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A group of Democratic senators asked the office of the Department of Defense Inspector General on Friday to investigate the U.S. Navy's response to the coronavirus outbreak aboard the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt and the firing of its captain.
Why it matters: The Pentagon's decision to relieve Capt. Brett Crozier of the nuclear aircraft carrier on Thursday sparked criticism from politicians and others. Later, videos were posted of his crew cheering him on as he was leaving his post.
WASHINGTON — The Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) today announced that Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) and his team are finalists for the Democracy Awards, CMF’s honors program recognizing performance within congressional offices. Moulton and his team were selected for Outstanding Achievement in Constituent Service, which recognizes offices for their outstanding practices or achievements acting as ombudsmen with the federal government or responding to constituent requests and inquiries.
While the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the country, nonprofit organizations continue to operate some of their most important programs.
I hope you and your family are doing well. We are entering a critical period that will determine whether or not we are able to flatten the curve of the virus’ spread in Massachusetts. I had a call with my Coronavirus Advisory Team on Wednesday where we received an update from New York City, the current epicenter of the crisis and a potential window into our future if we fail to get the virus under control. The view was pretty dire. There was one message that every one of the experts on the call wanted me to pass on and it’s this: Stay home. Stay home. Stay home.
The YMCA of the North Shore's locations, including the Cape Ann YMCA, may not be open for its members to workout, but the nonprofit is doing some heavy lifting.
It has pivoted to providing, among other things, emergency child care for essential employees who are on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis.
The YMCA of the North Shore is like many other nonprofits struggling to make ends meet as revenues drop. Their doors are closed to members and donations are drying up as many people worry about finances after nonessential businesses closed.
The $300 million direct assistance to the U.S. seafood industry to mitigate the economic impact of the novel coronavirus is expected to be just the first of a string of federal relief measures enacted in the coming months, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton said Tuesday.
Moulton conceded that many of the details of the direct assistance remain sketchy on eligibility requirements and the distribution of the direct aid to the seafood industry stretching from Hawaii and Alaska to Massachusetts and Maine.
SALEM, Mass. – Today, Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) released a guide to help local businesses reeling from the coronavirus pandemic’s economic disruption. He also announced he will host a virtual meeting tomorrow on his Facebook page with the Small Business Administration’s Massachusetts District Director, Robert Nelson. Anyone can join the virtual meeting by visiting Moulton’s congressional Facebook page (@RepMoulton) tomorrow at 5:00pm.
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Dennis Magnasco, a 32-year-old Harvard University graduate student from Somerville, was tested for COVID-19 on March 18 as he battled a hacking cough, high fever, and shortness of breath. Eleven days later, he was still waiting for the results.
I hope you are hanging in there at the end of another tough week. As you may have heard, we are dealing with some mild symptoms consistent with COVID-19 in the Moulton household, so our doctors have ordered us to stay home. We’re doing fine, but it means that I wasn’t able to travel to D.C.