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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.

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Sep 29, 2020

We continue to call for his immediate and unconditional release.

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Sep 29, 2020

Why a country as big and as powerful as China is paranoid and frightened of this peaceful monk is beyond comprehension.

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Sep 29, 2020

Speaker Pelosi reminds us all the time that if we don't speak out against human rights abuses in China, then we have no moral authority to speak about human rights abuses anywhere else in the world.

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Sep 29, 2020

These violations of linguistic rights in Tibet are also being implemented in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia.

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Sep 29, 2020

The human rights situation in Tibet continues to deteriorate.

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Jul 20, 2020

The bottom line is there is hunger in this country, food insecurity, is exploding. This is a humanitarian crisis.

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Jul 20, 2020

I will associate myself with the remarks of Mr. Peterson by saying we ought to be expanding SNAP at this particular point.

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Jul 20, 2020

We did not have as many offers from the Northeast region of the United States as we had hoped.

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Jul 20, 2020

We received the second-lowest allocation of any geographic region.

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Jul 20, 2020

That hunger problem has gotten a whole hell of a lot worse.

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Jul 20, 2020

Even before this COVID-19 public health crisis we had a hunger problem in the United States of America.

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May 25, 2020

I am specifically requesting that you immediately issue a stop work order for CRE8AD8 in San Antonio, as you have reportedly already done with California Avocados Direct, and that thereafter you promptly cancel this contract.

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May 25, 2020

I write to express my strong objection to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) decision to award Farmers to Families Food Box Program distribution contracts to entities lacking the operational capability to receive, store, and…

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May 12, 2020

No. We would temporarily implement remote voting by proxy through a special order resolution that would allow the Speaker to put the process in place for 45 days during a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus.

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Mar 11, 2020

That is just ridiculous, and it is offensive.

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Mar 11, 2020

I respectfully ask the committee to honor the service of a specific cohort of former members of the Armed Forces who were exposed to radiation during the years following World War II, known collectively as the atomic veterans.

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Mar 10, 2020

What is happening to Uyghurs and other Turkic people in West China today is common knowledge by now.

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Mar 10, 2020

Congressman McGovern, Senator Rubio, and distinguished members of the Commission, thank you for this opportunity to testify before you today on behalf of my own missing family members and the millions of Uyghurs disappeared into China's…

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Mar 10, 2020

China's final solution to the Uyghurs is disturbingly clear and simple.

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Mar 10, 2020

This is not just us getting together and condemning the human rights atrocities and the forced labor in Xinjiang.

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Mar 10, 2020

We have come together on this issue. And I want to emphasize that point.

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Mar 10, 2020

I want to thank my colleagues for their good work.

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Mar 10, 2020

It's going to take a lot of work and a lot of effort for us to continue to beat this drum to get people to acknowledge these atrocities

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Mar 10, 2020

This bill, which I'm so happy to be an original cosponsor of, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, is so important

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