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A House GOP Political Ploy -- Jeopardizing Stopping the Doubling of Student Loan Interest Rate by Using A Partisan Poison Pill As An Offset The Choice Is Clear: Protecting Big Oil or Ensuring the Health of Women & Children Key Points: Today, the House will consider H.R. 4628, a political ploy by the House GOP Leadership - a bill that… Read more »

Currently, commuters who drive to work and park are eligible for up to $240 in pre-tax benefits per month from their employer while commuters who take mass transit such as commuter rail, subways, buses or vanpools are only eligible for up to $125 a month. Read more »

Students from Algonquin Regional, Bancroft, Diman Regional Vocational, Franklin, Holliston, Marlborough, Wachusett Regional also winners Read more »

On December 9th, Tip O'Neill would have celebrated his 100th birthday. In honor of this milestone and his instrumental role in protecting the pristine beauty of the Cape Cod seashore, all twelve members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, Read more »

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives who participate in the Congressional Monitoring Group on Labor Rights in Colombia issued the following statement today. The Monitoring Group was formed after Congress approved the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Read more »

U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern today introduced the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012. The bill would impose a visa ban and asset freeze on individuals responsible for the death of Russian tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, as well as on individua Read more »

I oppose the measure before us today for one simple reason - it will make hunger in America worse. There are nearly 49 million hungry Americans in this country; 17 million are children. For those who don't know or remember, we once had people li Read more »

U.S. Representative James P. McGovern Statement on -Hunger Hits Home- documentary and Hunger in America April 17, 2012 M. Speaker, this past Saturday, the Food Network premiered their first ever documentary called -Hunger Hits Home.- This powerful program showed the struggle that millions of Americans go through just to put food on their tables. I urge my colleagues - indeed,… Read more »

"I am disappointed in the President's decision to bring the FTA into force so quickly." Read more »

This is one more opportunity lost, one more opportunity squandered, by this Republican-controlled House. Read more »