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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.
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Historically in politics saying “read my lips” before making a sweeping proclamation has never backfired.

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

Hey Leominster, Princeton and Sterling—let’s grab coffee this Saturday! All are welcome.    🏛️ Leominster City Hall, 25 West Street, Leominster, MA 01453 🗓️ Saturday, March 1, 2025 🕰️ 9:30AM- 10:30AM   RSVP Here: mcgovern.house.gov/forms/form/?...

submitted 11 hours ago • 3 comments

Read the room! I called out Rep Brian Jack for talking about *tankless water heaters *while voting for a budget resolution that betrays the 125,952 constituents in his district that depend on Medicaid for essential care.

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

This Republican administration lies like a rug. They say their budget isn't a tax giveaway for billionaires—it is. The say they aren't gutting Medicaid and hurting their constituents—they are.

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

Trump sides with Putin. Shameful and pathetic.

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

Still here. Still correcting the record.

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Live update as we continue to expose how Republicans’ budget scheme betrays the middle class by cutting Medicaid—while giving huge tax breaks to billionaire donors.

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

Trump promised on day one he would bring prices down. More than a month in and gas, groceries, rent, cars, and eggs all cost more... And yet what are Republicans focused on today? Gutting Medicaid so they can give tax cuts for billionaires.

submitted 2 days ago • 41 comments

They picked Les Mis—a musical about standing up to tyranny. They protested you at your own event and you were too stupid to get it.

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

Imagine being worth $385 billion. It's enough to pay off every American's medical debt with plenty left over to feed the hungry, travel the world, buy whatever you wanted... ...but instead, you use it to hurt people. What kind of sick, sad, broken loser would do that, right?

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

THANK YOU, WORCESTER! First time I’ve ever needed an overflow room for “Coffee with your Congressman.” Something is happening in this country—people have had enough of Trump’s cruelty and lies. Thank you to all 700 of you for showing up. Thank you for caring 🇺🇸

submitted 4 days ago • 18 comments

We told you this was coming.

submitted 5 days ago • 17 comments

Today I convened a roundtable in my district to hear how cuts to the NIH will hurt people—patients, clinical trial participants, and researchers working on lifesaving cures. And how cutting Medicaid coverage is going to mean people will lose care, get sicker, and die.

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

Reality Check: Right now Republicans are trying to pass a budget that includes 4.5 *trillion* in handouts to the ultra-rich. It's an average annual tax cut of $314,266 for the top 0.1%. Translation: they are blowing up the debt and deficit to help their billionaire donors.

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

The JFK Library is a really special place. Every day, people from around the country & world visit to find inspiration from our 35th President. Trump let DOGE shut it down. Meanwhile egg prices are through the roof and he's wasting money on publicity stunts at the Daytona 500.

submitted 7 days ago • 9 comments

Hey Worcester—let’s grab coffee this Saturday! All are welcome.   🏛️ Luth Concert Hall, Prior Performing Arts Center, College of the Holy Cross 01610 🗓️ Saturday February 22, 2025 🕰️ 9:30AM- 10:30AM RSVP Here: mcgovern.house.gov/forms/form/?...

submitted 8 days ago • 9 comments

Unelected. Unqualified. Unprecedented. Donald Trump giving free reign to Elon Musk is a threat to national security.

submitted 8 days ago • 13 comments

Thanks to VFW Leominster & Clear Path for all your amazing work to support veterans & connect them with services in our community. Veterans are & will always be the backbone of America 🇺🇸 I will always fight to protect the benefits & care our veterans earned & deserve.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

500+ people at Coffee with your Congressman in Northampton today. Maybe the most I’ve ever had. Our message is loud and clear. Trump and Elon are hurting America—and we need to keep fighting back. The people are here to defend our country. This is what democracy looks like 🇺🇸

submitted 11 days ago • 11 comments

Fact check: that’s not why millions of people are “mad” at Elon. Classic MAGA straw man. The far right is afraid to debate because they can’t defend a deranged gazillionaire illegally dismantling important government functions without transparency or oversight.

