Honorable Jim McGovern
United States Representative, Massachusetts, Democrat
Representative McGovern, of the Third District of Massachusetts, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. He served as an aide to U.S. Senator George McGovern (D-SD) from 1977 to 1980 and as an aide to U.S. Representative Joseph Moakley from 1982 to 1996. He sits on the Budget Committee and serves as Vice Chairman of the Rules Committee and chairs that committee’s Subcommittee on Ruless and the Organization of the House. The following is from a May 6, 2010, letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelos (CA-D), initiated by Representative McGovern and signed by 221…
