Representative Jim McGovern
@repmcgovern.bsky.social
Lisa's husband. Patrick and Molly's dad. Proud to serve the 2nd Congressional District of MA. Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. Top Democrat on the House Rules Committee. Hunger is a political condition.
Reposted by Representative Jim McGovern
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
Which is why I’ll be voting hell no. Republicans are giving tax breaks to billionaires while healthcare premiums double & triple for regular people.
Accepting a pinky promise to maybe have a vote on lowering healthcare costs is not a compromise. It's capitulation.
Hold. The. Line.
Accepting a pinky promise to maybe have a vote on lowering healthcare costs is not a compromise. It's capitulation.
Hold. The. Line.
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Which is why I’ll be voting hell no. Republicans are giving tax breaks to billionaires while healthcare premiums double & triple for regular people.
Accepting a pinky promise to maybe have a vote on lowering healthcare costs is not a compromise. It's capitulation.
Hold. The. Line.
Accepting a pinky promise to maybe have a vote on lowering healthcare costs is not a compromise. It's capitulation.
Hold. The. Line.
Great to be in Worcester for the 50th anniversary celebration of The Cultural Center Hrisohorafiton—an incredible organization dedicated to preserving Greek heritage in our community. Wishing them another 50 years of cultural exchange, education, and community building!
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Great to be in Worcester for the 50th anniversary celebration of The Cultural Center Hrisohorafiton—an incredible organization dedicated to preserving Greek heritage in our community. Wishing them another 50 years of cultural exchange, education, and community building!
Not a single thing to bring down prices. Not a single thing to lower rent. Not a single thing to make groceries, or electricity, or any of your bills lower.
Republicans have had 291 days. And all they’ve done is give tax breaks to billionaires.
Republicans have had 291 days. And all they’ve done is give tax breaks to billionaires.
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Not a single thing to bring down prices. Not a single thing to lower rent. Not a single thing to make groceries, or electricity, or any of your bills lower.
Republicans have had 291 days. And all they’ve done is give tax breaks to billionaires.
Republicans have had 291 days. And all they’ve done is give tax breaks to billionaires.
Today I joined @trahan.house.gov & the United Way of North Central Massachusetts to hear directly from local food pantries and service providers about how Trump is making hunger worse in North Central MA.
Food should be a fundamental right this country!
Food should be a fundamental right this country!
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Today I joined @trahan.house.gov & the United Way of North Central Massachusetts to hear directly from local food pantries and service providers about how Trump is making hunger worse in North Central MA.
Food should be a fundamental right this country!
Food should be a fundamental right this country!
We know you don’t care, Donald.
All you want to talk about is your “top priority”—the Temu Versailles ballroom.
All you want to talk about is your “top priority”—the Temu Versailles ballroom.
Donald Trump: "I don't want to hear about the affordability"
Voter concern about inflation and the cost of living helped deliver Trump the presidency for a second time.
www.newsweek.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
We know you don’t care, Donald.
All you want to talk about is your “top priority”—the Temu Versailles ballroom.
All you want to talk about is your “top priority”—the Temu Versailles ballroom.
While too many in Washington want to demonize poor people, I’m proud that here in Massachusetts, groups like Making Opportunity Count are rallying our community in support of those in need. Great roundtable w/ @trahan.house.gov & other local leaders to discuss their work today.
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
While too many in Washington want to demonize poor people, I’m proud that here in Massachusetts, groups like Making Opportunity Count are rallying our community in support of those in need. Great roundtable w/ @trahan.house.gov & other local leaders to discuss their work today.
While you struggle to pay for groceries, healthcare, and rent, Elon Musk just walked away with a $1 trillion payout.
Only Trump and his billionaire buddies want this sick economic system. In a moral society, everyone is fed & housed—and trillionaires don’t exist.
Tax the rich.
Only Trump and his billionaire buddies want this sick economic system. In a moral society, everyone is fed & housed—and trillionaires don’t exist.
Tax the rich.
