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House Passes McGovern Bill to Prevent Export of U.S. Crowd Control Equipment to Hong KongWASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed two major bills to stand in solidarity with the people of Hong Kong and to demand accountability from the government of Hong Kong following violent... Read More » McGovern Concludes Congressional Delegation to CubaWASHINGTON — Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, and a leading voice on improving relations between the United States and Cuba, has ... Read More » Reps. McGovern, Davis Introduce Bill Expanding Student Access to Healthy School BreakfastsWASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives James P. McGovern (D-MA), and Rodney Davis (R-IL) announced the introduction of a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives to expand access to healthy school breakfasts fo... Read More »
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Jim McGovern: ‘One hell of a fight’ over Trump emergency declarationBOSTON — President Donald Trump “thinks he is a dictator,” U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern said Friday as he predicted that both Congress and the courts will react to Trump’s announcement that he is declaring a national emergency... Read More » In DC, Rep. McGovern to wield a gavel with family tiesWASHINGTON - When newly-minted chairman U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern calls the Rules Committee to order, the Worcester Democrat will wield a gavel that holds significance to his family and native city. Having been in the minor... Read More » Jim McGovern is overhauling the House rules. Here’s what you need to know about the changes.The saying may be that democracy dies in darkness. But Rep. Jim McGovern has joked that over the past few years it’s actually the House Rules Committee “where democracy goes to die.” As the ranking Democrat on the Rules ... Read More » |
