WASHINGTON, D.C.— Representative James P. McGovern (D-MA), Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Committee and Ranking Member of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, wrote a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking him to rescind the appointment of a Uyghur genocide denier to a top position at the United States Department of State.
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WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman James P. McGovern, Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee and Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, issued the following statement after President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order blocking funding for UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees:
"Cutting off UNRWA funding is an attack on innocent… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Congressman James P. McGovern, Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee and Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, issued the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s new Executive Order withdrawing the United States from the U.N. Human Rights Council:
“Pulling out of the U.N. Human Rights Council is reckless and shameful. Instead of leading the… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Congressman James P. McGovern, Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee and Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, released this statement at the conclusion of a congressional delegation to San Salvador, El Salvador:
“I was deeply honored to join in commemorating the legacy of the six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter who were murdered in cold… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Representative James P. McGovern (D-MA), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee and Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Committee, has led 64 of his colleagues in a letter to President Joseph Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling for the United States to push for Israel to allow unimpeded access for U.S. and international journalists. The… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee and Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, submitted the following statement into the record during a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations. McGovern said the hearing… 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 »
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, D.C. – Last week, Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, Co-Chair of the Congressional Access to Legal Aid Caucus, Congressman James P. McGovern, Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Co-Chair of House Hunger Caucus, and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, Co-Chair of the Congressional Access to Legal Aid Caucus, convened a panel of experts to discuss how legal aid providers are… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Rules Committee Chair James P. McGovern (D-MA), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), House Appropriations subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations Chair Barbara Lee (D-CA), and House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Energy Chair Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) led 114 Members of Congress in a letter to President Biden asking… Read more »