Member of Congress

Jim McGovern

Role
Current Representative
State
MA
Party
Democrat

Speeches

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1, ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT2025-07-02

Mr. McGOVERN

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Kennedy).

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, if there are no other Republican Members willing to speak for this bill, we can send some Members over to you just to state the facts as to what is in this bill. Let's do the public a service. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Olszewski).

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, if you can't find a job, just enroll in a training program. That is hard to do when Republicans are cutting and gutting the training programs that exist in this country. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Johnson).

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Castro).

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Stevens).

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I feel the excitement on the other side of the aisle. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs. Sykes).

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, Democratic Leader Jeffries has an amendment to strike the devastating cuts to healthcare and SNAP, and I yield to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Clarke), the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Carter) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Georgia (Mrs. McBath) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. Omar) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Evans) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Meeks) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Horsford) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New Jersey (Mrs. Watson Coleman) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs. Beatty) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Mrs. Foushee) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Alabama (Ms. Sewell) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, are you sure you don't want to check with the gentlewoman from North Carolina just in case she changed her mind?

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Adams) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Mfume) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick) for the purpose of unanimous consent request.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Jackson) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Crockett) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs. Sykes) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

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