Press Releases
Chairman McGovern Announces Roundtable Examining How Technology Can Help Combat the Hunger Crisis
Fourth 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 Announces Roundtable Examining Hunger Among Seniors and Multigenerational Families
Chairman McGovern Announces Roundtable Examining Hunger Among Seniors and Multigenerational Families
Third 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 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 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 - Today, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer and House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern announced a change included in today's Rule that will allow the House to hold one vote on broadly bipartisan legislation on this week's Suspension Calendar. The language of the Rule gives the Majority Leader or his designee the ability to en bloc requested roll call votes on suspension bills considered on April 19 or 20. This authority lasts through April 22.
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: