Affordable Healthcare

We must continue our efforts to ensure that the health care system works for all American families. Read more »

Senator John Kerry, along with Congressmen John Olver, Michael Capuano, Richard Neal, William Keating, James McGovern, and John Tierney, today announced that 11 community health centers across Massachusetts will receive $33,716,628 to support renovation a Read more »

A House GOP Political Ploy -- Jeopardizing Stopping the Doubling of Student Loan Interest Rate by Using A Partisan Poison Pill As An Offset The Choice Is Clear: Protecting Big Oil or Ensuring the Health of Women & Children Key Points: Today, the House will consider H.R. 4628, a political ploy by the House GOP Leadership - a bill that… 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 »

Eighty Member of Congress have now signed onto a letter spearheaded by Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) leaders to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi insisting that cuts Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid be off the table in any budget deal. Leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Asian Pacific American have also signed the letter and are encouraging their respective Caucus members to join them. 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 »

Congressman Jim McGovern announced today that two Worcester school-based health center programs received a total of $342,577 in grants through the Affordable Care Act. Family Health Center of Worcester received $200,380, while the Edward Kennedy Community Health Center received $142,197. Read more »

Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, along with the entire Congressional delegation, today urged President Barack Obama to protect funding to train doctors and run trauma centers and teaching hospitals in Massachusetts throughout negotiations to increase the country's debt limit. Read more »

Today the entire Massachusetts House delegation called on President Obama to preserve funding for Medicare and Medicaid during negotiations to raise the debt ceiling. 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 »