{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-helps-announce-210000-in-grants-to-protect-children-from-lead-in-drinking-water", "Pappas Helps Announce $210,000 in Grants to Protect Children From Lead in Drinking Water", "2024-08-27", "2024", "2024-08", "Democrat", "House", "NH", "Chris Pappas", "P000614", "pappas.house.gov", "pappas", "https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, joined Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Senator Maggie Hassan, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in announcing $210,000 in funding for New Hampshire to protect children from lead in drinking water at schools and child care facilities. This grant funding will support lead testing and remediation in schools and childcare facilities to reduce lead exposure where children learn and play.\n\n\u201cWhether at school, a child care facility, or home, no one should have to worry about having access to safe and clean drinking water,\u201d said Congressman Chris Pappas. \u201cI fought to pass the bipartisan infrastructure law to deliver these federal resources to New Hampshire that help protect the health of Granite State families and children, safeguard clean water, and modernize our infrastructure. This funding will help accomplish that by ensuring our children are learning and growing in a safe environment.\u201d\n\n\u201cEvery person, every child, deserves safe and clean drinking water. As students, staff, and teachers start returning to classrooms across New England, no one should have to worry whether the water their loved one drinks at school or daycare is safe,\u201d said EPA Regional Administrator David W. Cash. \u201cThis funding for testing water taps at schools and childcare facilities will help ensure that every child in New Hampshire can learn and grow in an environment free from the dangers of lead exposure. Coupled with the historic $15 billion investments under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to identify and replace lead pipes, we\u2019re working together with our partners to protect the health of our communities and to ensure a future for all of our children that is safe and lead-free.\u201d\n\n\u201cNo parent should worry that the water their child might drink at school or daycare is contaminated, which is why investing in our water infrastructure is so important for Granite State families,\u201d said U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen. \u201cAs a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee and a lead negotiator of the water provisions of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, I\u2019m pleased to see the funding I worked to secure be put to use in New Hampshire to help communities ensure that no child is exposed to lead contaminated water.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s great to see the bipartisan infrastructure law continuing to deliver for our state with this latest round of federal funding for clean water in our schools and child care centers,\u201d said U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan. \u201cEvery child in New Hampshire deserves safe drinking water at home and at school, and I will continue working to ensure that all Granite Staters have access to clean and safe drinking water.\u201d\n\nIn children, lead can severely harm mental and physical development, slowing down learning, and irreversibly damaging the brain. In adults, lead can cause increased blood pressure, heart disease, decreased kidney function, and cancer.\n\nBackground", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-helps-announce-210000-in-grants-to-protect-children-from-lead-in-drinking-water"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0391229297965765, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}