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Hunger
Congressman McGovern believes very strongly that hunger and poverty, both here at home and abroad, are serious political issues that threaten the future of global stability and prosperity, and that we have a moral imperative to confront these concerns and work cooperatively towards a solution.
As the co-chair of both the Congressional Hunger Center and the Hunger Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, Jim McGovern has long been involved in the fight to end hunger. He is actively involved in the reauthorization of the U.S. child nutrition bill; he has worked closely on the development and implementation of the ‘Roadmap to End Global Hunger’; he was central in the creation of the Worcester Advisory Food Policy Council, which works to reduce hunger and increase food security in Worcester; and he has been instrumental in obtaining funding for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (named for former Senators George McGovern and Bob Dole), which helps support education, child development, and food security for some of the world’s poorest children.
Jim has long said that hunger is a political condition, and though we have the resources to end it, what we really need is the political will to make it happen.
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Kerry, Brown, McGovern, Keating: Massachusetts Wins $1.5 Mil for Homeless Vets Job Training
Tuesday June 19, 2012Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, along with Congressmen James McGovern and William Keating, announced today that five organizations across Massachusetts will receive over $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to provide homeless veterans in M
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U.S. Rep. McGovern: Dear Colleague: NY Times OpED on Farm Bill and SNAP
Wednesday June 13, 2012As you may know, the U.S. Senate is currently debating their version of the Farm Bill and the House Agriculture Committee may mark up a different version of the Farm Bill before the July 4th recess. The Senate bill cuts the Supplemental Nutrition Assistan
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U.S. Rep. McGovern Joins Kerry, Brown to Launch Bipartisan Senate Cranberry Caucus
Wednesday June 06, 2012"The cranberry industry has long been of critical importance – not only to the Massachusetts economy but to the nation's food supply."
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U.S. Rep. McGovern: GOP bill would create a government with no conscience
Thursday May 10, 2012This bill before us would create a government where there is no conscience; where the wealthy and well connected are protected and enriched – and the middle class, the poor, and the vulnerable are essentially forgotten.
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U.S. Reps. DeLauro, Baca, McGovern: Majority slashes program that feeds children and seniors
Wednesday April 18, 2012Today, Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education Appropriations Subcommittee, Agriculture Committee Members Joe Baca (CA-43), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture,
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