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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Merrimack Valley legislators reminded their colleagues Tuesday of the Sept. 13, 2018 gas explosions still impacting locals seven months later and the immediate action needed to ensure history does not repeat itself anywhere in the country.

Testifying to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, U.S. Reps. Seth Moulton, D-Salem, and Lori Trahan, D-Westford, called for stricter guidelines and more oversight when it comes to natural gas pipelines.

When Sgt. 1st Class Ofren Arrechaga was killed in Afghanistan in 2011, his wife Seana vowed to follow the plan the couple had for their family: She would remain a stay-at-home mom to raise their son, now 11.

She continues to do that, thanks to the compensation and health benefits provided to widows and widowers of service members who die in the line of duty.

By: Ethan Forman

SALEM — Congressman Seth Moulton says 2017 was “a tumultuous year,” given the upheaval in Washington, D.C., during the first year of the Trump administration.

But it was also an exciting year for him personally, as he married his wife, Liz, in his hometown of Marblehead.

It was a busy year, too. His district office closed 906 cases and recovered nearly $753,000 in denied or delayed benefits for constituents.

“He may have done four tours of duty in Iraq between 2003 and 2008, but Rep. Seth Moulton isn’t afraid to call out military leaders for mismanaging defense strategy and budgets or kowtowing to the president, even if it means challenging decorated eminences inside the Beltway.

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On Sunday, November 12, 2017, Congressman Seth Moulton delivered a sermon entitled "Courage in Peace" at the 85th Anniversary Commemoration of Benefactors and the War Dead service at Harvard University's Memorial Church.

Full audio of the service is linked below. Congressman Moulton's remarks begin at approximately 1:02:30.

http://www.harvardmemorialchurch.org/media/full_sunday_services_audio/service_17.11.12.mp3

Remarks as delivered:

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) joined Congressman Scott Taylor (R-VA) for a kitchen table debate about gun reform with Martha Raddatz on ABC’s This Week.

By Seth Moulton

We have lost more than 6,700 American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, including more than 130 from here in Massachusetts -- brave men and women who sacrificed everything so the rest of us didn’t have to. In Iraq, I served with some of the best Americans I have ever met, and some of them lost their lives. Yet we have no place to gather -- as Marines, as families, or as a nation -- to honor their sacrifice and reflect on their loss.

By Jeremy Herb, CNN

(CNN) Sensing an opening on national security issues, House Democrats are launching a new effort to counter President Donald Trump's foreign policy.

A trio of junior lawmakers with military and Pentagon experience will announce on Tuesday the formation of a new national security task force to push back on policies coming from congressional Republicans and the White House.