WASHINGTON – Today, United States Congressman James P. McGovern (MA-02), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, welcomed the first batch of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) COVID-19 response grants to Central and Western Massachusetts, including over $4.1 million for Worcester, $400,000 for Northampton, $272,000 for Leominster, and… Read more »
WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, joined the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation in calling on the Trump administration to ensure that hospitals, health centers, and other medical providers in the state have access to the thousands of foreign doctors, scientists, and medical workers who typically make up a significant… Read more »
WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, joined the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation, wrote to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging the USDA to immediately grant additional flexibility to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and other Massachusetts meal providers as they… Read more »
WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, joined the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation in a letter urging the White House to approve the Commonwealth’s request for a declaration of a federal major disaster due to the state’s outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in accordance with the… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, joined the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation in a letter to the U.S. Census Bureau asking them, in the wake of campus closures, to allow colleges and universities to report on all their students using administrative data.
The lawmakers urge the Census Bureau to grant… Read more »
WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, joined the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation in a letter to Congressional leadership urging them to prioritize substantial emergency financial support for students and institutions of higher education in the upcoming coronavirus disease (COVID-19) stimulus package.… Read more »
WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, along with the entire Massachusetts Congressional Delegation sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging them to include robust funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program in the COVID-19 stimulus package… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Following a ruling that blocks the Trump Administration’s stricter work requirements for certain recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern (D-MA) issued this statement welcoming the nationwide injunction:
“It is absolutely unconscionable that as the CDC is calling on people to stay home and avoid interactions… Read more »
