Economy and Jobs

U.S. Reps Jim McGovern (D-MA), Ed Markey (D-MA) and Niki Tsongas today commended the U.S. Department of Transportation for providing $750,000 in federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for the Metrowest Regional Transit Authority. The Authority covers the communities of Hopkinton, Holliston, Wayland, Natick, Framingham, Sherborn, Ashland, Marlborough,… Read more »

Senators Edward M. Kennedy and John F. Kerry and Congressmen Barney Frank and James McGovern announced today that the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District (SRPEDD) will receive a grant of $60,000 from the Economic Development Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The funds will be used to establish a development strategy that supports private… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern today announced that the Holden Fire Department has been awarded $261,250 in Vehicle Acquisition funding under the 2008 Assistance to Firefighter Grant program. -I'm very pleased with this funding,- Rep. McGovern said. -I know that this federal assistance has been a high priority for the Holden Fire Department. The Department will now be able to obtain a new,… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern today announced that the Westborough, Attleboro and Seekonk Fire Departments have been awarded a total of $384,815 in Operations and Safety funding under the 2008 Assistance to Firefighter Grant program. Westborough will receive $94,677. Attleboro will receive $223,636. Seekonk will receive $66,500. -I'm very pleased with this funding,- Rep. McGovern said.… Read more »

Package includes Rep. McGovern's transit benefit provision U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern today hailed passage in the House of Representatives of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. -America is facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression,- Rep. McGovern said. -We need to act quickly and boldly to put people back to work and restore confidence. It's estimated… Read more »

M. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. George W. Bush left the country with an economy much worse off than the one he inherited from the Clinton Administration. Eight years after being handed record budget surpluses, President Bush passed onto President Obama an economy that has record budget deficits and is in the worse shape since… Read more »