Jim McGovern
The Public Record
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.
Why a country as big and as powerful as China is paranoid and frightened of this peaceful monk is beyond comprehension.
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.
These violations of linguistic rights in Tibet are also being implemented in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia.
The bottom line is there is hunger in this country, food insecurity, is exploding. This is a humanitarian crisis.
I will associate myself with the remarks of Mr. Peterson by saying we ought to be expanding SNAP at this particular point.
We did not have as many offers from the Northeast region of the United States as we had hoped.
Even before this COVID-19 public health crisis we had a hunger problem in the United States of America.
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.
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…
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.
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.
What is happening to Uyghurs and other Turkic people in West China today is common knowledge by now.
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…
This is not just us getting together and condemning the human rights atrocities and the forced labor in Xinjiang.
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
This bill, which I'm so happy to be an original cosponsor of, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, is so important





