With this week’s announcement that the U.S. will send more than 200 additional troops to Iraq and send eight Apache helicopters for the first time in the mission to defeat ISIS, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) called on Congress to finally vote on an authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) for the nearly two-year war. Congressman McGovern has been a leading voice calling for Congress to fulfill its constitutional duty to vote on a war authorization for the fight against ISIS, forcing...
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Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) applauded today’s announcement that Massachusetts has been selected by the Department of Defense to host a $317 million public-private research partnership called the Revolutionary Fiber and Textile Manufacturing Innovation Institute. The Institute will be based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with participation from UMass Amherst, Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, and a total of 89 manufacturers, universities, and non-profits. “Mass...
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Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA), joined fellow House Democrats Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL), and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) in introducing new legislation to protect children and other vulnerable groups in immigration proceedings by ensuring access to counsel, legal orientation programs, and other post-release services. “Today’s bill is an important step to protect migrant children and other vulnerable groups who come to this country and ensure they have the legal resour...
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Today, U.S. Representatives Jim McGovern, Barbara Lee, Walter Jones, Adam Schiff, Peter Welch and 20 other Members of Congress sent a bipartisan letter to Speaker Paul Ryan calling for a debate and vote on the year-plus, multi-billion dollar war raging in the Middle East. "In November, a bipartisan group of 35 House lawmakers urged Speaker Ryan to bring an AUMF to the House floor for a debate and vote. We were pleased to hear Speaker Ryan include this as a priority for 2016. Today, I join with m...
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On the House floor today, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) expressed outrage at House Republicans’ continued refusal to allow a debate and vote on H.R. 1076, the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015, Republican Congressman Peter King’s bipartisan bill to close the dangerous loophole that allows terrorist suspects to legally buy deadly weapons. “Only in this Republican-controlled House of Representatives would this idea of prohibiting terrorist suspects from getting ...
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With House Republicans continuing to protect suspected terrorists’ ability to buy lethal firearms, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) took action yesterday to force a vote on commonsense, life-saving legislation to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists. After House Republicans voted three times last week to block the House from debating H.R. 1076, Republican Congressman Peter King’s Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act, Congressman McGovern signed a discharge petition that...
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Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) released the following statement in response to the statement by Donald Trump calling for a “complete shutdown” on entry to the United States for all Muslims. "Our nation was founded on the fundamental belief of freedom of religion and we welcome and respect people of all faiths. "Now more than ever, Americans must stand united. We must reject the dangerous ideas of those who seek to divide us. A policy that stigmatizes and isolates Americans of any faith makes us...
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Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) released the following statement on this week’s announcementthat the United States will deploy special operations troops to conduct raids in Iraq and Syria as part of the war against ISIS. In November, Congressman McGovern led a bipartisan group of 35 House lawmakers in a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan calling for a debate and vote on an Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) for the U.S. military engagement against ISIS. Earlier this year, Congre...
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Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA), the second-highest ranking Democrat on the House Rules Committee, led the floor debate for House Democrats on H.R. 4038, the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act or American SAFE Act. Click here for video of the full video of the floor speech. McGovern called out the House Republican bill as a dangerous step backward that does nothing to strengthen national security and only seeks to divide Americans by stirring fears about Syrian refugees. All r...
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Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) released the following statement about the role of the United States in addressing the Syrian refugee crisis: “Keeping Massachusetts families safe is my first priority. While I agree with Governor Baker that we must be cautious in the wake of the Paris attacks, I have serious concerns about any policy that would shut the door to these Syrian refugees. The people who are fleeing Syria are the very people who are harmed most by terrorism. Throughout our country’s h...
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