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January 28, 2020

WASHINGTON — Today, federal agents arrested Dr. Charles Lieber, Chair of Harvard University's Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. He was charged with lying to investigators about his participation in China’s Thousand Talents Plan, which recruits researchers including Americans with access to sensitive intellectual property and other information of interest to America’s adversaries.


January 7, 2020

Funding Will Support Education, Employment, and Savings for HUD-Assisted Families


January 2, 2020

SALEM, Mass. — Following reports that Qasem Soleimani has been killed, Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) issued the following statement:


December 19, 2019

Bill that targets producers of synthetic opioids, and plan to provide mental health check ups to active duty service members included in the National Defense Authorization Act

WASHINGTON — Tomorrow, at approximately 7:20 pm, President Trump will sign the National Defense Authorization Act into law at a ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base. The defense bill includes the text of Rep. Seth Moulton’s Fentanyl Sanctions Act, a bill he co-led with Rep.


December 18, 2019

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) and a majority of the House of Representatives voted to impeach the President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump.   Moulton made the following statement:


December 17, 2019

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) paid tribute to Pete Frates in a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the life of Pete Frates.

I’m reminded of something my minister at Harvard, Peter Gomes, used to say often: “The radical news of the Gospel is not that heaven is the destination of the faithful. The radical news is that God wants us to flourish in our present lives, our earthly existence, and to do so more in the future than in the past.”


December 17, 2019

WASHINGTON — Today, Representatives Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Lori Trahan (D-MA) introduced the Essex National Heritage Area Permanency Act. On September 30, 2021, the Essex National Heritage Area’s authorization is set to sunset—meaning Essex Heritage will exist in name only, without any federal funding to operate in current form. The bill would eliminate the sunset provision and the total funding cap for the Essex National Heritage Area.


December 13, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) questioned Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, the military’s highest-ranking officer, and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, the military’s civilian leader, about President Trump’s decision to pardon Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher and two other service members. Two of the three service members were convicted of offenses of the Uniformed Code of Military Justice by a jury of their peers. The third self-reported a crime.


December 12, 2019

SALEM, Mass. — Today, The Boston Globe reported on a new study from the Harvard Kennedy School that explored the hidden costs Massachusetts families pay for the state’s roads. Here is an excerpt from the article:


December 12, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA), who co-wrote The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act with Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT), applauded the FCC for its unanimous decision to approve 9-8-8 as the 3-digit number for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline.