Jim McGovern

America must remain that 'shining city on a hill' that 'brings hope to poor, hungry, [and] vulnerable.'

We cannot turn our back on those in desperate need.

It is our moral responsibility to urge you to support and protect the International Affairs Budget

So rather than relegating these veterans to a waiting list, let's continue to support these highly technical nonprofits so that they can continue to do what they do best: Help our veterans.

Continuing to fund this program at at least $5 million a year would allow awardees to continue this all important work.

I ask the committee to support a minimum of $5 million for the Wounded Warriors service dog grant program.

We must ensure that they have access to treatments that work.

The State Department, USAID, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Peace Corps and other development agencies are critical to preventing conflict and reducing the need to put our men and women in uniform in harm's way.

We must invest in both defense and domestic priorities and reject the Faustian bargain that would fund one and not the other to the ultimate detriment of both.

Listen to the representatives of the Veterans of Foreign Wars who have spent the week visiting Members' Capitol Hill offices to deliver the message that sequestration 'is the most significant readiness and national security threat of the…

I opposed the Republican budget resolution because it was not a serious document, it targeted American families and their healthcare.

As a Member of Congress, I am ashamed of that fact, and I think it has to become a bigger priority.

Just a $30 increase in monthly SNAP benefits for households leads to healthier eating and lower rates of food insecurity.

We shouldn't change its entitlement structure. We shouldn't cut it.

National security should mean the quality of life for our citizens.

Do not balance the budget on the backs of America's poor and struggling working families.

Efforts to convert SNAP into a block grant program would be catastrophic.

The bottom line is, we learned that SNAP works.

Hunger is a political condition. We can solve this problem if we had the political will.

Feedback to me from the China Consulate in Houston has been that they don't think Sandy is a spy, but they can't help in a case involving State Security.

I have asked the China Foreign Ministry, the Municipal Government of Shenzhen, and Shenzhen Public Security to provide evidence of Sandy's substantial meritorious service to China.

After a media campaign by me and some strong action by the State Department and my Congressman Al Green, the Chinese Consulate legalized our evidence so that it could be used at trial.

I support Ms. Pingree's efforts to promote and support organic agriculture, and especially her efforts to deal with the issue of food waste.

I would urge the Committee, at a minimum, please do not cut this funding, continue it at the 2017 levels...

I am the primary House author of the George McGovern-Robert Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.