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U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) today introduced the "Sudan Peace, Security, and Accountability Act of 2012." The bill, H.R. 4169, would create a truly comprehensive strategy for ending serious human rights violations, promoting democratic reform, and est Read more »

Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee and James McGovern (MA-3), co-Chair of the Hunger Caucus in the House of Representatives, responded to the allegations of fraud in the Read more »

Today, U.S. Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI), the House sponsor of legislation to establish a National Historical Park in the Blackstone River Valley, along with co-sponsors Richard E. Neal (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA), and James Langevin (D-RI), thank Read more »

THE SUDAN PEACE, SECURITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2012 M. Speaker, just yesterday, the former top U.N. humanitarian official in Sudan - Mukesh Kapila - issued a warning to the world. He said that the Government of Sudan's military is carrying out crimes against humanity in the country's southern Nuba Mountains, in the Sudanese state of South Kordofan. He said that these acts… Read more »

U.S. REP. JIM MCGOVERN CALLS FOR POLITICAL REFORM AND REJECTION OF VIOLENCE IN BAHRAIN As the Bahraini opposition plans a major demonstration for this Friday, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) called on the Bahraini government to allow Bahrainis to gather peaceably and express their political views. He urged both the Bahraini government and the Bahraini opposition to reject the use of… Read more »

James P. McGovern (MA) 5-Minute Special Order Wednesday, February 29, 2012 TOO SILENT ON SUDAN M. Speaker, once again, the world is standing by, silent and passive, while the Government of Sudan wages war on its own people. We have been here before, M. Speaker, when hundreds of thousands of people perished in Darfur before the international community finally woke up and… Read more »

SNAP IS A BIPARTISAN-SUPPORTED PROGRAM Dear Colleague, Yesterday, our colleague Rep. Luis Gutierrez delivered a five-minute statement on SNAP. During his time on the floor, Rep. Gutierrez pointed out the importance of SNAP, the way it is touching people's lives, and - most importantly - that SNAP has enjoyed bipartisan support over the past decades. An interesting… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern signed onto a letter today urging an extension of Unemployment Insurance benefits. A full copy of the letter is attached below. Read more »

Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Co-Chairmen Condemn Massive Human Rights Abuses by the Syrian Government and Call on the United Nations to Place Strong Pressure on the Assad Regime to Stop the Violence Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Co-Chairmen James P. McGovern (D-MA) and Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) today strongly condemned the Syrian government for continuing to commit massive… Read more »

87 House Members Commend Early Combat Withdrawal from Afghanistan Washington, D.C. . . . Eighty seven Members of Congress, including nine Republicans, sent a letter today to President Obama praising the administration's decision to bring home all combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2013. On February 1, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced that the United States… Read more »