Washington, DC – Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee for State, Foreign Operations and Related… Read more »
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives James P. McGovern (MA-02), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Greg Casar (TX-35), Barbara Lee (CA-12), Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), and Jesús G. “Chuy” García (IL-04) are releasing the following statement calling for an immediate ceasefire, or at minimum, a temporary cessation of all hostilities in Israel and Gaza to save civilian… Read more »
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives James P. McGovern (MA-02), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) are today leading 55 of their colleagues in condemning the terrorist attacks by Hamas on the people of Israel, calling for Israeli military operations to follow the rules of international humanitarian law, and continuing to work toward peace in the… Read more »
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere
Hearing on
Colombia’s Descent to Socialism: Assessing Gustavo Petro’s Presidency Thursday, July 27, 2023 – 2:30 p.m.
Statement Submitted for the Record
James P. McGovern
Member of Congress
I want to thank Chairwoman Salazar and Ranking Member Castro for the privilege of submitting this statement into the… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Today, July 20, 2023, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, alongside Congresswoman Maria Salazar (R-FL) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced a major new bill to update and strengthen existing U.S. Government… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Reps. James P. McGovern (MA-02), ranking member of the House Rules Committee, Joaquin Castro (TX-20), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Barbara Lee (CA-12), ranking member of the House Appropriations… Read more »
WASHINGTON—U.S. Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Todd Young (R-IN) have introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to strengthen the United States’ policy to promote dialogue between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Dalai Lama toward a peaceful resolution of the conflict between… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Chair of the Rules Committee James P. McGovern (D-MA), together with House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations Barbara Lee (D-CA), issued the following statement urging the Biden Administration to provide U.S. assistance following the devastating fires in… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee and Cochair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, and Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced legislation to strengthen the United States’ policy to promote dialogue between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Dalai Lama… Read more »
WASHINGTON,D.C.—Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA), alongside Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Ilhan Omar (D-MN), held a press conference last week calling on the U.S. to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The TPNW was adopted by 122 countries in July, 2017 and it is the first legally binding… Read more »
