Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee James P. McGovern (D-MA) released this statement following Representative Virginia Foxx being named Chair of the House Rules Committee for the 119th Congress:
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, January 1, 2025, Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee James P. McGovern (D-MA) released the following statement in response to the House Republicans' rules package for the 119th Congress:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rules Committee Ranking Member James P. McGovern (D-MA) responded to House Republicans breaking their own record for shutting down debate and presiding over the most closed session of Congress in American history. Republicans have now advanced an all-time high of 106 closed rules this Congress—breaking their own previous record of 103 closed rules set during the 115th Congress from 2017-2019.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rules Committee Ranking Member James P. McGovern (D-MA) released a statement on the new procedural steps House Democrats are taking to avoid a default on the federal debt:
"Yesterday, in step with Democratic Leader Hakeem Jefferies, I introduced a special rule that sets in motion an alternative plan to prevent a default.
McGovern Welcomes Democratic Members to the Rules Committee for the 118th Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rules Committee Ranking Member James P. McGovern (D-MA) today welcomed Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Rep. Joe Neguse (CO-02), and Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) to the House Rules Committee for the 118th Congress:
McGovern Congratulates Rules Committee Chairman Tom Cole
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rules Committee Ranking Member James P. McGovern (D-MA) today congratulated Congressman Tom Cole (R-OK) on being named Chairman of the House Committee on Rules for the 118thCongress:
Chairman McGovern Reacts to Republican Rules Package for 118th Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) released the following statement in reaction to House Republicans' rules package for the 118th Congress:
Chairman McGovern & Chairman Grijalva Announce Roundtable Discussion Examining Indigenous Nutrition and Food Systems
Chairmen have called on President Biden to hold a national White House conference on food, nutrition, hunger, and health
Hearing will focus on need to build economic resiliency
to respond to future emergency events
Legislation will set national standards for voting, stop partisan gerrymandering, and strengthen the American people's faith in our democracy