James P. McGovern

Introduced the Big Tech Accountability Act to strengthen control over personal data and create liability for harmful algorithmic amplification by large platforms.

September 4, 2026Supports AI Regulation

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Received Planned Parenthood Action Fund's 2026 endorsement for reelection in Massachusetts' 2nd Congressional District.

September 14, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: plannedparenthoodaction.org · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the Medical Foods and Formulas Access Act to require Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and federal employee plans to cover medically necessary foods and specialized formulas.

December 4, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act to permanently increase federal reimbursement for school breakfasts and lunches and support locally grown food and school nutrition staff.

October 15, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Co-led a bipartisan bill creating a Medicare pilot for medically tailored home-delivered meals for seniors with diet-related chronic diseases.

September 17, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted against final passage of H.R. 1, the reconciliation package changing taxes, Medicaid, nutrition assistance, energy, and immigration policy; the House passed the Senate amendment 218-214.

July 3, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Secured more than $18 million for 15 Central and Western Massachusetts projects covering education, health care, infrastructure, food access, housing, and services for grandparents raising children.

December 23, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Secured a White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health and helped establish a national strategy aimed at ending hunger and reducing diet-related disease.

September 28, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Received the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund endorsement for reelection based on his environmental voting record.

October 29, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: lcv.org · researched September 20, 2026

Helped enact the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, expanding housing construction and repair support and limiting institutional-investor advantages in single-family housing.

September 9, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the Fair Seeds for Farmers Act to limit abusive seed-patent practices, expand seed repair and research rights, and curb corporate concentration in agriculture.

July 14, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the Hunger Free Future Act to prevent updates to the federal Thrifty Food Plan from reducing SNAP benefits or increasing hunger among low-income families.

April 2, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the Grandfamily Housing Act to create a pilot program for safe, affordable, age-appropriate housing and service coordinators for grandparents raising children.

December 12, 2019Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Became chairman of the House Rules Committee, where he changed procedures to give members more time to read bills and strengthened committee review and staff-diversity practices.

January 3, 2019Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Co-authored the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, which Congress passed to authorize sanctions against foreign officials responsible for corruption and serious human-rights abuses.

December 8, 2016Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted against final passage of H.R. 1, the reconciliation package changing taxes, Medicaid, nutrition assistance, energy, and immigration policy; the House passed the Senate amendment 218-214.

July 3, 2025Supports Immigration

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the HALT Act to prohibit U.S. nuclear explosive testing and pursue a freeze on the testing, production, and deployment of nuclear weapons.

December 4, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted against final passage of H.R. 1, the reconciliation package changing taxes, Medicaid, nutrition assistance, energy, and immigration policy; the House passed the Senate amendment 218-214.

July 3, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Helped enact the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, expanding housing construction and repair support and limiting institutional-investor advantages in single-family housing.

September 9, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the Medical Foods and Formulas Access Act to require Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and federal employee plans to cover medically necessary foods and specialized formulas.

December 4, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act to permanently increase federal reimbursement for school breakfasts and lunches and support locally grown food and school nutrition staff.

October 15, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Co-led a bipartisan bill creating a Medicare pilot for medically tailored home-delivered meals for seniors with diet-related chronic diseases.

September 17, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted against final passage of H.R. 1, the reconciliation package changing taxes, Medicaid, nutrition assistance, energy, and immigration policy; the House passed the Senate amendment 218-214.

July 3, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the Hunger Free Future Act to prevent updates to the federal Thrifty Food Plan from reducing SNAP benefits or increasing hunger among low-income families.

April 2, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Secured more than $18 million for 15 Central and Western Massachusetts projects covering education, health care, infrastructure, food access, housing, and services for grandparents raising children.

December 23, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Secured a White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health and helped establish a national strategy aimed at ending hunger and reducing diet-related disease.

September 28, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the Grandfamily Housing Act to create a pilot program for safe, affordable, age-appropriate housing and service coordinators for grandparents raising children.

December 12, 2019Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Helped enact the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act, creating a federal advisory council to identify and distribute resources for grandparent-led families.

July 7, 2018Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Created the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education program, which provides school meals and nutrition assistance to children in low-income countries.

May 13, 2002Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Received Planned Parenthood Action Fund's 2026 endorsement for reelection in Massachusetts' 2nd Congressional District.

September 14, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: plannedparenthoodaction.org · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the HALT Act to prohibit U.S. nuclear explosive testing and pursue a freeze on the testing, production, and deployment of nuclear weapons.

December 4, 2025Opposes National Defense

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted against final passage of H.R. 1, the reconciliation package changing taxes, Medicaid, nutrition assistance, energy, and immigration policy; the House passed the Senate amendment 218-214.

July 3, 2025Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the Fair Seeds for Farmers Act to limit abusive seed-patent practices, expand seed repair and research rights, and curb corporate concentration in agriculture.

July 14, 2026Supports Foreign Trade

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the United States-Cuba Trade Act to repeal statutory restrictions on trade, travel, exchange, and telecommunications with Cuba.

