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KIRO spoke to Congressman Moulton about his push for a commonsense bill to prevent gun violence.

WASHINGTON — Representative Seth Moulton announced Saturday that he would support the Iranian nuclear agreement, offering a potentially key Democratic voice to one of the most important — and controversial — foreign policy debates in more than a decade.

Moulton, a former Marine who served four tours in Iraq, has been among the Democrats targeted by the White House in a lobbying campaign that so far has led to only a handful of public supporters.

SALEM — From now on, when Congressman Seth Moulton of Salem goes to work, he might be forgiven for imagining he can smell the salt sea air of home.

Four paintings and one sculpture, all on loan courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum, now reside in Moulton's Washington, D.C.,   office. Each reflects either the 6th District's links to the sea or the bloodlines of Marblehead, where Moulton grew up.

It's a tradition, Moulton told The News, for congressmen to decorate their offices with artwork reflecting the home district.

Congressman Moulton appeared on WBUR's Radio Boston.

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Washington – Last month, the House Committee on Small Business unanimously passed legislation authored by Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Salem) to increase access to capital for startups and small businesses by modernizing the Small Business Administration’s Microloan Program. The bill, the Microloan Modernization Act, was brought to the House Floor on Monday where it passed with unanimous support. This is Rep. Moulton’s first piece of legislation to pass the House of Representatives.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Seth Moulton, a former Marine and congressman who is trying to fix the Veterans Affairs health system.

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WASHINGTON – Seth Moulton had earned two medals in Iraq for his valor. He’d witnessed brutal combat in four tours with the Marines. But none of that mattered when he showed up at the Veterans Health Administration hospital in Washington, D.C., where staff could not find records.

“We’ll consider taking you as a humanitarian case,” a hospital staffer told Moulton, unaware that the would-be hernia patient was also a newly elected Massachusetts congressman.