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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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Jul 22, 2024

We need a farm bill that gives them certainty as they work day in and day out to feed, fuel, and clothe us all.

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Jul 22, 2024

What we on the Agriculture Committee know to be a vital support to ensure our farmers and ranchers don't lose their land because of the cyclical nature of production of agriculture, Trump's advisors view as, and I quote, 'especially…

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Jul 22, 2024

I have often said that my top priority in this farm bill is to protect and strengthen crop insurance.

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Jul 9, 2024

I do feel that it is unfortunate that we did not hear from any members of communities, often low-income communities of color, who endure the cumulative impacts of the products and the practices under scrutiny today.

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Jul 9, 2024

I have grave concerns about what it would mean for the farm bill to undo state and local level pesticide regulations.

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Jul 9, 2024

I am more than a little puzzled as to how a 20 percent cut to their funding would allow for that.

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Jul 9, 2024

I find it a bit funny that we always hear about crop protection so much in our ag meetings, when we ought to be talking about protecting human health.

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Apr 29, 2024

Food is medicine, and we can do all of these things by better incorporating nutrition in our healthcare.

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Mar 19, 2024

I have committed to finding effects and benefits for American producers and no one else, and I tend to find one.

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Mar 19, 2024

I think it is always important to talk about how important food security is to national security.

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Mar 19, 2024

the big bad wolf is at the door, and we better make sure that our house is made of brick and not straw

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Mar 19, 2024

we know our government conducts wargames to understand what happens when China inevitably takes back Taiwan.

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Mar 19, 2024

I think it is kind of hypocritical to talk tough about when it comes to the influence of the Chinese Government and our food system while actively helping some of the entities that they are supposedly concerned about.

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Mar 19, 2024

Thank you Representative Budzinski for this important question.

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Mar 19, 2024

I am a strong supporter of states' rights, and I acknowledge that sometimes state laws can have limited extraterritorial effects, but any state or local laws that control production outside of their jurisdictions are inherently harmful to…

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Mar 19, 2024

Food security is national security, and food production acreage and food processing that is influenced through the purchase or theft of intellectual property, influenced by the Chinese Communist Government, is a significant risk.

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Mar 19, 2024

With New 'Alien Land Laws' Asian Immigrants Are Once Again Targeted by Real Estate Bans

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Feb 13, 2024

Here is the problem. Reference prices help a subset of farmers.

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Feb 13, 2024

I don't think it is a radical idea to want a farm bill that supports small- and medium-sized farms, that supports conservation.

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Feb 13, 2024

Your majority has been ineffective, and what you are doing and what you are advocating is highly unpopular.

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Feb 13, 2024

My friends complain about the cost of groceries at the supermarket, and yet they are advocating policies that will make it more difficult for people to be able to afford those groceries.

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Feb 13, 2024

Every one of us that is not a farmer is not a farmer because we have farmers.

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Feb 13, 2024

We want to see our bipartisan priorities funded.

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Feb 13, 2024

I continue to implore my Democratic colleagues to think, in earnest, about those priorities, priorities that can be funded without cutting a SNAP benefit or eliminating the important conservation programs we have all come to appreciate.

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Feb 13, 2024

we can support our farmers and hungry families at the same time. This is not an either/or situation.

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