Press Releases

On March 5th, the White House Visitors Office announced that due to staffing reductions resulting from sequestration, all White House Tours will be canceled effective Saturday, March 9, 2013 until further notice. Read more »

United States Representative Jim McGovern announced a $263,010 grant from the Department of Homeland Security's FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program to the Rutland Fire Department today. Read more »

Today, I want to talk about hunger and obesity - and to the highlight the unfortunate paradox between these two conditions. Read more »

Today I am honored to join my esteemed colleagues, Representative Charles Boustany (R-LA), Representative Darrell Issa(R-CA) and Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in introducing the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act of 2013. This bill will restrict the use and deployment of dangerous cluster munitions. Read more »

Today, Rep. McGovern, along with Reps. Marcia Fudge (OH), Rosa DeLauro (CT), and George Miller (CA), introduced H. Res. 90. Read more »

Once again, I rise to talk about the issue of hunger in America. There are over 50 million Americans who go hungry each year. That's about one in every six Americans who don't know where their meal is coming from on any given day. M. Speaker, that is unconscionable in the richest, most prosperous country in the world. Read more »

Once again, I rise to talk about the issue of hunger in America. There are over 50 million Americans who go hungry each year. That's about one in every six Americans who don't know where their meal is coming from on any given day. M. Speaker, in the richest, most prosperous country in the world, that is unconscionable. Unfortunately, too many people simply don't know that there's a… Read more »

Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today pressed House leadership to protect the vital Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) from further cuts if the automatic budget cuts in the so-called “sequester” go into effect starting on March 1. Read more »

On February 5th, Congressman McGovern began his series of "End Hunger Now" speeches to bring attention to the issue of hunger in America. This is the second speech in a series. Read more »

Delivered at a half-day conference sponsored by the International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy and the Project on Middle East Democracy. Read more »