The following letter was sent to President Obama ahead of his bilateral meetings in South Korea this week.
March 23, 2012
The Honorable Barack Obama
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Obama:
Your upcoming meeting with President Hu during the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul offers a unique… Read more »
James P. McGovern (MA)
5-Minute Special Order
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
SUDAN: STOP USING FOOD AS A WEAPON OF MASS STARVATION
M. Speaker - In about six weeks, the rainy season will begin in Sudan. Villagers will no longer be able to plant or harvest their crops. The roads will become impassible. It is the time of the year when people live off their harvests, their… Read more »
George Clooney, President of United to End Genocide and former Congressman Tom Andrews, Congressmen Jim McGovern (D-MA), Al Green (D-TX), Jim Moran (D-VA) and John Olver (D-MA), Martin Luther King III, NAACP President Ben Jealous, Enough Project Co-Founde Read more »
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) today introduced a Congressional resolution (H.Res. 583) spotlighting the atrocities of Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army and supporting U.S. efforts to counter the LRA.
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U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) today introduced the "Sudan Peace, Security, and Accountability Act of 2012." The bill, H.R. 4169, would create a truly comprehensive strategy for ending serious human rights violations, promoting democratic reform, and est Read more »
THE SUDAN PEACE, SECURITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2012
M. Speaker, just yesterday, the former top U.N. humanitarian official in Sudan - Mukesh Kapila - issued a warning to the world. He said that the Government of Sudan's military is carrying out crimes against humanity in the country's southern Nuba Mountains, in the Sudanese state of South Kordofan. He said that these acts… Read more »
U.S. REP. JIM MCGOVERN CALLS FOR POLITICAL REFORM AND REJECTION OF VIOLENCE IN BAHRAIN
As the Bahraini opposition plans a major demonstration for this Friday, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) called on the Bahraini government to allow Bahrainis to gather peaceably and express their political views. He urged both the Bahraini government and the Bahraini opposition to reject the use of… Read more »
James P. McGovern (MA)
5-Minute Special Order
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
TOO SILENT ON SUDAN
M. Speaker, once again, the world is standing by, silent and passive, while the Government of Sudan wages war on its own people.
We have been here before, M. Speaker, when hundreds of thousands of people perished in Darfur before the international community finally woke up and… Read more »
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Co-Chairmen Condemn Massive Human Rights Abuses by the Syrian Government and Call on the United Nations to Place Strong Pressure on the Assad Regime to Stop the Violence
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Co-Chairmen James P. McGovern (D-MA) and Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) today strongly condemned the Syrian government for continuing to commit massive… Read more »
For Immediate Release
Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA) denounced the Bahraini government's use of force to prevent Bahrainis from assembling yesterday in commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of major demonstrations in Bahrain.
Bahraini security forces yesterday used tear gas, armored personnel carriers, and other forceful means to block Bahrainis from… Read more »
