Senator John Kerry, along with Congressmen John Olver, Edward Markey, Barney Frank, Jim McGovern, Stephen F. Lynch, Niki Tsongas, and Richard E. Neal, today announced that Massachusetts will receive $2,888,305 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to fund high speed rail advancements in Western Massachusetts.
-This is a huge win for Massachusetts and shows once again that… Read more »
M. Speaker, we have the opportunity today to pass a very good bill that will improve the lives of our children.
And I believe we must seize that opportunity.
I want to thank Speaker Pelosi, Chairman Miller, Congresswoman DeLauro, Congresswoman McCarthy and others who have worked so hard on this issue.
And I want to say a special ‘thank you' to First Lady… Read more »
Congressman Jim McGovern joined a conference call today stressing the need to reauthorize our Child Nutrition programs. Below is a link to the audio of the conference call.
http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/audio/20101129ChildNutritionConferenceCall.mp3
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Ten bipartisan members of the House, led by U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and U.S. Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) sent a letter to President Obama expressing their -grave concerns- about the course of U.S. policy in Afghanistan.
The letter came on the eve of the President's trip to Lisbon for a NATO meeting.
The text of the letter follows:
Dear Mr. President,
We write to you, Mr.… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) today called on the House Leadership to bring H.R. 5987, -The Seniors Protection Act of 2010,- to the floor for swift passage as soon as Congress reconvenes. Rep. McGovern is a co-sponsor of the bill, introduced by U.S. Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND).
According to recent news reports, on October 15 Social Security will likely announce (because of a… Read more »
Senator John Kerry, along with Congressmen Jim McGovern and John Olver, today announced that Massachusetts will receive $46,700,000 in funding to transform the state's public buses into a state-of-the-art electric hybrid fleet.
The funding, including $39 million for Worcester, was awarded through U.S. Department of Transportation's State of Good Repair Program. The grants will also… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) today announced that the Wachusett Regional School District has been awarded $657,676 through the Carol M. White Physical Education Program.
The White Program provides grants to improve physical education programs, including after-school programs, in order to help students make progress toward meeting state standards for physical education.
Wachusett… Read more »
Jim was honored to be able to take part in the Red Cross Holiday Mail for Heroes program, sending along some personal holiday greetings to the brave men and women serving in our armed forces. In the PDF below is information about the program and how you can get involved. Read more »
M. SPEAKER, I rise in support of this rule and the underlying legislation.
Small businesses are drivers of economic growth, and play a pivotal role in creating jobs in our communities.
In fact, in my home state of Massachusetts, small businesses represent 85 percent of companies and employ over a quarter of our workforce.
As I meet with small business leaders… Read more »
M. Speaker, we all know that too many Americans are unemployed. Too many Americans families are having trouble paying their energy bills. Too many of our manufacturing jobs have gone overseas to China and other countries.
Now, the Democratic Congress has brought bill after bill after bill to the floor to help American families weather these time economic times and make… Read more »
