page_title: Jim McGovern (American politician)
section_title: Nutrition
hierarchical_section_title: Jim McGovern (American politician) / Congressional record / Domestic policy / Nutrition
caption_attribution_description: U.S. Representative Jim McGovern addresses the Food Policy session of the United States Conference of Mayors 81st Winter Meeting, in Washington D.C., on Thursday, Jan 17, 2013. He talks about pursuing multiple solutions to food issues in American cities and addressing the political aspect of ending hunger in cities. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
context_page_description: James Patrick McGovern is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. He is the Chair of the House Rules Committee, and a Co-Chair of the Congressional Executive Commission on China and of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, much of it numbered as the 3rd District from 1997 to 2013, stretches from Worcester to the Pioneer Valley.
  Born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, McGovern attended Worcester Academy, and has since become known as the Lion of Worcester. While in college he worked as a congressional aide to U.S. Senator George McGovern, a two-time presidential candidate for whom he campaigned. From 1981 to 1996 he was a senior staff member for U.S. Representative Joe Moakley. McGovern first ran for Congress in 1994, where he lost in the Democratic primary. He ran again in 1996, defeating Republican incumbent Peter Blute. He has been reelected every two years since then without serious difficulty.
context_section_description: As co-chair of the House Hunger Caucus, McGovern is an advocate for expanding child nutrition programs both domestically and internationally. In 2007 McGovern obtained $840 million in required funding for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program in the House version of the farm bill. The House–Senate conference committee stripped most of the funding from the final bill.
  As the co-chairman of the Congressional Hunger Center, McGovern has pushed for changes to foreign aid and hunger relief programs. He proposed establishing a "hunger czar position" to take on food issues. McGovern also took part in the Food stamp challenge, which entailed living on the average $21 in food stamps over the course of a week.
caption: McGovern in 2013, addressing the Food Policy session of the United States Conference of Mayors in Washington D.C.
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