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Re “Youth activist pushes for lower voting age” (Metro, Feb. 11): Thank you for telling Sydney Down’s story. I am proud of her advocacy, and I support her cause.

ANDOVER, MA — Massachusetts has the worst traffic in the nation, and that traffic is threatening to Rep. Seth Moulton said Monday in remarks at the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce's Congressional Breakfast.

Rep. Seth Moulton, vice chair of the House Budget Committee, blasted proposed State Department funding cuts yesterday at a committee hearing on the Trump administration’s proposed budget.

“The US government must recognize its proper role in this innovation ecosystem,” Chris Brose of Anduril Industries told Congress on Feb. 5, 2020. “Innovative companies do not need the U.S. government to try to play venture capitalist.”

Congress may have to relax its oversight -- or at least learn to take leaps of faith -- when funding defense technology research if it wants to see dramatic improvements in capabilities.

ANDOVER — Congressman Seth Moulton kicked off his speech at the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce's Congressional Breakfast by touting one of his pet policies, revitalizing transportation throughout the state.

The administration says it’s determined to pull out of Middle Eastern “forever wars” so it can focus on countering the rise of Russia and China.

Editor, Times-Dispatch:

For me, the pivotal moment at the State of the Union address wasn’t House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tearing up a copy of President Donald Trump’s speech (as amusing at that was) but rather the walkout by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., a decorated Marine combat officer who led some of the first troops into the war in Iraq.