Musk could become history's first trillionaire as Tesla shareholders approve giant pay package
The world’s richest man was just handed a chance to become history’s first trillionaire. Elon Musk won a shareholder vote on Thursday that would give the Tesla CEO stock worth $1 trillion if he hits c...
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
While you struggle to pay for groceries, healthcare, and rent, Elon Musk just walked away with a $1 trillion payout.
Only Trump and his billionaire buddies want this sick economic system. In a moral society, everyone is fed & housed—and trillionaires don’t exist.
Tax the rich.
Only Trump and his billionaire buddies want this sick economic system. In a moral society, everyone is fed & housed—and trillionaires don’t exist.
Tax the rich.
There's something wrong with our country when on the same day that Elon Musk gets paid a trillion dollars, the Trump administration appeals a federal court order that requires them to fully fund nutrition assistance for poor people.
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
There's something wrong with our country when on the same day that Elon Musk gets paid a trillion dollars, the Trump administration appeals a federal court order that requires them to fully fund nutrition assistance for poor people.
How low is Donald Trump is willing to go? It took him 2 seconds to find $40 billion to bail out Argentina, but he drags his feet and takes forever to send out food assistance to hungry American families—which he has a legal and moral obligation to do.
Federal judge orders Trump administration to make full November SNAP payments
The US is experiencing the longest government shutdown in history and partisan frustrations remain high on Capitol Hill.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
How low is Donald Trump is willing to go? It took him 2 seconds to find $40 billion to bail out Argentina, but he drags his feet and takes forever to send out food assistance to hungry American families—which he has a legal and moral obligation to do.
Trump's record in four photos: Cowardice. Collapse. Chaos. Corruption.
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Trump's record in four photos: Cowardice. Collapse. Chaos. Corruption.
During my visit to the Central Massachusetts Veterans Support Inc. food pantry, Anne Marie told me they’re seeing a “drastic increase” among veterans and active-duty service members.
Some in Washington are cutting nutrition assistance & leaving our veterans behind. It’s shameful.
Some in Washington are cutting nutrition assistance & leaving our veterans behind. It’s shameful.
November 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
During my visit to the Central Massachusetts Veterans Support Inc. food pantry, Anne Marie told me they’re seeing a “drastic increase” among veterans and active-duty service members.
Some in Washington are cutting nutrition assistance & leaving our veterans behind. It’s shameful.
Some in Washington are cutting nutrition assistance & leaving our veterans behind. It’s shameful.
After bravely serving our country, many of our veterans can't even afford food.
Today, I helped stock the shelves at the Central Massachusetts Veterans Support Inc. food pantry in Millbury. It’s essential that we help those who've already given us so much.
Today, I helped stock the shelves at the Central Massachusetts Veterans Support Inc. food pantry in Millbury. It’s essential that we help those who've already given us so much.
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
After bravely serving our country, many of our veterans can't even afford food.
Today, I helped stock the shelves at the Central Massachusetts Veterans Support Inc. food pantry in Millbury. It’s essential that we help those who've already given us so much.
Today, I helped stock the shelves at the Central Massachusetts Veterans Support Inc. food pantry in Millbury. It’s essential that we help those who've already given us so much.
Nancy Pelosi is unquestionably the most consequential Speaker of the House of Representatives in American history. My full statement on her decision to retire after a profound career in public service.
Press Releases | Congressman Jim McGovern
mcgovern.house.gov
November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Nancy Pelosi is unquestionably the most consequential Speaker of the House of Representatives in American history. My full statement on her decision to retire after a profound career in public service.
There’s a special place in Hell for people who rip food away from hungry children.
November 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
There’s a special place in Hell for people who rip food away from hungry children.
Turns out it’s not very popular to shut down the government when you control everything, double people’s healthcare costs, raise grocery bills with price-hiking tariffs, protect pedophiles, bulldoze the White House & starve out 40+ million Americans including hungry kids.
