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McGovern Applauds House Passage of S. 178, the Uighur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response (UIGHUR) ActWORCESTER – Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, released this statement today following House Passage of the Uighur Interventio... Read More » Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Pushes Back on Trump Administration’s Proposed SNAP CutsMassachusetts Congressman James P. McGovern (MA-02), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, led the state’s Congressional Delegation in a letter to the United States Department of Agriculture urging the Trump Administrat... Read More » McGovern Slams Trump Administration's Decision to Restrict Flights to CubaWASHINGTON – Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and a leading voice on improving relations between the United States and Cuba, released the following sta... 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 » |
