U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern joined House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (CT) and other colleagues today, cosponsoring legislation intended to give the nation's top priority - job creation and economic growth - the same path forward as deficit reduction in Congress.
McGovern cosponsored three measures that the Super Committee may choose to pursue that would provide different paths to the same goal - reducing unemployment and addressing our debt: Read more »
Congressman James P. McGovern (D) Massachusetts announced today that BioMedical Research Models Inc (BRM) has been awarded a two year STTR grant from the National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (NIAMS) totaling $571,610 ($429,584 year 1 & $142,026 year 2). Read more »
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. Read more »
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… Read more »
Opening Statement of U.S. Representative James P. McGovern
H. Res. 355, Rule for Consideration of H.R. 2560
July 19, 2011
I thank the gentleman from Georgia, Mr. Woodall, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks and I yield myself 5 minutes.
M. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this closed rule and in even… Read more »
U.S. Rep Jim McGovern and 69 other House Democrats sent a letter to President Obama urging him not to consider Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security benefit cuts in a deal to raise the debt ceiling, including changes to the chained Consumer Price Index (CPI). Read more »
On Friday, U.S. Rep Jim McGovern and Twenty-three other members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) issued a letter to President Barack Obama laying out their demands that any final budget deal generate significant revenue and avoid cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. The letter, unveiled at a press conference earlier this morning, says the middle class "has experienced enough pain during the last three years. Republicans are willing to inflict even more. We will not join them." Read more »
U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern announced today that Worcester-based Training Resources of America, Inc. has received a $1,300,161 grant from the Department of Labor. The grant, one of four distributed nationwide under the Young Parents Demonstration, is to provide intensive mentoring, educational, and occupational services for low-income young parents or expectant parents, ages 16 to 24. Read more »
Senator John Kerry, along with Congressman Jim McGovern, today announced that five Massachusetts medical centers and universities will receive $2,488,046 in federal grants awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Read more »
