WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) announced that he successfully secured the creation of an Atomic Veterans Commemorative Service Medal in the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. This medal will honor the service and sacrifice of our nation's Atomic Veterans. This unique cohort of Veterans participated in hundreds of atmospheric nuclear weapons tests and became known as the Atomic Veterans. They were placed in extremely dangerous areas and were constantly exposed to...
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WASHINGTON– This week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced $14 billion in investments across the country to strengthen port and waterway supply chains and bolster climate resilience. These funds will be delivered through a combination of resources from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and a recent disaster relief supplemental appropriation. Within its total allocations for Fiscal Year 2022, the Army Corps will specifically invest $20.8 million in projects across Massachusetts. “...
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Washington (January 15, 2021) – The United States Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) this week announced the first round of funding from a $27.5 billion bridge formula program created by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). This is the largest bridge formula program in American history, with funding that will be distributed to states and tribal transportation facilities over the next five years. In this initial round of funding, the Massachusetts D...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Rules Committee Chair James P. McGovern (D-MA), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), House Appropriations subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations Chair Barbara Lee (D-CA), and House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Energy Chair Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) led 114 Members of Congress in a letter to President Biden asking him to prioritize the well-being of the Cuban people as they experience the worst economic and humanitarian crisis in r...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, United States Congressmen Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) led a bipartisan group of 27 House lawmakers in a letter asking the Biden administration to make Tibet a priority. McGovern and Smith have been leading voices in Congress for human rights in Tibet. They coauthored the Tibetan Policy and Support Act, which became law in 2020, and McGovern authored the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act, which became law in 2018. “Advocacy for the rights and dignity of the T...
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Seeking to Hold Chinese Government Accountable for Genocide and Human Rights Violations in Xinjiang,
McGovern also Applauds Diplomatic Boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics
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WASHINGTON -- Today, United States Representatives James P. McGovern (D-MA) and Norma Torres (D-CA) released the following statement in Response to a Proposed Law on Foreign Donations to Salvadoran NGOs and Non-Profits: "We are deeply concerned by the draft law proposed in El Salvador that would require non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other groups receiving foreign contributions to register and describe themselves as foreign agents. The draft proposal, currently under consideration in ...
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Despite Enormous Health Care Costs of Unhealthy Diets, Medical Schools Devote only 19 Hours on Average to Nutrition Education. And For Many Key Medical Specialties, Requirements for Nutrition Competency are Absent
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