U.S. Rep. McGovern: We can do better

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Tags: Economy and Jobs, Education, Affordable Healthcare, Veterans , Budget

There is something fundamentally wrong when a billionaire hedge fund manager pays a lower tax rate than his secretary; when Big Oil can make tens of billions in profits every quarter but still get sweetheart deals from the taxpayer; and when we are slashing funding for roads and bridges but allowing tax breaks for corporate jet owners to continue.

U.S. Rep. McGovern: "This process has become a joke; it's an insult to the American people."

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Mr. Speaker, this process has become a joke. It is a disgrace. It's an insult to the American people. I would say to my friends on the other side of the aisle that now is the time to act like grownups. This is the time to put our country before your political party. This is the time put our country before the Tea Party. This is the time to do what's right. Today you are…

U.S. Rep. McGovern: U.S. must lead global response to famine in Horn of Africa

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Tags: Human Rights

Currently, some 11.5 million people across East Africa urgently need food aid, medical supplies and care. More than 130,000 Somali refugees have left their country for refugee camps along the borders of Ethiopia and Kenya. They arrive exhausted and physically depleted. News reports estimate that about 1300 Somali refugees arrive in northern Kenya every single day. They join already overcrowded camps, and stress the ability of the Kenyan government and humanitarian agencies to provide food, water, emergency care and shelter.

62 House Democrats Urge President Obama to Protect Social Security Revenues, Reject Another Payroll Tax Cut

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Today, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern joined Reps. Ted Deutch (FL-19), Lloyd Doggett (TX-25), and Mark Critz (PA-12) and fifty-eight of their Democratic colleagues on a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to reject another payroll tax cut and instead consider alternative proposals that do not jeopardize Social Security's time-tested independent revenue stream. The bipartisan tax compromise passed last winter set a dangerous precedent by reducing employee contributions to Social Security and replenishing the Trust Fund with deficit spending from the general fund. Social Security was established with a dedicated revenue source to prohibit it from contributing to the budget deficit and to protect the retirement security of America's workers from politically motivated budgetary attacks.

U.S. Rep. McGovern joins 79 Colleagues on Progressive Caucus Letter Demanding No Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security

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Eighty Member of Congress have now signed onto a letter spearheaded by Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) leaders to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi insisting that cuts Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid be off the table in any budget deal. Leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Asian Pacific American have also signed the letter and are encouraging their respective Caucus members to join them.