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…

Massachusetts Lawmakers Demand HUD Take Action to Protect Public Housing Residents From Radon

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WASHINGTON – Today, House Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (MA-02) and United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), along with Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and United States Representatives Richard E. Neal (MA-01), Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), William Keating (MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (MA-04), Katherine M. Clark (MA-05), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and…

McGovern Applauds House Passage of Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Legislation to Support Puerto Rico

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WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA) Chairman of the House Rules Committee, applauded the passage of an emergency supplemental appropriations legislation to provide support to Puerto Rico following a series of recent earthquakes. The legislation now heads to the Senate for consideration. “I brought this legislation through the Rules Committee to the House Floor this…

McGovern joins Massachusetts Delegation Seeking GAO Investigation of Trump Administration Decisions on Proposed Energy Projects

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BOSTON, MA - Today, Representative James P. McGovern (D-MA-02) along with United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-05), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06) and Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), requested a Government Accountability Office…