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Turns out it’s not very popular to shut down the government when you control everything, double people’s healthcare costs, raise grocery bills with price-hiking tariffs, protect pedophiles, bulldoze the White House & starve out 40+ million Americans including hungry kids.
Trump just admitted that he’s weaponizing hunger—defying a court order & starving more than 40 million Americans (including 16 million CHILDREN) for sadistic political leverage.
This guy is sick in the head.
This guy is sick in the head.
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Trump just admitted that he’s weaponizing hunger—defying a court order & starving more than 40 million Americans (including 16 million CHILDREN) for sadistic political leverage.
This guy is sick in the head.
This guy is sick in the head.
Another shameless lie.
Trump’s own lawyers at USDA posted (then deleted) the guidance below that SNAP continues during a shutdown.
Can someone ask him to explain why he disagrees with Trump’s own lawyers?
Trump’s own lawyers at USDA posted (then deleted) the guidance below that SNAP continues during a shutdown.
Can someone ask him to explain why he disagrees with Trump’s own lawyers?
November 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Another shameless lie.
Trump’s own lawyers at USDA posted (then deleted) the guidance below that SNAP continues during a shutdown.
Can someone ask him to explain why he disagrees with Trump’s own lawyers?
Trump’s own lawyers at USDA posted (then deleted) the guidance below that SNAP continues during a shutdown.
Can someone ask him to explain why he disagrees with Trump’s own lawyers?
Republicans give every tax break & giveaway they can think of to greedy billionaires and then tell Americans we have to pick between food & healthcare. It’s a false choice and I reject it.
November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Republicans give every tax break & giveaway they can think of to greedy billionaires and then tell Americans we have to pick between food & healthcare. It’s a false choice and I reject it.
I’ve never heard him express this level of compassion for the survivors of Epstein's disgusting crimes. Really tells you who he feels more at home with.
Trump on Prince Andrew and the Epstein scandal: "I feel very badly. I mean, it's a terrible thing that's happened to the family. That's been a tragic situation. And it's too bad. I feel badly for the family."
November 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I’ve never heard him express this level of compassion for the survivors of Epstein's disgusting crimes. Really tells you who he feels more at home with.
This is how politicians talk when they don’t have a plan.
Mike Johnson talks about the Republican "healthcare plan" like it's highly classified information: "We're not gonna be on a conference call explaining all our plans and strategies for healthcare reform, because they're leaked in real time."
November 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is how politicians talk when they don’t have a plan.
Hungry kids can’t eat because Trump is illegally withholding nutrition assistance. But the good news is you can now tour the White House Hole where the East Wing used to be.
White House resuming tours to show off Melania Trump’s Christmas decor after East Wing demolition
The White House tours were suspended in August as the Trump administration began clearing out the East Wing to make way for President Trump’s planned $300 million ballroom.
nypost.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Hungry kids can’t eat because Trump is illegally withholding nutrition assistance. But the good news is you can now tour the White House Hole where the East Wing used to be.
So unbelievably freakish & out of touch. These guys don’t live on the same planet as you & me.
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
So unbelievably freakish & out of touch. These guys don’t live on the same planet as you & me.
Don't worry, America. When you're in line at the grocery store and the cashier is ringing you up, and your food costs an extra 50 bucks because of Trump's tariffs, just tell them "no, you're wrong."
“No, You’re Wrong”: Trump Spirals When Pressed on Rising Food Prices
Donald Trump freaked out on 60 Minutes when he was reminded that the stock market doesn’t benefit everyone but everyone goes to the grocery store.
newrepublic.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Don't worry, America. When you're in line at the grocery store and the cashier is ringing you up, and your food costs an extra 50 bucks because of Trump's tariffs, just tell them "no, you're wrong."
Imagine hating poor people so much that not only do you cancel their food assistance, but you also go after the grocery stores that are trying to help them in a time of dire need.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Imagine hating poor people so much that not only do you cancel their food assistance, but you also go after the grocery stores that are trying to help them in a time of dire need.