submitted 11 days ago • 9 comments

The government is not some Big Tech company. The goal is not to make bigger profit margins. The goal is to help people.

submitted 11 days ago • 8 comments

I'm 100% in favor of getting rid of waste and fraud. Can President Elon please explain to us how research into chemo drugs and cancer treatments is now considered wasteful? He can't. Because it's all BS and lies. Dismantling the NIH like this will kill people.

submitted 13 days ago • 6 comments

Don’t follow me on IG? I just wrapped my very first live to keep you updated on what’s happening in the country. Follow me for more live updates: www.instagram.com/repmcgovern?...

submitted 13 days ago • 7 comments

I’m heading back into the Budget Committee to expose Republicans as they betray poor and working American families. They’re stealing your benefits to pay for their Trump Tax Scam 2.0 — a $4.5 TRILLION giveaway to the ultra-rich. We’re fighting to stop them.

submitted 13 days ago • 41 comments

"As Trump said to billionaire donors of his gathered at Mar-a-Lago, you're rich as hell, we're gonna give you tax cuts." Watch Ranking Member @congressmanboyle.bsky.social lay out how this Republican budget betrays the middle class with $4.5 TRILLION in tax cuts for the ultra-rich:

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

Yikes. Turns out Republicans just admitted their $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for the rich won't actually pay for themselves.

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

I think we should work towards balancing the budget too. How many billionaires and Fortune 500 companies pay $0 in taxes? I’d start by demanding that the billionaires pay what they owe. Trump and Elon started by gutting education, consumer protection, and cancer research 🧐

submitted 14 days ago • 16 comments

Hey Northampton, Westhampton and Williamsburg—let’s grab coffee! 🏛️ First Churches of Northampton (129 Main Street, Northampton, MA 01060) 🗓️ Saturday February 15, 2025 🕰️ 9:30AM- 10:30AM RSVP Here: mcgovern.house.gov/forms/form/?...

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

The last three weeks have been a disaster for America’s farmers and rural communities.

submitted 15 days ago • 7 comments

Donald Trump has turned over the People's House to unelected billionaire bureaucrat Elon Musk. And EVERY House Republican is OK with it.

submitted 15 days ago • 6 comments

Republicans are in charge. They can’t blame Biden. They can’t blame Democrats. They are running the government. They are the ones putting our data on a private server run by some 20-year-old nut who brags about how racist he is. This is on you, Kristi.

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do. Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

submitted 19 days ago • 2169 comments

The truth is coming out...

submitted 19 days ago • 9 comments

I'm all for going after waste, fraud, and abuse. The Department of Defense spends $800+ billion a year. It's never passed a single audit. Ever. USAID was audited three months ago. Is Elon scared to lose all the defense contract money he pockets from the Pentagon?

submitted 20 days ago • 28 comments

My statement on Trump’s careless and despicable move to stop funding of UNRWA:

submitted 20 days ago • 4 comments

ELON, the world's richest man, is getting at least $20+ BILLION worth of American taxpayer dollars. He claims he's trying to find waste, fraud, and abuse? Maybe he should start with himself.

submitted 20 days ago • 9 comments

Fire Elon Musk.

submitted 21 days ago • 23 comments

My statement on Trump’s reckless and shameful move to withdraw America from the UN Human Rights Council:

submitted 21 days ago • 9 comments

So far, Trump's "America First" Agenda has been: -Invade Greenland -Annex Canada -Seize Panama -Now he wants to take over & occupy Gaza w/ U.S. troops Looks like MAGA got fooled by a warmonger who doesn't give a shit about egg prices. Just tax breaks for billionaires.

submitted 21 days ago • 10 comments

Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.: "Foreign assistance is about 1% of our entire federal budget. And maybe before coming after USAID, Republicans should look at all the billions and billions of dollars in tax breaks and subsidies that they give to oligarchs like Elon Musk."

submitted 23 days ago • 8 comments

Hey Bluesky 👋 I'm Jim McGovern, Congressman for the Second District of Massachusetts and someone who believes in this country and wants us to stand up for human rights at home and around the world. I'm excited to be here. Let's get going.

submitted 22 days ago • 73 comments