Senator John Kerry, along with Congressmen John Olver, Edward Markey, Barney Frank, Jim McGovern, Stephen F. Lynch, Niki Tsongas, and Richard E. Neal, today announced that Massachusetts will receive $2,888,305 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to fund high speed rail advancements in Western Massachusetts.
-This is a huge win for Massachusetts and shows once again that… Read more »
Congressman Jim McGovern joined a conference call today stressing the need to reauthorize our Child Nutrition programs. Below is a link to the audio of the conference call.
http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/audio/20101129ChildNutritionConferenceCall.mp3
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Senator John Kerry, along with Congressmen Jim McGovern and John Olver, today announced that Massachusetts will receive $46,700,000 in funding to transform the state's public buses into a state-of-the-art electric hybrid fleet.
The funding, including $39 million for Worcester, was awarded through U.S. Department of Transportation's State of Good Repair Program. The grants will also… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) today announced that the Wachusett Regional School District has been awarded $657,676 through the Carol M. White Physical Education Program.
The White Program provides grants to improve physical education programs, including after-school programs, in order to help students make progress toward meeting state standards for physical education.
Wachusett… Read more »
M. Speaker, we all know that too many Americans are unemployed. Too many Americans families are having trouble paying their energy bills. Too many of our manufacturing jobs have gone overseas to China and other countries.
Now, the Democratic Congress has brought bill after bill after bill to the floor to help American families weather these time economic times and make… Read more »
M. Speaker, I rise in support of the rule and the underlying bill.
Our communities are struggling. Forty-seven states are facing budget shortfalls, and at least 34 states will cut both jobs and services in this fiscal year unless there is an additional six-month extension of the FMAP program.
All of us are hearing from our governors. In June, a bipartisan group of… Read more »
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Congressman McGovern is continuing to host one-on-one office hours in his congressional district this year. He welcomes the opportunity to meet with constituents to discuss any issues or concerns they may have. Please kindly make every effort to attend the office hours scheduled in your particular community. Thank you.
Saturday, June… Read more »
Senator John Kerry, Congressman Barney Frank and Congressman Jim McGovern today praised a declaration by the National Park Service that deals a major blow to the proposal to construct a Liquid Natural Gas terminal at Weaver's Cove in Fall River.
The decision was based on the fact that last spring the Taunton River was named a federal -Wild and Scenic River.- The river received this… Read more »
Congressman McGovern is continuing to host one-on-one office hours in his congressional district this year. He welcomes the opportunity to meet with constituents to discuss any issues or concerns they may have. Please kindly make every effort to attend the office hours scheduled in your particular community. Future office hour dates, times and locations in Congressman McGovern's… Read more »
May 5, 2010
Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, together with Congressman Jim McGovern today announced that Bells Powder Coating, Inc. of North Attleborough will receive $150,000 in technical assistance from the Department of Commerce through the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Firms program.
Bells Powder Coating, Inc., a manufacturer of powder coating, currently employs… Read more »
