Foreign Policy

Congressman McGovern's statement on Libya. Read more »

U.S. Rep. McGovern and colleagues issued a memo to the administration outlining several necessary conditions before the President submits the Colombia Free Trade Agreement to the House. Read more »

Statement from Congressmen McGovern, Ellison, Honda, McDermott on the violence in Libya. Read more »

UPDATED: Feb 7 Up-to-date information for American citizens in Egypt. Read more »

U.S. Congressmen Jim McDermott (D-WA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Jim McGovern (D-MA) issued the following statement today regarding the situation in Egypt: -We are deeply concerned with the Egyptian government's use of security forces and violence against demonstrators throughout Egypt. Egyptians are on the streets to address legitimate grievances. Such heavy-handed response by the… Read more »

Ten bipartisan members of the House, led by U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and U.S. Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) sent a letter to President Obama expressing their -grave concerns- about the course of U.S. policy in Afghanistan. The letter came on the eve of the President's trip to Lisbon for a NATO meeting. The text of the letter follows: Dear Mr. President, We write to you, Mr.… Read more »

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Mr. Speaker, It has now been two weeks since a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti on the afternoon of January 12th. Over these past 14 days, we have seen pictures of the devastation of Port-au-Prince and surrounding communities. Estimates of the number of dead continue to rise; and the injured in the capital alone is already in the tens of thousands, many needing sophisticated… Read more »

October 6, 2009 - Congressman McGovern met with His Holiness, The Dalai Lama in Washington at an Executive Committee Meeting of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. Read more »

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