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Congressman McGovern introduces new legislation to end massive human rights violations in Sudan RepJimMcGovern 557 views THE SUDAN PEACE, SECURITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2012 M. Speaker, just yesterday, the former top U.N. humanitarian official in Sudan -- Mukesh Kapila -- issued a warn...
U.S. Rep. McGovern: The world is silent as Sudan arrests, kills, rapes, and bombs its own people RepJimMcGovern 1,531 views Floor speech on 2-29-12: TOO SILENT ON SUDAN M. Speaker, once again, the world is standing by, silent and passive, while the Government of Sudan wages war on ...
U.S. Rep. McGovern on Afghanistan: The American people need and deserve the truth RepJimMcGovern 167 views On January 18th, I had the privilege of sitting down with U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis for a special briefing on his assessment of the situation on the ground ...
U.S. Rep. McGovern: The GOP's sham attempt to change accounting rules, rather than focus on jobs RepJimMcGovern 64 views
Rep. McGovern: Days away from tax increase on 160 million middle-income Americans & GOP says no vote RepJimMcGovern 186 views Last night, the Rules Committee -- at the direction of the Republican leadership -- voted out a martial law rule that will deny the House of Representatives an up-or-down v...
Rep. McGovern: Give us a vote! Why won't you give us a vote? We demand a vote! Let us have a vote! RepJimMcGovern 170 views View the whole speech at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyWTPW8b7lw&context=C3f2bbafADOEgsToPDskKc6MdjoRsfcet-PTu8tVTP
U.S. Rep. McGovern: Americans outraged at indifference to middle class; callousness to vulnerable RepJimMcGovern 959 views I'd say to my Republican friends -- the American people are outraged. They're outraged at your indifference to the middle class. They're outraged by your callous attitude t...
U.S. Rep. McGovern on jobs: GOP would rather fiddle while Rome burns instead of putting out the fire RepJimMcGovern 112 views
US Rep. Jim McGovern: A Constitutional Amendment to Repeal Citizens United, restore "We the People" RepJimMcGovern 6,198 views We must put a stop to the growing Corporate Rights movement that threatens the Founding Fathers' basic principle of 'We the People.'
U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern: Congress should be debating jobs, not guns RepJimMcGovern 117 views

About Congressman Jim McGovern

Congressman McGovern represents the Massachusetts Third Congressional District. He's currently serving his eighth term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Since his election in 1996, Congressman Jim McGovern has been widely recognized as a tenacious advocate for his district, a tireless crusader for change, and an unrivaled supporter for social justice and fundamental human rights.

Currently serving his eighth term in Congress, McGovern serves as a Senior Minority Whip; the second ranking Democrat on the powerful House Rules Committee, which sets the terms for debate and amendments on most legislation; and a member of the House Agriculture Committee. In those roles, McGovern has secured millions of dollars in federal assistance for Central and Southeastern Massachusetts. McGovern is also co-chair of both the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and the House Hunger Caucus.

Over the past 14 years, McGovern has consistently delivered millions of dollars for jobs, vital local and regional projects, small businesses, public safety, regional and mass transportation projects, and affordable housing around the district. Under McGovern's leadership over the past two years, individual project successes have included federal funding for innovative, high-tech small businesses; police jobs saved in Worcester and Fall River; $2.8 million delivered to regional transit authorities in Greater Attleboro and Southeastern Massachusetts for infrastructure repairs and new buses; and $1 million to Medway and Ashland for long-overdue traffic improvements.

McGovern has authored important legislation to increase Pell Grant funding to allow more students access to higher education; to provide funds to preserve open space in urban and suburban communities; and to give tax credits to employers who pay the salaries of their employees who are called up to active duty in the Guard and Reserves.

A strong proponent of healthcare reform, his legislative efforts included reducing the cost of home health care, giving patients the dignity to be cared for in their own homes with the help of medical professionals.

McGovern voted against the initial authorization of force in Iraq in 2002, and has been among the most prominent Congressional voices on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. McGovern introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill calling for a flexible timetable for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan as a matter of national security and fiscal responsibility.

McGovern has also taken a leadership role in the fight against hunger at home and abroad, successfully expanding the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, which helps alleviate child hunger and poverty by providing nutritious meals to children in schools in the world's poorest countries.

Before his election to Congress, the 50 year-old McGovern spent fourteen years working as a senior aide for the late U.S. Representative John Joseph Moakley (D-South Boston), former dean of the Massachusetts delegation and Chairman of the House Rules Committee. In 1989, McGovern was the lead investigator on the Moakley Commission Congressional Investigation into the murders of 6 Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter in 1989. The investigation ultimately led to a seminal change in U.S. foreign policy towards El Salvador when determined that the Salvadoran military was implicated in the murders. That landmark determination led to future military aid from the U.S. being conditioned on an improved human rights record.

Jim McGovern was born on November 20, 1959, in Worcester, the son of two successful small business owners. His two sisters are elementary school teachers in Worcester's public school system.

McGovern earned his Bachelor of Arts ('81) and Masters of Public Administration ('84) degrees from The American University, working his way through college by serving as an aide in the office of U.S. Senator George McGovern (D-SD). He went on to manage Senator McGovern's 1984 Presidential campaign in Massachusetts, and delivered his nomination speech during the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco.

Jim is married to Lisa Murray McGovern. The McGoverns have a son, Patrick and a daughter, Molly.

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