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WASHINGTON—Today, 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.
WASHINGTON—Tonight, 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.
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The Committee on Rules will meet Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following measures:
- H.R. 6387 – FIRE Act
- H.R. 6398 – RED Tape Act
- H.R. 6409 – FENCES Act
- H. Res. 1156 – Expressing support for tax policies that support working families.
- H.R. 8035 – To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through October 20, 2027, and for other purposes.
The Committee on Rules will also meet Friday, March 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following emergency measure:
- Senate amendment to H.R. 7147 – Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. [Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 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
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