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New Bipartisan Bill Aims to Restore Balance of Power Between the President And Congress; Would Reclaim Congressional Oversight of Arms Sales, Emergency Declarations, and Use of Military Force Read more »

Bipartisan Bill Would Create a Pilot Program to Provide Medically Vulnerable Seniors with Nutritious Meals; Address Links Between Diet and Chronic Illness Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) sent a letter signed by all 25 Committee Chairs in the United States House of Representatives and addressed to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. urging him to convene a national conference on food, nutrition, hunger, and health. Calling for further action to address a hunger crisis… Read more »

WORCESTER, MASS. – Today, U.S. Congressman James P. McGovern (MA-02), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, and Mark Bilotta, CEO of Worcester-based Massachusetts Education and Career Opportunities, Inc. (MassEdCO) announced that the U. S. Department of Education has awarded MassEdCO $11.3 million over the next five years to provide education and career readiness services to some… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, issued this statement following the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) concluding a congressionally-mandated review of Thrifty Food Plan guidelines: “Even before COVID hit, too many people in my district and across America couldn’t afford the basic human right of access to… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), co-chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and a leading congressional advocate for human rights, today released a letter to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega urging him in the strongest possible terms to free all political prisoners, ensure that conditions for the upcoming elections in November meet international… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, sent a letter to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack calling on the Biden Administration to increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits. On March 3, 2021, USDA announced it had begun updating the Thrifty Food Plan—a… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, announced that his bipartisan amendment providing $2.5 million for a White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger and Health has been approved by the House of Representatives. “The first, last, and only White House conference on hunger was held the same year we put a… Read more »

WORCESTER, MASS. —Today, Congressman James P. McGovern, Chairman of the House Rules Committee and Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, released the following statement in response to widespread protests in Cuba: “The Cuban government must respect the right of the Cuban people to peacefully and legitimately protest. Yet even though the U.S. has repeatedly stated that… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) and Congressman Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) led a bipartisan group of Rules Committee Members in a letter addressed to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough, and Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack urging them to address hunger and food insecurity among… Read more »