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 »
The following letter was sent to President Obama ahead of his bilateral meetings in South Korea this week.
March 23, 2012
The Honorable Barack Obama
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Obama:
Your upcoming meeting with President Hu during the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul offers a unique… Read more »
Rep. Bill Keating has spearheaded a letter to the Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, in a continued effort to save over 100 jobs at Otis Air National Guard Base (Otis). The letter, which was sent on Friday evening, was signed onto by the entire Massachu Read more »
James P. McGovern (MA)
5-Minute Special Order
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
SUDAN: STOP USING FOOD AS A WEAPON OF MASS STARVATION
M. Speaker - In about six weeks, the rainy season will begin in Sudan. Villagers will no longer be able to plant or harvest their crops. The roads will become impassible. It is the time of the year when people live off their harvests, their… Read more »
George Clooney, President of United to End Genocide and former Congressman Tom Andrews, Congressmen Jim McGovern (D-MA), Al Green (D-TX), Jim Moran (D-VA) and John Olver (D-MA), Martin Luther King III, NAACP President Ben Jealous, Enough Project Co-Founde Read more »
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) today introduced a Congressional resolution (H.Res. 583) spotlighting the atrocities of Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army and supporting U.S. efforts to counter the LRA.
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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 »
