WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA), a member of House Democratic Leadership and the Ranking Member on the House Agriculture Committee's Nutrition Subcommittee, delivered the following statement at the House Agriculture Committee's markup of the 2018 Farm Bill:
"Mr. Chairman, let me begin by saying how deeply frustrated I am by this process. It’s shameful what… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA), the Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Nutrition Subcommittee and a member of House Democratic leadership, released the following statement on the House Republican farm bill released today.
“The process that produced this farm bill shows that Congress is broken.
“The farm bill is more than 600 pages and was dumped on our… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) released the following statement following his appointment as Ranking Member of the U.S. House Rules Committee:
“I am deeply grateful to Leader Pelosi for this opportunity to serve. I am humbled by the support of my Democratic colleagues. And I am eager to continue our work together to advance a bold agenda that reflects… Read more »
WORCESTER, MA - U.S. Congressman James P. McGovern, Co-Chair of the bipartisan Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the U.S. House of Representatives and a leading advocate for human rights, issued the following statement this week in response to the April 4th decision by the Bahraini government to deny entry to the country to Lars Aslan Rasmussen, a Danish Member of Parliament, and… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Congressmen Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Randy Hultgren (R-IL), co-chairs of the bipartisan Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, and Representatives Michael Capuano (D-MA), Tom Rooney (R-FL), and Barbara Lee (D-CA) led a bipartisan letter calling on President Trump and the State Department to develop and implement a U.S. policy that holds Sudan accountable for… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Randy Hultgren (R-IL) introduced a bipartisan resolution yesterday that notes the upcoming 59th anniversary of Tibet’s 1959 uprising against Chinese rule – March 10, 2018 – and expresses support for a “Tibetan Rights Day.” The resolution focuses on one of the most important issues for the future of Tibet: the right of… Read more »
Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and Jim McGovern (MA-02) today introduced the Saving America’s Pollinators Act to protect the health of honey bees and other critical pollinators. The United States lost an estimated one-third of its honeybee colonies between 2016 and 2017, with similar losses in prior years. To end this dramatic trend, the legislation suspends the use of bee-toxic… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA), a senior House Democrat and leading voice in Congress working to strengthen anti-hunger and anti-poverty programs, released the following statement on the 2018 White House Budget proposed by President Trump.
“This White House is immoral and Trump’s budget proves it. This budget makes some of the deepest cuts to federal… Read more »
WORCESTER, MA – Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) presented the Congressional Award Bronze Medal to Rhea Krishnan, a Shrewsbury High School student who has completed more than 175 hours of service to the local community. Today’s award presentation took place at Congressman McGovern’s Worcester office and will include Rhea Krishnan’s family, teachers, and local community members.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA), a senior House Democrat and leading voice on agriculture and hunger policy, joined Republicans and Democrats to launch the new bipartisan Food is Medicine Working Group, within the House Hunger Caucus. The new group will highlight the costs related to hunger and the importance of keeping U.S. agricultural and nutrition policy… Read more »
