Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) welcomed the news that MassDevelopment has awarded $400,000 to the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MassMEP) to help accelerate their outreach and training programs for the defense supply chain. The funds are part of a $1,475,588 grant to MassDevelopment from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to undertake economic adjustment activities in Massachusetts. MassDevelopment works to identify gaps and resources available to the manufacturing...
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Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision on marriage equality: “At long last, the Supreme Court has recognized that every loving couple has the right to marry. I am especially proud to be from Massachusetts – the first state in the nation to legalize marriage equality in 2004. Today’s ruling is a powerful statement for full equality. Marriage will now be legal for LGBT Americans in all 50 states across the country. “As we celebrate ...
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Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision in the King v. Burwell case: “Today is a major victory, ensuring that millions of Americans across the country will continue to have access to high-quality, affordable health care like we do in Massachusetts. Massachusetts was proud to lead the way in health care reform and today’s Supreme Court’s decision sent a powerful message that the Affordable Care Act is here to stay. “By uphold...
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Today, Representatives Jim McGovern (MA-02) and Joseph Pitts (PA), co-chairs of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, joined Representative Eliot L. Engel (NY), the top Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Matt Salmon (AZ), Chairman of the Asia Pacific Subcommittee, to introduce H. Res. 337, a measure calling for meaningful dialogue and a negotiated settlement for the people of Tibet. The resolution also acknowledges the contributions of His Holiness, the 14th...
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Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02), Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, delivered the following statement at the House Agriculture Committee hearing reviewing U.S. International Food Aid Programs led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). “Investing in these programs is also an investment in our national security,” Congressman McGovern said. “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that when p...
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Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02), welcomed the news that Boston 2024 has chosen the DCU Center in Worcester to host Olympic handball if Boston becomes the host city for the 2024 Olympic Games. In addition to the DCU Center, Boston 2024 also selected the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center and the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell. Together, the three venues would host eight Olympic events. The DCU Center would host the men's and women's Olympic Handball events – about 76 games – with 330 a...
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Today in Congressman Jim McGovern’s (MA-02) #EndHungerNow speech on the House floor, he highlighted the impact of last year’s farm bill on families receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP) and Low-Income Heating Assistance Program (LIHEAP) benefits. As a result of a policy change to the relationship between SNAP and LIHEAP benefits in the 2014 farm bill, SNAP recipients are seeing their benefits cut. In his speech, Congressman McGovern highlighted the story of Judy Beals, a dis...
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FITCHBURG, MA – Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) and Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (MA-03) joined business and community leaders at the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce (NCM) in Fitchburg to announce that the NCM’s Development Corporation has been designated by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as a Microlender for local small businesses. The SBA presented the NCM’s Development Corporation with a check of $500,000 for the microloan program. “Supporting our small bus...
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Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) joined Worcester community leaders to participate in the first West Boylston Street Beautification Project and tree planting. Community members and volunteers came together to plant 30 trees along the stretch of West Boylston Street across from the Greendale Fire Station. “Today I am proud to join our great Worcester community to celebrate the first phase of the West Boylston Street Beautification Project and Tree Planting,” Congressman McGovern said. “We ...
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Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) joined the MetroWest legislative delegation to announce they have worked successfully with the Baker-Polito administration and the Central MA Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to restore the I-495/Rte. 9 project in their Long Range Transportation Plan, Mobility 2040. McGovern and the delegation welcomed MassDOT’s proposal to include the I-90/I-495 Interchange Improvements Project in the Capital Investment Plan (CIP). This outcome was reached after l...
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