Press Releases

Today on the House floor, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) led debate for House Democrats against S. 764, a bill that would allow food companies to meet GMO labeling requirements by using “quick response” or QR codes to identify products that contain GMOs. McGovern called such a label confusing and complicated, saying that a clear symbol or text would be the best option for… Read more »

Today on the House floor, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) led debate for House Democrats against H.R. 4828, the Conscience Protection Act, a bill that would allow medical providers to withhold information from female patients if they believe it would lead to an abortion. Click here for video of today’s speech. Excerpts of Congressman McGovern’s Speech: “We are… Read more »

Today Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA), a senior House Democrat and leading voice in the push for stronger Congressional oversight of U.S. military engagement abroad, released the following statement on today’s announcement by President Obama on Afghanistan. “Today, the longest war in American history just got longer. I am deeply disappointed with the… Read more »

Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) applauded today’s announcement by the President Obama that his administration is taking more action to address the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts and across the country and that they are calling for $1.1 billion in new funding to support this effort. McGovern praised the proposal by President Obama, which would make Massachusetts eligible for up to… Read more »

Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) led today’s floor debate for House Democrats calling for action on real legislation to address gun violence. This came less than two weeks after Speaker Paul Ryan and House Republicans abruptly adjourned the House to avoid the debate on gun legislation that Congressman McGovern and House Democrats were calling for with a nearly 26 hour sit-in on… Read more »

HADLEY, MA – Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) announced today that the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute has been awarded a new contract from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) for Providing Capacity Building Assistance to OAH Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grantees. UMass was selected to be one of five national… Read more »

Today, Congressmen Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Bill Johnson (R-OH) led a bipartisan group of 24 House lawmakers calling on Secretary John Kerry to continue U.S. efforts to strengthen human rights in Sri Lanka following a 26-year civil war between Sri Lankan government forces and the Tamil population. The bipartisan call comes ahead of a report this week to the U.N. Human Rights Council on… Read more »

Members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives, led by Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) and Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), released a statement yesterday, on the day that would have been MP Jo Cox’s 42nd birthday, expressing sadness at her brutal killing and warning against the fear, hate, and divisive rhetoric in our society today. This comes on the heels… Read more »

Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA), a senior House Democrat and co-chair of the bipartisan Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, released the following statement on the Colombia Bilateral Ceasefire signing expected to take place in Havana, Cuba tomorrow. “Today’s historic signing of a bilateral cease-fire between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas brings Colombia to… Read more »

In the wake of the horrific act of hate and terror in Orlando last week, the deadliest mass shooting in American history, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) today joined House Democrats’ sit-in on the House Floor to demand that Speaker Ryan and House Republicans allow a vote on bipartisan legislation to address gun violence. “Americans deserve a Congress that will finally… Read more »