WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee and Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, released this statement following the Trump Administration’s announcement that they would fully enforce Title III of the Helms-Burton Act:
“Today’s announcement by the Trump Administration is just plain stupid. It… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Congressmen James McGovern (D-MA) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced H. Res. 302, a resolution on the prohibition of nuclear weapons, calling on the federal government and the American people to work towards reducing and ultimately eliminating nuclear weapons, rejecting first strike and first use of nuclear weapons, and canceling the trillion dollar… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA) released this statement in response to the Trump Administration filing a brief agreeing with a district court ruling that the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional:
“Yesterday, the Trump Administration doubled down on their efforts to take insurance coverage away from millions of Americans and roll back protections for… Read more »
NORTHAMPTON, MA – Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA) released this statement in response to Attorney General Barr's summary of Special Counsel Mueller’s report:
“Special Counsel Mueller has not exonerated the president. In fact, he says he found evidence on both sides about whether or not the president committed a serious crime. On top of that, we already know that President… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, joined nearly 240 other Members of Congress in introducing the Equality Act of 2019 – a historic bill to state unequivocally that LGBTQ Americans deserve the full protections guaranteed by the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The Equality Act extends… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, released the following statement in response to President Trump’s FY 2020 budget:
“President Trump’s budget isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. Last year, Republicans jammed through massive tax breaks for the rich. Now they want to pay for them by making trillions of dollars’ worth of cuts… Read more »
Today, Congressman James P. McGovern, Chairman of the House Rules Committee, spoke on the House Floor in support of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, and H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019.
Following today’s procedural votes, final consideration of both pieces of legislation is expected to occur later this week.
H.R. 8, the Bipartisan… Read more »
WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA) Chairman of the House Rules Committee and Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, released the following statement after Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan imposed a yearlong state of emergency and dissolved the federal and state governments of Sudan on Friday, February 22:
"For decades, Omar… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Congressmen Jim McGovern (MA-02) and Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) today announced the reintroduction of the Saving America’s Pollinators Act to protect critical pollinators, like honeybees, from insecticides that are toxic to bees and other insects. The United States lost an estimated one-third of its honeybee colonies between 2016 and 2018 and national honey crops are the lowest… Read more »
Today, Congressman James P. McGovern, Chairman of the House Rules Committee and Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, together with a bipartisan group of 20 lawmakers, introduced new legislation to immediately stop all military sales and aid to the government of Saudi Arabia.
The full text of the bill, H.R. 643. can be found here.
McGovern introduced similar… Read more »
