Caption: From Left to Right: Haymarket Café co-founders David and Peter Simpson with Rep. McGovern
On the House floor today, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) applauded the recent decision of Haymarket Café, a Northampton, Massachusetts restaurant, to move to a $15 per hour minimum wage for its workers. Congressman McGovern praised the decision as the right thing to do for… Read more »
On the House floor today, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) led debate for House Democrats on H.R. 3762, the latest attempt by House Republicans to defund Planned Parenthood and repeal the Affordable Care Act. Congressman McGovern called out Republicans for starting 2016 with a bill that is clearly designed to appeal to their right-wing base and would actually result in 22 million… Read more »
Today, the National Commission on Hunger released their final report, Freedom from Hunger: An Achievable Goal for The United States of America, Recommendations of the National Commission on Hunger to Congress and the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture. The Hunger Commission was created by the Omnibus Appropriations Bill of 2014 and Commission members were appointed equally by… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) joined House Democrats and Republicans in voting 316-113 to pass the FY 2016 Omnibus Appropriations bill. This measure funds the government for Fiscal Year 2016. The omnibus bill was part of a bipartisan deal that included a tax extenders bill passed yesterday with a strong bipartisan vote of 318-109.
“Today I joined my colleagues on… Read more »
Today, following House passage of the PATH Act – a multiyear tax package – Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA), Peter King (R-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), and Bob Dold (R-IL) welcomed a permanent increase of the commuter tax benefit exclusion for transit riders to $255 a month, finally giving transit equal treatment with parking subsidies in the tax code. This provision… Read more »
With this week marking one year since President Obama announced a new U.S. policy toward Cuba, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) joined Republicans and Democrats today in a letter to Speaker Ryan and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to announce a new bipartisan coalition to build on that historic progress and advance U.S.-Cuba relations.
McGovern has been a leading voice in Congress in the… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA), a senior House Democrat and leading voice in Congress for human rights, joined Congressman Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and three other House lawmakers in introducing a bipartisan resolution in support of the peace negotiations between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
The resolution recognizes the importance… Read more »
Members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation today applauded the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) announcement that more than $120 million in disaster assistance has been awarded to the Commonwealth for costs associated with this past winter’s historic snowfall.
“Our last winter was one of the harshest that Massachusetts has faced and this… Read more »
On the House floor today, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) expressed outrage at House Republicans’ continued refusal to allow a debate and vote on H.R. 1076, the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015, Republican Congressman Peter King’s bipartisan bill to close the dangerous loophole that allows terrorist suspects to legally buy deadly… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) and 12 New England members sent a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell, urging the Administration to continue its work to address the opioid addiction and overdose epidemic in New England. Specifically, the letter calls on the Administration to convene a cross-department working group, develop guidelines on methods… Read more »
