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The Roundtable

Congressional Corner with Jim McGovern

By Alan Chartock
Published December 13, 2022 at 10:50 AM EST
MA Congressman Jim McGovern
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U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern

The first nutrition summit in generations was held earlier this year. In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern, a Democrat from the second district, speaks with WAMC’s Alan Chartock. This conversation was recorded December 8th.

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Dr. Alan Chartock is professor emeritus at the University at Albany. He hosts the weekly Capitol Connection series, heard on public radio stations around New York. The program, for almost 12 years, highlighted interviews with Governor Mario Cuomo and now continues with conversations with state political leaders. Dr. Chartock also appears each week on The Media Project and The Roundtable and offers commentary on Morning Edition, weekdays at 7:40 a.m.
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