February 12, 2026Supports Foreign Trade

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Authored the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, establishing a presumption against importing goods from Xinjiang unless importers prove they were not made with forced labor; it became law.

December 23, 2021Opposes Foreign Trade

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Helped enact the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, requiring human-rights and autonomy reviews tied to Hong Kong's special treatment under U.S. law.

November 27, 2019Opposes Foreign Trade

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Co-authored the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, which Congress passed to authorize sanctions against foreign officials responsible for corruption and serious human-rights abuses.

December 8, 2016Opposes Foreign Trade

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Created the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education program, which provides school meals and nutrition assistance to children in low-income countries.

May 13, 2002Supports Foreign Trade

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the Big Tech Accountability Act to strengthen control over personal data and create liability for harmful algorithmic amplification by large platforms.

September 4, 2026Supports Data Privacy

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the Assuring the Future of Tibet Act to authorize continued U.S. engagement with the democratically elected Central Tibetan Administration after the current Dalai Lama.

May 26, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Authored the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, establishing a presumption against importing goods from Xinjiang unless importers prove they were not made with forced labor; it became law.

December 23, 2021Supports Civil Rights

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Helped enact the Tibet Policy and Support Act, strengthening U.S. support for Tibetan religious freedom, governance, culture, and accountability for interference in the Dalai Lama's succession.

December 27, 2020Supports Civil Rights

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Helped enact the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, requiring human-rights and autonomy reviews tied to Hong Kong's special treatment under U.S. law.

November 27, 2019Supports Civil Rights

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Co-authored the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, which Congress passed to authorize sanctions against foreign officials responsible for corruption and serious human-rights abuses.

December 8, 2016Supports Civil Rights

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Began serving in the U.S. House after leading a congressional investigation that tied U.S.-trained Salvadoran soldiers to the 1989 Jesuit murders and helped condition later aid on human-rights improvements.

January 7, 1997Supports Civil Rights

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Helped enact the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, expanding housing construction and repair support and limiting institutional-investor advantages in single-family housing.

September 9, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the Big Tech Accountability Act to strengthen control over personal data and create liability for harmful algorithmic amplification by large platforms.

September 4, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the Fair Seeds for Farmers Act to limit abusive seed-patent practices, expand seed repair and research rights, and curb corporate concentration in agriculture.

July 14, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Authored the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, establishing a presumption against importing goods from Xinjiang unless importers prove they were not made with forced labor; it became law.

December 23, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Secured more than $18 million for 15 Central and Western Massachusetts projects covering education, health care, infrastructure, food access, housing, and services for grandparents raising children.

December 23, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the Assuring the Future of Tibet Act to authorize continued U.S. engagement with the democratically elected Central Tibetan Administration after the current Dalai Lama.

May 26, 2026Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the United States-Cuba Trade Act to repeal statutory restrictions on trade, travel, exchange, and telecommunications with Cuba.

February 12, 2026Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Introduced the HALT Act to prohibit U.S. nuclear explosive testing and pursue a freeze on the testing, production, and deployment of nuclear weapons.

December 4, 2025Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Helped enact the Tibet Policy and Support Act, strengthening U.S. support for Tibetan religious freedom, governance, culture, and accountability for interference in the Dalai Lama's succession.

December 27, 2020Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Began serving in the U.S. House after leading a congressional investigation that tied U.S.-trained Salvadoran soldiers to the 1989 Jesuit murders and helped condition later aid on human-rights improvements.

January 7, 1997Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted against H.R. 8369, which would have ordered delivery of weapons shipments to Israel that the president had paused. It would have frozen some Pentagon, State Department and White House funds until delivery. The House passed it 224-187.

May 16, 2024Opposes U.S.-Israel Ties

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted against H.R. 8034, which approved $26 billion in U.S. taxpayer money: military aid for Israel and funds for U.S. forces nearby. About $9 billion of it was humanitarian aid, and none could go to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. It passed 366-58 and became law in April 2024.

April 20, 2024Opposes U.S.-Israel Ties

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Took an all-expenses-paid trip to Israel in February 2023, paid for by the J Street Education Fund, an organization tied to J Street, a group that lobbies Congress for U.S. support of Israel.

February 17, 2023Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

Source: disclosures-clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted for H.R. 5323, which gave Israel $1 billion in U.S. taxpayer money to restock its Iron Dome rocket-defense system. The House passed it 420-9. The money later became law inside a 2022 spending bill.

September 23, 2021Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted against H.R. 4795, which would cut off federal student aid to colleges that boycott Israel. The House passed it 237-169.

September 3, 2026

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted against H.R. 6090, which would have told the Education Department to use a set definition of antisemitism in campus discrimination cases. The definition's examples include some statements about Israel. The House passed it 320-91.

May 1, 2024

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted against H.R. 6126, which would have sent Israel $14.3 billion in U.S. taxpayer money as military aid. To pay for it, the bill would have taken the same amount from extra funding Congress gave the IRS. The House passed it 226-196.

November 2, 2023

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Became chairman of the House Rules Committee, where he changed procedures to give members more time to read bills and strengthened committee review and staff-diversity practices.

January 3, 2019

Source: mcgovern.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026