James P. McGovern

Democrat Representative of Massachusetts's 2nd district

Representative
Massachusetts, district 3
January 7, 1997 - January 3, 1999
Representative
Massachusetts, district 3
January 6, 1999 - January 3, 2001
Representative
Massachusetts, district 3
January 3, 2001 - January 3, 2003
Representative
Massachusetts, district 3
January 7, 2003 - January 3, 2005
Representative
Massachusetts, district 3
January 4, 2005 - January 3, 2007
Representative
Massachusetts, district 3
January 4, 2007 - January 3, 2009
Representative
Massachusetts, district 3
January 6, 2009 - January 3, 2011
Representative
Massachusetts, district 3
January 5, 2011 - January 3, 2013
Representative
Massachusetts, district 2
January 3, 2013 - January 3, 2015
Representative
Massachusetts, district 2
January 6, 2015 - January 3, 2017
Representative
Massachusetts, district 2
January 3, 2017 - January 3, 2019
Representative
Massachusetts, district 2
January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2021
Representative
Massachusetts, district 2
January 3, 2021 - January 3, 2023
Representative
Massachusetts, district 2
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025

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November 20, 1959 (65 years old)

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Has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997.
Served as the ranking member and chair of the House Rules Committee.
Chaired the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and co-chaired the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.
Worked as a congressional intern and aide to U.S. Senator George McGovern (no relation) and as a senior staff member for U.S. Representative Joe Moakley.
Ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1994 but won in 1996 and has been reelected every two years since.
Known for his work on ending hunger and food insecurity, domestically and globally, and was a key architect of the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.
Received awards for his work on hunger, including a James Beard Leadership Award and a McGovern-Dole Leadership Award.
Advocated for international human rights in countries like El Salvador, Sudan, Colombia, and Tibet.
Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and ranked as one of Congress’s most liberal members.
Supported economic stimulus efforts during the late-2000s recession and the Obama administration’s 2009 stimulus package.
Advocated for expanding child nutrition programs and proposed establishing a “hunger czar” position.
Voted against major efforts to restrict illegal immigration and supports Medicare for All.
Co-sponsored an amendment to extend the right to vote to citizens 16 years of age or older.
Opposed the Supreme Court decision Citizens United and introduced the People’s Rights Amendment to limit constitutional protections to natural persons.
Pro-choice on abortion, supports stem cell research, and voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment.
Objected to Alabama’s electoral votes in the 2016 presidential election.
Criticized attacks against Hong Kong’s anti-extradition bill protesters and urged U.S. financial executives to cancel attendance at a summit in Hong Kong.
Opposed the Iraq War and introduced legislation for the redeployment of U.S. Armed Forces from Iraq.
Initially supported the War in Afghanistan but became increasingly skeptical.
Arrested three times during protests against the Sudanese government’s actions in Darfur.
Advocates for normalizing diplomatic relations with Cuba and accompanied President Obama to Cuba in 2016.
Introduced a resolution calling on the government of Myanmar to end the persecution of the Rohingya people.
Voted in favor of directing President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days and for a ban on cluster munitions to Ukraine.
Urged reconsideration of planned arms shipments to the Israeli military following drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza.
Released a condemnation of Holocaust distortion in Ukraine and Poland.