Honorable James P. 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 was an aide to then U.S. Senator George McGovern (SD-D) from 1977 to 1980 and a senior aide to then U.S. Representative Joseph Moakley (MA-D) from 1982 to 1996. He sits on the House Rules Committee. The following is from the September 28, 2006, House floor debate on H.R. 6143, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act.It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 25 years since the first AIDS case was reported in the United States. Growing from a cluster…