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November 9, 2020

QUANTICO, Va. — Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) issued the following statement following the announcement that President Donald Trump fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper:

I have no doubt that Secretary Esper was fired for being critical of President Trump’s policies, which is Esper’s role as the civilian in charge of the Department of Defense. 


November 9, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday, an unprecedented move by a president struggling to accept election defeat and angry at a Pentagon leader he believes wasn’t loyal enough.

The decision, which could unsettle international allies and Pentagon leadership, injects another element of uncertainty to a rocky transition period as Joe Biden prepares to assume the presidency.


November 9, 2020
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November 6, 2020
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November 4, 2020

SALEM — After cruising to an easy re-election win Tuesday night, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton chose to focus his remarks during a late Wednesday morning press conference on the importance of counting every vote in a tight presidential race.

Moulton, a Democrat from Salem, will represent the 6th Congressional District for another two years after defeating John Paul Moran by a 30-point margin.


November 2, 2020

SALEM, Mass.Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) will hold his annual Veterans Town Hall event online this year to continue an annual tradition he started so that veterans can meet other veterans and bond over their stories of service, and so the public can better understand the cost of war.


November 2, 2020

SALEM, Mass. — Following today’s reports that the Trump administration has withdrawn multiple defense attachés from American embassies throughout Africa, Representative Seth Moulton made the following statement:


October 27, 2020

SALEM, Mass.Representative Seth Moulton and Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey announced that the Lynn Neighborhood Development Association has received Historic Preservation Certification from the National Park Service.

The approval means the Neighbor Development Association, the nonprofit arm of the Lynn Housing Authority, can receive a tax credit it will use to convert the building into 43 units of mixed-income housing for veterans at the iconic Lynn landmark, which was built in 1890. 


October 24, 2020

Local and national suicide prevention advocates are praising a new federal law that designates 9-8-8 the national phone number for mental health emergencies, saying it will provide a critical resource that could help save lives.

The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, introduced by Representative Seth Moulton, a Salem Democrat, calls for the three-digit number to be implemented nationwide by July 2022.


October 22, 2020

Gloucester will receive a $3 million federal grant that will allow the city to move ahead with the construction of a flood barrier at its Water Pollution Control facility on Essex Avenue.

The city, with the assistance of its congressional delegation, secured the grant from the federal Economic Development Administration.

According to the office of U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, the grant will fund the final design, permitting and construction of a flood barrier at the facility that has been at the mercy of flooding and storm surge during major storms, such the one in March 2018.