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I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding me the time. Let me begin by thanking Majority Leader Hoyer and Chairman Peterson, and their staff, for quickly scheduling this bipartisan resolution for consideration today.
This resolution honors the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service for 40 years of fighting hunger in the United States.
There are more than 36… Read more »
U.S. Reps Jim McGovern (D-MA), Ed Markey (D-MA) and Niki Tsongas today commended the U.S. Department of Transportation for providing $750,000 in federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for the Metrowest Regional Transit Authority.
The Authority covers the communities of Hopkinton, Holliston, Wayland, Natick, Framingham, Sherborn, Ashland, Marlborough,… Read more »
Conference: Mitigating the Nutritional Impacts of the Global Food Price Crisis
Day Three: Session 7- Panel : Reorientation of U.S. Policy in Food and Nutrition
Kaiser Family Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies
1330 -G- Street NW - Washington, DC
Barbara Jordan Conference Center
9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Thursday,… Read more »
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Mr. Speaker -
In 2001, I voted in favor of the resolution to authorize the use of force in Afghanistan to hold to account al-Qaeda and the Taliban for their unconscionable and unforgivable acts against our fellow citizens. I would do it again if faced with the same decision.
But after eight long years our mission has been vastly… Read more »
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M. Speaker, I am honored to stand here today in support of the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Resolution Conference Report.
I want to thank my friend and Budget Committee Chairman, John Spratt, for all of his incredible work on this budget. He's smart, he's fair, and no one cares more about these issues. I also want to thank our Ranking Member, Paul Ryan. I believe… Read more »
Congressman McGovern delivered the following remarks this morning while demonstrating against the Sudanese government's refusal to allow international aid organizations back into Darfur to ease the escalating humanitarian crisis there. After a brief series of speeches in front of the Sudanese Embassy, Congressman McGovern and four other members of Congress were arrested in an effort to… Read more »
Sessions Will Continue With Congressional Staff
The office of U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) today announced that because of an unexpected death in the McGovern family, Rep. McGovern will not be able to attend the Congressional Office Hours scheduled for this Saturday, April 25th.
However, members of Rep. McGovern's staff will be present to meet with constituents in those… Read more »
Congressman James P. McGovern, Democratic Co-Chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the U.S. House of Representatives, issued the following statement on the just announced intention of the United States to seek a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council:
-I am very pleased that President Obama has made the bold decision for the U.S. to run for a seat on the United… Read more »
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M. Speaker, I am honored to stand here today to introduce the Fiscal Year 2010 House Budget Resolution.
I want to thank my friend and Budget Committee Chairman, John Spratt, for all of his incredible work on this budget. He's smart, he's fair, and no one cares more about these issues. I also want to thank our Ranking Member, Paul Ryan. Even though I often,… Read more »
A study released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office shows that commuter rail lines bear most of the liability for accidents that occur on tracks they share with freight railroads.
The report was requested by four Members of Congress: James L. Oberstar (Minn.), Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; John W. Olver (Mass.), Chairman of the House… Read more »
