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WASHINGTON—Every House Rules Committee Republican present at today’s hearing voted to protect Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund—an outrageously illegal plan to funnel taxpayer dollars to Trump’s political allies, including members of his own family and violent January 6th rioters who brutally assaulted law enforcement officers during their attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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.
WASHINGTON—Today, Ranking Member Jim McGovern (D-MA) delivered the following opening remarks at a meeting of the House Rules Committee:
WASHINGTON—During today's Rules Committee meeting, Ranking Member Jim McGovern (D-MA) delivered the following opening remarks:
Thank you, Madam Chair. Today, we’re considering five bills reported out of the Education and Workforce Committee.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the House Rules Committee Democratic Staff released a new end-of-year report detailing how Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans have systematically dismantled deliberation in the People’s House—rigging the rules to silence Members, block amendments, and turn Congress into a rubber stamp for President Trump and the billionaire class.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After House Republicans attempted to jam through the GOP Tax Scam in the dead of night, House Democrats fought back with the longest Rules Committee markup in recent memory to ensure the American people can see clearly what this devastating bill does to everyday Americans.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Republicans on the House Rules Committee voted to advance Donald Trump’s extreme budget scheme to cut Medicaid, food assistance, and programs working families count on—all so they can fund massive tax giveaways for billionaire donors and big corporations.