual stocks and similar assets. No member of Congress should be trading stocks — period.

Our democracy works only when people trust that their representatives are putting the public first. That’s why I’m also supporting a discharge petition (a procedural tool in the U.S. House of Representatives to force a vote on legislation) to get this done. No excuses. No loopholes. Just accountability.

The Ban Corporate PACs Act is a commonsense place to start restoring balance in our government, and that’s why I’m proud to help lead it.

For our democracy to work, the American people must have the biggest say in who and what is driving our government — not big corporations. But for too long, corporate PACs have been used to funnel money into political campaigns to benefit corporate interests, drowning out the voices of hardworking people. That’s why I’m helping lead the Ban Corporate PACs Act, commonsense legislation to end the influence of corporate PAC money in our elections and restore trust in our democracy.

I’m proud to be one of the few Members of Congress who have never taken a penny from a corporate PAC — and I don’t think that should be the exception. The people of New Hampshire know our campaign finance system has been broken for a long time. This bill is a clear place to start: it would stop for-profit corporations from running corporate PACs, shut down existing ones, and put people — not powerful special interests — back at the center of our government. I’ll keep fighting to make sure Granite Staters’ voices come first, every time.

Fighting for New Hampshire’s Future

This past week, the House passed a bipartisan bill I helped lead to deliver critical support for students and schools in New Hampshire’s North Country.

The Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act is a lifeline for communities across Coös County, helping keep public schools strong, roads safe, and essential services running.

Every child deserves a level playing field—no matter where they grow up—and I’ll keep working across party lines to make sure New Hampshire students have the resources they need to learn, thrive, and lead.

Year after year for 50 years, the federal government has failed to live up to the promises made under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

That’s not right.

Congress can and must finally deliver for every student by passing the IDEA Full Funding Act, a commonsense, bipartisan bill that will at long last address chronically underfunded special education services promised to New Hampshire and ensure every student in our state has the support they need to thrive. Let’s get this done.

I’m standing up for students with disabilities and their families by urging the Department of Education to halt any effort to move special education programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act out of the Department and into HHS.

IDEA guarantees students with disabilities the free appropriate public education they are legally entitled to, and shifting these programs without congressional authorization is not only illegal—it risks undermining that right and turning an educational guarantee into a medical model.

Read my full letter and learn more here.

I’ll keep fighting to protect IDEA, preserve federal oversight where it belongs, and make sure every student—no matter their ability—has a level playing field to learn, thrive, and lead.

One of the greatest honors of my job is to nominate remarkable young Granite Staters to our nation’s Service Academies. And this past week, I was proud to announce the 25 exceptional young women and men whom I nominated to our United States’ service academies.

At a time when our country needs principled, mission-driven leaders more than ever, these young women and men give me tremendous hope. I am grateful for their willingness to serve, and I know they will make New Hampshire and America proud.

Interested in applying to be in the next class of nominees (Class of 2031)? Call our office at 603-226-1002 or visit Goodlander.House.Gov.

Thank you to all the incredible students across New Hampshire who are pursuing a career in service.

I want to say thank you to all the incredible students who’ve taken the time to meet with me this year—from Washington, D.C. to Keene to Atkinson and communities across New Hampshire.

Hearing your questions, ideas, and hopes for the future is one of the best parts of my job, and your curiosity, engagement, and commitment to making a difference inspire me every day.

If you’re a student who wants to visit our office, share your perspective, or get help navigating a federal agency, my team and I would love to hear from you—reach out anytime at Goodlander.House.gov or 603-226-1002.

Supporting New Hampshire’s Small Businesses and Family Farmers

Watch my remarks on the House Floor about my legislation to bolster support for our small businesses.

As I’ve listened to and learned from rural small businesses across New Hampshire — from the family farmers of our North Country to the manufacturers of our Monadnock Region and from the loggers of our Upper Valley to the small businesses of our Souhegan Valley — I’ve heard again and again that the federal programs designed to support our rural small businesses are riddled with red tape and often impossible to access.

I’m laser-focused on cutting senseless red tape, and we’re making progress in this effort. The House of Representatives passed my common-sense, bipartisan bill to deliver a fair deal for the rural small businesses that are the backbone of our economy and beating heart of communities across America.

Learn more about the Office of Rural Affairs Enhancement Act and my work fighting for our small businesses here.

New Hampshire is still battling a historic and severe drought, and our farmers cannot receive the assistance they need because of the red tape surrounding disaster relief. At last week’s Small Business Committee hearing, I told the Small Business Administration that our family farmers and small businesses shouldn’t have to hire an army of lawyers to get the federal disaster relief they need and deserve.

Watch my exchange with the Small Business Administration here.

I’m committed to working with these federal agencies to ensure our farmers get the resources they need.

Learn about USDA disaster assistance programs that might be right for you here.

Watch my remarks about veteran-owned small businesses here.

98% of businesses in New Hampshire are small businesses, and we have more than 8,000 veteran-owned small businesses across our state that fuel our economy and keep communities going.

I’m proud to bring their voices and priorities to Congress and the House Small Business Committee.

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to visit some of our small businesses and to join Mayor Champlin and the amazing Concord community at the Midnight Merriment downtown. I loved seeing our beautiful small businesses filled with families, music, lights, and holiday cheer. Wishing you a joyful start to the season!

Photo of the Week

Beautiful morning at Gibson Cemetery in Pelham, honoring fallen New Hampshire military heroes and Gold Star families.

Each remembrance wreath we laid together carries a story of courage, sacrifice, and patriotism.

I’m grateful to the Pelham NH Military Honors, Wreaths Across America, and every member of the community who came together to remember and honor fellow citizens who gave their lives to our country.

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Thank you for reading.

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