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WASHINGTONToday, Ranking Member Jim McGovern (D-MA) delivered the following opening remarks at a meeting of the House Rules Committee:

Madam Chair, America is less safe under Donald Trump. That is the simple truth.


WASHINGTONTonight, Ranking Member Jim McGovern (D-MA) released the following statement upon House Republicans under Speaker Mike Johnson breaking the record for most closed Congress in American history, issuing 117 closed rules since January 2025 with ten months left of the 119th Congress:


WASHINGTON—Today, Ranking Member Jim McGovern (D-MA) delivered the following opening remarks at a meeting of the House Rules Committee:

Thank you, Madam Chair. On today’s Republican agenda: control women, reward special interests, and prioritize the powerful while doing nothing to help regular people.

Look at what you are choosing to bring to the floor this week.

We have a pair of bills designed to police pregnant women and steer them away from real care.


Announcements

March 20, 2026

The Committee on Rules will meet Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following measures:

  • H.R. 8029 – Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act
  • H. Res. 1128 Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the Department of Homeland Security.
  • H.R. 7084 – Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026
  • H.R. 5103 – Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2026

March 12, 2026

The Committee on Rules will meet Monday, March 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following measures:

  • H.R. 1958 – Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2026
  • H.R. 4638 – BOWOW Act of 2025
  • H.R. 556 – Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act

February 27, 2026

The Committee on Rules’ consideration of the following measure is postponed:

 

The Committee on Rules will now meet Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following emergency measure:

  • H.R. ____ – Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026

The Committee on Rules will meet Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following measures: