I am not sure I would do it again because I never thought that that could be twisted and interpreted in so many different ways.
Jim McGovern
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Jim McGovern is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district since 1997. He has been a strong advocate for issues such as hunger, human rights, and healthcare. Throughout his tenure, McGovern has focused on policies aimed at reducing food insecurity and promoting social justice. He has also been involved in various legislative efforts to improve access to healthcare for all Americans.
In my view, both of these latter interpretations of the 2002 AUMF were strained and unnecessary.
One thing is clear, and that is the Federal response, our response was inadequate then, and I still believe it is not adequate now.
Hunger is a political condition. We have the resources. We don't have the political will.
I hope that we can get some bipartisan support on a couple of requests that I have made to the Administration.
We are the most powerful country in the world, and now, today, we are going to show truly how great we are and how powerful we are as a nation, because we are going to solve this hunger crisis.
We need to be thinking immediately about making that increase in SNAP permanent.
I want to thank Mr. Waide in particular for reminding us that while the crisis that we are dealing with right now is new, this issue of hunger for many in our country existed long before the crisis.
We ought to think seriously about doing joint committee hearings with Ways and Means, with Education and Labor, and other committees.
We need to develop a holistic plan, and included in that has to be the understanding that if you want to end hunger, we also have to deal with the issue of wages.
Donald Trump is a criminal. And what he did in terms of inciting that crowd to attack the United States Capitol, to threaten the lives of so many people -- people died. People died. Blood is on this president’s hands.
If the president is going to be that somebody advocates putting a bullet in the head of a member of Congress, and if that is going to be the new determination as to what it takes to throw people off committees, I`m fine with that. I`m fine…
Look, he is not fit to be in office. What he did on Wednesday inciting this mob of white supremacists, of neo-Nazis, of the Proud Boys is unforgivable.
This was, you know, a group of domestic terrorists, homegrown fascists, whatever you want to call them.
I'm going to ask you to make a statement that the election was not stolen, that Joe Biden won fair and square.
If we want to talk about healing, we have to talk about truth. And if we want to talk about healing, we also need to deal with the issue of accountability. And what this president incited last Wednesday is unforgivable and unconscionable.
The cynical ploy of weaponizing anti-Semitism for political gain is as offensive as it is dangerous.
I strongly support restoring safe, transparent, and accountable congressionally directed spending in the 117th Congress.
I support the MTR as a way to retain the minority's voice in the legislative process, but I refuse to condone how it has been used by Republicans this Congress to infer Democrats, or any Member of this body, are not sufficiently opposed to…
Unlike some of my colleagues, I do not believe we should eliminate the MTR, which I view as an important tool for the minority party in an otherwise majoritarian institution.
I think the American people want their representatives to work across party lines, and House rules should reward lawmakers who conduct themselves in that spirit.





