Local Issues

WASHINGTON – This week, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) and Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, worked with Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders Joshua Wong and Sunny Cheung and the Demosisto and Network DIPLO organizations to secure a donation of one thousand Hong Kong-made surgical masks to UMass… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman James P. McGovern (MA-02), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, alongside Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA) Administrator Dennis Lipka announced that the WRTA has been awarded a $5,000,000 grant in federal funding to support operations during the coronavirus crisis. The funding, which Congress approved on… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, United States Congressman James P. McGovern (MA-02), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, welcomed the first batch of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) COVID-19 response grants to Central and Western Massachusetts, including over $4.1 million for Worcester, $400,000 for Northampton, $272,000 for Leominster, and… Read more »

Massachusetts Hospitals Anticipating Shortages of Equipment Needed to Protect Frontline Workers from COVID-19 Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, House Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) joined Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) in introducing the Ensuring Emergency Food Security Act, new legislation to combat the economic impacts of the coronavirus by: • Temporarily increasing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits; • Blocking any funding from being used to implement Trump… Read more »

Newly released funding will help over 4,600 unserved homes and businesses in Massachusetts close the digital divide Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, House Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (MA-02) and United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), along with Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and United States Representatives Richard E. Neal (MA-01), Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), William Keating (MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (MA-04), Katherine M. Clark (MA-05), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and… Read more »

Students’ App Aims to Safeguard Against Hearing Loss Read more »

"I’m proud my office was able to help secure this important federal investment,” said Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA). Read more »

WASHINGTON – House Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (MA-02) is calling for action on the 400+ bills, including more than 275 bipartisan bills, passed by the Democratic House Majority over the past year that are still awaiting action in the GOP-controlled Senate. “Last year, the American people elected a Democratic House Majority committed to making a difference in the lives… Read more »