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Dear Chairman King: We are writing regarding the Homeland Security Committee's upcoming hearings, which you have stated will focus exclusively on radicalization among Muslim Americans and homegrown terrorism. We agree that Congress and all levels of government have a duty to protect America from terrorism, whether from abroad or homegrown. We are, however, deeply concerned that the… Read more »

Speech from the floor of the House of Representatives on March 1, 2011 Read more »

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Statement from Congressmen McGovern, Ellison, Honda, McDermott on the violence in Libya. Read more »

Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Walter Jones(R-NC) copenned an OpEd in this morning's Washington Post, calling for an end to the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Read more »

New Caucus to Focus on Computer and Video Game Industry Benefits and Issues Read more »

Congressman Jim McGovern met with Bristol Community College VP Joan Menard and Trustee Debi Kenney to discuss the proposed cuts to the Pell Grant program, and the drastic impact those cuts would have on students---and on preparing them for the future economy. Read more »

U.S. Rep Jim McGovern signed onto a letter to Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urging that funding to Public Broadcasting be protected. Read more »

Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, along with Representatives Edward Markey, Barney Frank, Richard E. Neal, John Olver, John Tierney, Jim McGovern, Michael Capuano, Stephen F. Lynch, Niki Tsongas, and William Keating, asked that heating assistance funding for families and seniors be maintained in the federal budget. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) today met with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood in the Congressman's Washington, DC office. Rep. McGovern and Secretary LaHood discussed a wide range of transportation issues of importance to the 3rd District, including the upcoming reauthorization of the highway bill. -Secretary LaHood and I had a great meeting,- Rep. McGovern said. -I… Read more »