Marlborough's Congressman Accepts Co-Chair Position

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Representative James McGovern (D-MA3) today accepted the nomination of his fellow Northeast-Midwest Democratic colleagues to become the new Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition Democratic Co-Chair.  He joins Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-OH14), the standing Republican Co-Chair, to lead the important bipartisan Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition.

“It’s a tremendous honor for me to co-chair the Northeast-Midwest Coalition with Congressman LaTourette.  Our region faces great challenges, but there are also great opportunities,” McGovern said.

"I look forward to working with Congressman McGovern on issues of importance to the Northeast-Midwest region, like brownfields and manufacturing," LaTourette said. 

The bipartisan membership of the Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition, and its Senate counterpart, first joined forces to advance NEMW regional economic and environmental objectives in the 1970s when a population shift to the South and West dramatically diminished the numbers of NEMW Congressional seats.  For over thirty years, the bicameral bipartisan NEMW Coalitions, together with the independent non-profit NEMW Institute, have collaborated to bring strong information and bipartisan legislative solutions to the region's unique needs.  Issues of major importance to the NEMW organizations are revitalization of older cities, energy efficiency and low income energy assistance programs, manufacturing, and protection and restoration of the region's Great Waters, such as the Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay, and the Upper Mississippi and Mid-Atlantic River Basins. 

"Reps. LaTourette and McGovern will be compelling leaders to the region's NEMW Congressional Coalition as they work to bring urgently needed bipartisan solutions to our region's most pressing problems," said Allegra Cangelosi, Northeast-Midwest Institute President.

For more information about the Institute, go to www.nemw.org