Press Releases

SALEM, Mass.— Today, Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) announced he has introduced the Sewage Treatment Overflow Prevention through Community Sanitation Outreach (STOP CSO) Act. 

The STOP CSO Act would require local governments to alert residents within four hours if stormwater overwhelms sewage plants and carries sewage into rivers and watersheds. The bill also allows state and local governments to use grant funding to create the alert system.

SALEM, Mass. — Representative Seth Moulton and Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll today announced the City of Salem has secured a $662,922 federal Economic Development Administration grant that will help the city recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The city will use the grant to fund technical assistance for small businesses in the tourism industry, to create a visitor marketing campaign, and to host alternative events programming.

WASHINGTON– Today, Representative Seth Moulton (MA-06) introduced the American High-Speed Rail Act, which would invest $205 billion federal dollars into high-speed rail, create at least 2.6 million direct American jobs over five years, and provide Americans with a new travel option that’s safer than driving, cleaner than flying and never delayed by weather. Representatives Brendan Boyle (PA-02), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), and Mike Doyle (PA-18) joined Mo

Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH) with House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-TX) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on the United States government to elevate human rights in the U.S.-Turkey relationship to address the troubling human rights abuses taking place under Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. More than 170 Members of Congress joined Moulton and Gonzalez’s call for accountability.

WASHINGTON — Today, during National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Representatives Seth Moulton (D-MA), John Katko (R-NY) and Veronica Escobar (D-TX) introduced the Supporting Eating Disorders Recovery through Vital Expansion (SERVE) Act. If passed, the bill would ensure TRICARE, the military’s health insurance program, provides members of the military and their families with comprehensive treatment for eating disorders.

Washington, D.C. – Last week, the House of Representatives passed a bill that includes a tech sector apprenticeship program designed by Representatives Seth Moulton and Jaime Herrera Beutler. The lawmakers introduced the plan as the CHANCE in Tech Act. The key parts of that legislation are included as a section of The National Apprenticeship Act, a larger package of apprenticeship bills that passed today.

Washington, D.C. – On Monday, Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) along with Representatives Lori Trahan (MA-03), Annie Kuster (NH-02), and Chris Pappas (NH-01) authored a letter requesting additional federal funding to support clean-up efforts along the Merrimack River. The letter was sent to House Appropriators leading negotiations on funding for the U.S.

WASHINGTON— Following reports that Burma’s military has staged a coup and detained the country’s senior leaders including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, Rep. Seth Moulton released the following statement: 

The people of Burma have spoken through the democratic process, and they have reelected Aung San Suu Kyi’s government. 

I join U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s call on Burma’s military leaders to release all government officials and civil society leaders.