McGovern, 64 House Democrats Write to Biden Administration Urging Unimpeded Media Access to Gaza

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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 constantly shifting...

Ruppersberger, Bipartisan Group Secures SNAP Theft Reimbursement in Stop-Gap Funding Bill

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Fruits & Veggies

(Washington, DC) – Victims of food stamp theft will continue to be reimbursed thanks to a provision in a stop-gap funding bill secured by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2025, passed in the U.S. House of Representatives today in a 341-82 vote, keeping the government funded – and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits flowing –...

Reps. McGovern, Adams; Sen. Booker Introduce Climate-Smart Farm Conversion Bill

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Jim McGovern Visits Upinngil Farm

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Jim McGovern (MA-02), U.S. Representative Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), and U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Industrial Agriculture Conversion Act (IACA), which would allow farmers to voluntarily convert their on-farm infrastructure toward more climate-friendly uses with USDA conservation dollars. The IACA would use existing agricultural conse...

McGovern Statement on the Venezuelan Elections

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WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), ranking member of the House Rules Committee and Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, released the following statement on the recent elections that have taken place in Venezuela: “What is at stake in Venezuela today is the most fundamental of democratic principles: the obligation to faithfully honor the will of the Venezuelan pe...

McGovern, Vargas, Salazar, Gonzalez, Jackson Lee, Swalwell Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Help Deported Veterans Gain Citizenship

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WASHINGTON - Despite enlisting in our military and serving our country under the promise of gaining citizenship, many veterans that were honorably discharged have faced deportation and even been prevented from attending their own naturalization hearings. To help address this, U.S. Representatives Jim McGovern (MA-02), Juan Vargas (CA-52), María Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34), She...

Bipartisan Legislation Enhancing U.S. Support for Tibet Passes Congress

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WASHINGTON—The House has passed a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Todd Young (R-IN) to enhance U.S. support for Tibet and promote dialogue between the People’s Republic of China and the Dalai Lama toward a peaceful resolution of the long-standing dispute between Tibet and China. The Resolve Tibet ...

McGovern, Lee, Meeks and Castro Applaud Biden Administration’s Decision to Remove Cuba from List of Countries Deemed Uncooperative on Counterterrorism

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Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Jim McGovern (MA-2), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, Barbara Lee (CA-12), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, Gregory W. Meeks (NY-5), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemispher...

McGovern Statement on President Biden’s Partial Approval of Disaster Relief for Leominster

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WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), ranking member of the House Rules Committee, released the following statement on President Biden’s approval of disaster relief for Leominster: “Leominster and North Worcester County were devastated by last September’s extreme rain and flooding. We have people who are going into credit card debt and draining their savings to rebuild. That’s un...

McGovern, Warren, Lawmakers to President Biden: Use Executive Authority to Lower Food Prices

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WASHINGTON – Congressman James P. McGovern (D-Mass.) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are leading a group of lawmakers in a letter to President Joe Biden encouraging the Biden-Harris administration to use its executive authority to take robust actions to lower food prices for families. In the letter, the lawmakers note how corporations have been raking in record profits while families are b...

McGovern Submits Statement on GOP effort to help far-right Brazilian Politicians use Congress as a Platform to Attack Democracy in Brazil

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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 was an effort b...

McGovern, Buchanan Leading Push for Better Nutrition Education at Medical Schools

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Medically Tailored Meals

WASHINGTON, DC—Led by Representatives James P. McGovern (D-MA) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL), seven Members of Congress have sent a bipartisan letter to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to ask the Council to take additional steps to better prepare physicians to screen and treat diet-related disease, a pressing need that is highlighted in the National Strategy on Hunger, ...

McGovern, Shaheen Urge Continued Effort from USDA on Policies to Help New England Apple Growers

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WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Jim McGovern (MA-02) and Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) sent a bicameral letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging it to ensure federal crop insurance policies are supporting New England growers. The letter is a follow-up to a successful effort last year that halted specific proposed changes to apple crop insurance by USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA...

McGovern Statement on National Security Votes

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“Here’s how I voted on this week’s package of national security bills—and why. “Ukraine: Congress should provide long-overdue aid to help the Ukrainian people repel Russia’s illegal invasion. They did not choose this conflict—Putin did. He is a bully who acts with total disregard for human life—jailing his critics, murdering opposition leaders, and attempting to destroy democracy in Ukraine. He wa...

On the Anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day, Reps. Jim McGovern and Young Kim Introduce Bipartisan Resolution in Support of the Tibetan Struggle

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Washington, D.C.—Today, United States Representatives James P. McGovern (D-MA) and Young Kim (R-CA) introduced a new congressional resolution in support of the decades-long struggle of the Tibetan people, whose human rights are constantly under threat from the government of the People’s Republic of China. The resolution recognizes the 65th anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising Day of March 10, 1959...

Ronald Roy, Vietnam Vet from Shrewsbury Helped by Democrats’ PACT Act Will Join Congressman Jim McGovern at State of the Union Address

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U.S. Congressman James P. McGovern (MA-02) will be joined at President Biden’s March 7th State of the Union address by Shrewsbury resident and Vietnam War Veteran Ronald Roy. Mr. Roy is a U.S. Air Force Veteran who served from 1969 to 1973 as an aircraft maintenance specialist. During the final years of his service, while in Thailand as a C-130 aircraft mechanic, Mr. Roy was exposed to Agent Orang...