McGovern, MA Delegation Asks Census Bureau to Allow Colleges and Universities to Report on All Students Using Administrative Data

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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…

McGovern, MA Delegation Urges Congress to Prioritize Emergency Funding for Students and Colleges in COVID-19 Stimulus

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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.…

McGovern, MA Delegation: Congress Must Include Funding for Community Development Block Grant in COVID-19 Stimulus

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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…

McGovern Welcomes Injunction Blocking Stricter Work Requirements for SNAP

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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…

McGovern joins DeLauro to Introduce Emergency Food Security Bill Amid Growing Coronavirus Outbreak

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WASHINGTON – Today, House Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) joined Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) in introducing the Ensuring Emergency Food Security Act, new legislation to combat the economic impacts of the coronavirus by: • Temporarily increasing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits; • Blocking any funding from being used to implement Trump…

McGovern Co-Sponsors Bill to Remove Bust of Dred Scott Jurist from the U.S. Capitol

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WASHINGTON – Today, Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern helped introduce a new bill led by House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) to remove a bust of Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney from public display in the U.S. Capitol, and replace it with a bust of Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall. Taney, the Maryland-born Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1836-1864, wrote…