Back جيم ماكغفرن (سياسي) Arabic چيم مكجوڤيرن ARZ جیم مکقاورن AZB Jim McGovern (americký politik) Czech Jim McGovern (Politiker, 1959) German Jim McGovern Spanish جیم مکگاورن Persian Jim McGovern French Jim McGovern (Polaiteoir Meiriceánach) Irish ג'ים מקגוורן HE
Jim McGovern | |
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| Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Cole |
| In office March 16, 2018 – January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Louise Slaughter |
| Succeeded by | Tom Cole |
| Chair of the House Rules Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Pete Sessions |
| Succeeded by | Tom Cole |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts | |
| Assumed office January 3, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Blute |
| Constituency | 3rd district (1997–2013) 2nd district (2013–present) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Patrick McGovern November 20, 1959 Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Lisa Murray (m. 1989) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | American University (BA, MPA) |
| Signature | &sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:Jim_McGovern_Signature.png) |
| Website | House website |
James Patrick McGovern (born November 20, 1959) is an American politician who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district since 2013. A Democrat, he is the ranking member of the House Rules Committee, chaired the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, and is the co-chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.[1] His district, numbered as the 3rd district from 1997 to 2013, stretches from Worcester to the Pioneer Valley.
Born and raised in Worcester, McGovern attended Worcester Academy. While in college he worked as a congressional intern and then aide to U.S. Senator George McGovern (no relation), a two-time presidential candidate for whom he campaigned.[2] From 1981 to 1996 he was a senior staff member for U.S. Representative Joe Moakley. McGovern first ran for Congress in 1994, losing the Democratic primary. He ran again in 1996, defeating Republican incumbent Peter Blute.
As chairman of the board of the Congressional Hunger Center, McGovern is known as a leading voice on ending hunger and food insecurity both in the United States and globally.[3] He was a key architect of the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.[4] For his work he has earned a 2016 James Beard Leadership Award from the James Beard Foundation and a 2008 McGovern-Dole Leadership Award from the World Food Program USA.[5][6]
Another focus of McGovern's career has been international human rights, which he has advocated for in countries such as El Salvador, Sudan, Colombia, and the region of Tibet. He is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus[7] and has been ranked as one of Congress's most liberal members.[8]
- ^ "Co-Chairs". Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. US House of Representatives. December 19, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ^ "When McGovern interned for McGovern (no relation)". Roll Call. May 24, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ^ Admin, C. H. C. (April 14, 2011). "Who We Are". Congressional Hunger Center. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ^ "McGovern-Dole a reminder of CCC authorities | The Hagstrom Report". www.hagstromreport.com. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ^ Smart, Catherine (September 20, 2016). "A James Beard award for fighting hunger? - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ^ "McGovern-Dole Leadership Award". World Food Program USA. Archived from the original on May 4, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ^ "Caucus Members". Congressional Progressive Caucus. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
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