Congressman James McGovern to Speak at New England Council Higher Education Committee

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The New England Council

Event:   The New England Council recently formed a new
         Higher Education Committee

Speaker: Congressman James McGovern

Date:    Monday, February 26, 2007
         9:00 a.m.

Venue:   Dean College
         Golder Room, Campus Center
         Franklin, Mass.

The New England Council recently created a new policy review committee on Higher Education.

Congressman James McGovern will speak at the February 26 Committee meeting and discuss legislative issues that have an impact on this important sector in New England.

Currently serving his sixth term in Congress, Jim McGovern was first sworn in as U.S. Representative for Massachusetts' 3rd Congressional District on January 7, 1997. McGovern has been elected by his New England colleagues to the House Democratic Leadership team as a Regional Whip. McGovern is the Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee, which sets the terms for debate and amendments on most legislation, and a member of the House Budget Committee.

Before his election to Congress, McGovern spent 14 years working as a senior aide for the late U.S. Representative John Joseph Moakley (D-South Boston), former dean of the Massachusetts delegation and Chairman of the House Rules Committee.