Press Releases
Chairman McGovern Announces Roundtable Examining the Hunger Epidemic Among Veterans and Military Families
Second in a series of events examining the steps Congress and the Biden administration could take to finally end food insecurity in this country
Chairman McGovern Opens Debate On Bill Establishing Bipartisan National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the Capitol
Bill Also Provides Funding to Upgrade The Physical Safety of Capitol Complex and Other Federal Buildings
Chairman McGovern Welcomes Congressman Neguse to the House Rules Committee
Chairman McGovern Opens First Rules Committee Hearing Examining How to End Hunger in America
Pushes for a White House hunger conference, calls on Congress and the Biden administration to equitably end food insecurity
Chairman McGovern Announces Rules Committee Hearing Examining the Hunger Crisis in America
Will explore steps Congress and the Biden administration could take finally end food insecurity in this country
WASHINGTON, DC — Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) today released the following statement on the passing of Congressman Alcee Hastings (FL-20). Hastings served as Vice Chair of the Rules Committee and was Chairman of its Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative James P. McGovern, Chairman of the House Rules Committee, and Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following joint statement after their respective committees examined possible reforms to the War Powers Resolution to reclaim Congressional authority:
Will explore the limitations of this 1973 law and how the House Rules process could reform it to work more effectively in the modern Congress
Chairman McGovern Opens Debate to Send Historic Rescue Plan to President Biden
Legislation will help crush the coronavirus, return children to the classrooms, get more vaccines to more people, and help struggling Americans