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By: Sri Ravipati\
Next week, the United States Congress is launching its second annual Congressional App Challenge. The competition is open to all high school students, even those without coding experience, in an effort to encourage students to learn to code by creating their own applications.
Two bills recently introduced in the House would make it easier for federal employees to use rideshare companies such as Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. At least one of the bills is a direct response to Metrorail’s SafeTrack program, which requires lengthy shutdowns of parts of the Washington, D.C., commuter rail system to fix safety problems.
Washington, D.C. – Last week, Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) and a group of bipartisan lawmakers sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), Congress’ investigative arm, requesting a review of federal and state oversight of sober homes. This follows a similar request from Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Marco Rubio (R-FL).
By: Darlene Aderoju\
The contest was launched by the Congressional Internet Caucus, a bipartisan group of more than 100 members of the House and Senate, and is sponsored by the Internet Education Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes democracy through technology. It was first piloted in 2014, and Reps. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) and Ed Royce (R-Calif.) will oversee the competition.
By: Katherine Lonsdorf and Patrick Martin\
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Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton, a former Marine and vocal advocate for Afghan interpreters, introduced an amendment to the NDAA specifically aimed at continuing and expanding the SIV program.
In a push for gun reform, Sixth District Congressman Seth Moulton, D-Salem, started to read aloud the names of victims involved in mass shootings just in 2016 on the well of the House floor in the nation's Capitol Thursday morning.
Fellow congressmen came forward with pictures of shooting victims as Moulton, a four-tour Iraq War Marien Corps infantry officer veteran, read out loud the names and ages of the victims.
The following statement is attributed to Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, regarding today's introduction of the Government Travel Modernization Act by Reps. Will Hurd (R-TX) and Seth Moulton (D-MA): "We applaud Reps. Hurd and Moulton - and original cosponsors Reps. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA) - for supporting innovation and competition in transportation.”
Democrats launched another protest on the House floor Thursday over inaction on gun control , this time calling attention to specific gun violence victims.
A few dozen members spent part of morning hour and a short recess period that followed reading names of gun violence victims, holding their pictures.