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NEWTON, MA - Senator John Kerry, Congressman Barney Frank and Congressman Jim McGovern today released a jointly-written letter to Steve Grossman, Massachusetts State Treasurer, asking him to investigate -the possibility of divesting all shares of Hess Corporation stock the Commonwealth currently holds until such time as that company ceases to support the ill-conceived construction of a… Read more »

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Representative James McGovern (D-MA3) today accepted the nomination of his fellow Northeast-Midwest Democratic colleagues to become the new Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition Democratic Co-Chair. Read more »

Lawmakers from Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont asked U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Administrator Joseph C. Szabo today to support a High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) grant application/ Read more »

U.S. REP. JIM MCGOVERN ANNOUNCES $111,000 TO RENOVATE HOLLISTON PLAYGROUND U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern today announced that the National Park Service has awarded $111,587 to renovate the playground at Goodwill Park. The playground is part of a 4.9 acre park that has tennis courts, a ballfield, and open play space. Each piece of play equipment will be accessible for children in… Read more »

TESTIMONY OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JAMES P. McGOVERN (MA-03) SUBOMMITTEE ON STATE, FOREIGN OEPRATIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE FISCAL YEAR 2012 APPROPRIATIONS GLOBAL HUNGER, FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS APRIL 13, 2011 Madam Chairwoman, Ranking Member Lowey and Members of the Subcommittee - thank you for allowing me the opportunity to testify… Read more »

Congressman Jim McGovern today called on President Obama to convene a White House conference on Food and Nutrition. A copy of the letter to President Obama is attached below. Read more »

Senator John Kerry, along with Congressman Jim McGovern, today announced that five Massachusetts medical centers and universities will receive $2,488,046 in federal grants awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Read more »

4/4/2011 speech on the importance of Hunger Fast 2011 and maintaining funding for hunger programs Read more »

Under the GOP voting rules for labor, NO member of Congress would have been elected in 2010. Read more »