WASHINGTON—Congressman James P. McGovern, Chairman of the House Rules Committee, (D-MA) applauded passage today by the House of Representatives of a bipartisan resolution he authored alongside Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) that calls for medical schools, residency, and fellowship programs to provide nutrition education that demonstrates the connection between diet and disease. McGovern has led the push for a White House conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. Earlier this mont...
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Despite Enormous Health Care Costs of Unhealthy Diets, Medical Schools Devote only 19 Hours on Average to Nutrition Education. And For Many Key Medical Specialties, Requirements for Nutrition Competency are Absent
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WASHINGTON – Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, along with Chairman James P. McGovern and Congresswoman Lori Trahan, led the entire Massachusetts congressional delegation in sending a letter to Tenet Healthcare (Tenet) urging Dr. Saum Sutaria, Tenet’s CEO, to come to Worcester to settle the work stoppage between St. Vincent Hospital (St. Vincent’s), their parent company Tenet, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), which represents the professional nurs...
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MASSACHUSETTS’ SECOND DISTRICT – Today, U.S. Representative James P. McGovern (MA-02) announced that three community health centers in Massachusetts’ Second Congressional District will receive a total of $12.9 million in American Rescue Plan funding to expand their COVID-19 vaccination and treatment operations. The resources are part of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, which invests $6 billion nationwide to expand access to vaccines in underserved communities. Through the American Rescue ...
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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) today opened debate on the rule for the Senate-passed American Rescue Plan Act to get this historic bill to President Biden’s desk for his signature. This legislation will help crush the coronavirus, return children safely to the classroom, get vaccines to the people, put dollars into families’ pockets, and put people back to work. Chairman McGovern’s remarks are below: “M. Speaker, a once-in-a century pandemic brought us...
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Boston, MA – Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, along with Congressman James P. McGovern, released the following joint statement on the contract negotiations between St. Vincent Hospital (St. Vincent's), their parent company Tenet Healthcare, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association, which represents the professional nurses at the hospital: “Tenet Healthcare has still not made appropriate and necessary movement on the issue of staffing. We urge Tenet to listen t...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) today opened debate on the rule for the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. This urgently needed legislation will help crush the coronavirus, return children safely to the classroom, get vaccines to the people, put dollars into families’ pockets, and put people back to work. Consideration of this bill on the House Floor today comes after committees spent more than 100 hours debating more than 400 amendments. Chairman McGovern’s r...
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“We haven’t seen numbers like this since the Great Depression. This situation demands a whole-of-government response that matches the challenges we face.”
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