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August 2, 2021

Salem, Mass.  Today, Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) announced that he successfully amended the House of Representatives' version of legislation that will fund the government next year to include $16.9 million for research to help scientists, commercial fishermen and conservation groups better protect the critically-endangered North Atlantic right whale. 


July 22, 2021

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Moulton voted for H.R. 3985, the ALLIES Act, legislation to protect Afghan interpreters, contractors, security personnel and other partners who face deadly retribution by the Taliban for their work with the United States government. Prior to the vote, Moulton delivered a speech on the floor of the House urging his colleagues to support the legislation.


June 30, 2021

WASHINGTON Today, Representatives Seth Moulton, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Jim Costa and Senators Ed Markey and Kirsten Gillibrand announced 71 Representatives and 4 Senators have joined their efforts to increase funding for high-speed and high-performance rail. The leaders have been circulating a bicameral letter to the committee chairs and leadership of both chambers for the last two weeks.


June 24, 2021

WASHINGTON – As the U.S. quickly approaches the formal withdrawal date from Afghanistan, today, Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), Afghan allies who served with U.S. forces, and veterans of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq gathered on Capitol Hill to unveil a detailed evacuation plan.


June 16, 2021

WASHINGTON — Today, Teri and Patrick Caserta joined Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA), Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) and Representative Debbie Lesko (R-AZ) to reintroduce the “Brandon Act,” legislation named in honor of their son, fallen United States Navy Petty Officer Third Class Brandon Caserta. The Caserta family joined lawmakers to announce the bill’s reintroduction at a press conference in front of the United States Capitol Building.


June 16, 2021

WASHINGTON — Today, Teri and Patrick Caserta joined Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA), Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) and Representative Debbie Lesko (R-AZ) to reintroduce the “Brandon Act,” legislation named in honor of their son, fallen United States Navy Petty Officer Third Class Brandon Caserta. The Caserta family joined lawmakers to announce the bill’s reintroduction at a press conference in front of the United States Capitol Building.


June 16, 2021

WASHINGTON — Today, Representatives Seth Moulton, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Jim Costa and Senators Ed Markey and Kirsten Gillibrand began circulating a bicameral letter addressed to the committee chairs and leadership of both chambers. They are seeking increased funding for high-speed rail in the American Jobs Plan. The group represents a broad coalition within the Democratic party making a united appeal to fund high-speed rail at levels that equal the funding Congress provides to road and air travel.


June 4, 2021

WASHINGTON— Today, Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) led a letter to President Biden with Representative Jason Crow and the bipartisan Honoring Our Promises Working Group, which Moulton and Crow co-chair. The members called on the White House to direct the United States government to evacuate the Afghans who have served as partners to the United States.


May 12, 2021

WASHINGTON — Representative Seth Moulton issued the following statement after nearly a month of violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories:  

I urge Israel and leaders in Ramallah to broker a ceasefire. 


April 13, 2021
WASHINGTON — Today The Washington Post, citing government sources on background, reported that President Biden will remove all U.S. service members from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) made the following statement after the reports: 

It is far more difficult to end a war than to start one. Almost 20 years on, it is clear we won’t win the war in Afghanistan, but there are still devastating ways we could lose.