Jim McGovern

The House leadership here, again, is afraid to be at odds with Donald Trump.

Look, Trump said during the campaign he wanted to release the Epstein files.

Well, I think you just summed it up pretty accurately.

Fact check: nearly everything Republicans just supposedly ‘released’... has already been released. They are doing everything in their power to muddy the waters. RELEASE. THE. FILES.

We're done in [the] Rules Committee until September.

We are closer to nuclear catastrophe today than at any point since the Cold War.

This bill is catastrophic. It is not policy, it is punishment.

In Congress, we can measure how much people really believe in their position by whether they’re willing to come and join their leaders on the House floor.

Jesus Christ, what are you people thinking?

In this bill, you provide a $2 billion tax break for gun silencers, but you cut SNAP benefits for vulnerable families, which, by the way, is on average $2 per person, per meal.

I say to my Republican colleagues: What’s wrong with you people?

We’re rushing not because the country demands it but because he wants to throw himself another party.

I mean, my question to her is, if you really believe that, then why the hell did you vote for this bill?

It doesn’t make any sense. It’s a dereliction of your duty as a United States senator and as a representative for the people in Alaska.

It's easy to get into wars; it's hard as hell to get out.

This is insane. Trump just bombed Iran without Congressional approval, illegally dragging us into war in the Middle East. Have we not learned our lesson!?!?

President Trump must pursue off-ramps and negotiation to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, and not let Netanyahu drag Americans into conflict.

Let's call this what it is—theft.

If Donald Trump's big beautiful tax break for billionaires is so great... why not pass it in primetime?

I really worry that this administration is ushering in a new era of McCarthyism. And unless Congress and unless the American people stand up and push back, they will succeed.

Last week Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) introduced U.S. House Res. 317.

How is any company supposed to forecast for their future, build a plant, hire workers, if they have no idea what the hell this president is gonna do in his next tweet?

How is any company supposed to forecast for their future, build a plant, hire workers, if they have no idea what the hell this president is gonna do in his next tweet? ... I need a neck brace to be able to get through all this.

I can't believe we're having this debate.

They run around telling everybody they have this great big mandate. Well, put on your mandate pants and pass what you want.