Today, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern joined Reps. Ted Deutch (FL-19), Lloyd Doggett (TX-25), and Mark Critz (PA-12) and fifty-eight of their Democratic colleagues on a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to reject another payroll tax cut and instead consider alternative proposals that do not jeopardize Social Security's time-tested independent revenue stream. The bipartisan tax compromise passed last winter set a dangerous precedent by reducing employee contributions to Social Security and replenishing the Trust Fund with deficit spending from the general fund. Social Security was established with a dedicated revenue source to prohibit it from contributing to the budget deficit and to protect the retirement security of America's workers from politically motivated budgetary attacks. Read more »
Eighty Member of Congress have now signed onto a letter spearheaded by Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) leaders to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi insisting that cuts Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid be off the table in any budget deal. Leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Asian Pacific American have also signed the letter and are encouraging their respective Caucus members to join them. Read more »
Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, along with Congressmen Jim McGovern and Michael Capuano, today announced that two organizations that help homeless veterans in Massachusetts will receive two million dollars from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to improve housing and expand support services for those with very low incomes. Read more »
Opening Statement of U.S. Representative James P. McGovern
H. Res. 355, Rule for Consideration of H.R. 2560
July 19, 2011
I thank the gentleman from Georgia, Mr. Woodall, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks and I yield myself 5 minutes.
M. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this closed rule and in even… Read more »
Congressman Jim McGovern announced today that two Worcester school-based health center programs received a total of $342,577 in grants through the Affordable Care Act. Family Health Center of Worcester received $200,380, while the Edward Kennedy Community Health Center received $142,197. Read more »
Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, along with the entire Congressional delegation, today urged President Barack Obama to protect funding to train doctors and run trauma centers and teaching hospitals in Massachusetts throughout negotiations to increase the country's debt limit. Read more »
In a floor speech on Thursday, U.S. Rep. McGovern demanded that human and labor rights are given time to take effect before the Colombia Free Trade Agreement is taken up for a vote.
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The U.S. House of Representatives this evening approved an amendment by U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern to benefit local communities and residents facing the expensive process of fighting disputed FEMA flood maps. Read more »
U.S. Rep Jim McGovern and 69 other House Democrats sent a letter to President Obama urging him not to consider Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security benefit cuts in a deal to raise the debt ceiling, including changes to the chained Consumer Price Index (CPI). Read more »
On Friday, U.S. Rep Jim McGovern and Twenty-three other members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) issued a letter to President Barack Obama laying out their demands that any final budget deal generate significant revenue and avoid cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. The letter, unveiled at a press conference earlier this morning, says the middle class "has experienced enough pain during the last three years. Republicans are willing to inflict even more. We will not join them." Read more »
