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Reps. Moulton, Gallego, and Rice issued the following joint statement:
The House Democratic Caucus decided Thursday that it will fully elect leaders to its campaign and communications arms as lawmakers eye taking back control of the chamber in 2018.
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) praised provisions in the final version of the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would reauthorize the Afghan special immigrant visa (SIV) program for four years, and he committed to continuing to advocate for an increase in visas made available for our Afghan allies supporting American troops abroad.
It’s clear the current officeholder and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-California, will regain the seat she’s held since 2007 as she had two-thirds support of the House going in to today’s Democratic caucus vote.
By: James Sullivan
ON THE DAY AFTER THE 2016 presidential election, the administration at a Central Massachusetts boarding school suggested a set of talking points for teachers. The school’s population has a large contingent of international students, and many of them were anxious. One teacher, however, had another idea: My brother-in-law, an Iraq War veteran who teaches introductory Spanish, asked his class whether they would prefer to lie on the floor and watch a Disney movie in Spanish. So they did.
The City of Lynn was awarded a $1.2 million MassWorks grant from the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (HED) on Monday, as Secretary Jay Ash of HED visited the city to announce the award and discuss the city’s on-going development.
By: Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA)
The Democratic Party is in its worst governing position in a generation. Next year we will control just 31 state legislative chambers and 15 governorships. We lost the House of Representatives in 2010, the Senate in 2014, and now the presidency. Clearly the American people are not satisfied with the vision and leadership our party is offering. It’s time to make some serious changes to both.
They talked about the invisible disabilities and the importance of transitioning to life stateside, but perhaps the most important aspect of Friday’s Veterans Day Town Hall is that veterans talked.
Held in Abbot Hall, the Town Hall gathering was the second such event hosted by U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton.
“Last year’s Town Hall was the single most meaningful thing I’ve done as a U.S. Congressman,” Moulton said. “I hope this will be the beginning of a movement.”