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March 22, 2020
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I hope this finds you healthy at the end of what has been a tough week. I’ve heard this week from a lot of people, our friends and neighbors, who have been laid off. I’ve heard from small business owners struggling to make payroll. I’ve heard from working parents who are adjusting to new routines and learning that kids at home don’t follow your conference call schedule—Liz and I are experiencing that firsthand.


March 20, 2020

SALEM, Mass. – Today, Representative Seth Moulton announced the formation of a Coronavirus Advisory Team. The members will help Moulton develop policies to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and field questions from Moulton’s Congressional District and across the country. The team begins their work with a conference call this afternoon.


March 19, 2020

WASHINGTON — Dick Durbin knew they were doing it wrong.

As the senior senator from Illinois stood at the lectern for a Capitol Hill press conference about the coronavirus response this week, he winced as he thought about all the ways Congress is violating the rules that health officials are urging Americans to follow to prevent the spread of the pandemic.

“Those guidelines call for working from home, which we’re certainly not doing,” Durbin said. “Those guidelines say don’t go into a meeting of more than 10 people — I’m not going to count how many are in this room.”


March 18, 2020

A congressional task force studying how the Defense Department could better adapt for the future is preparing potentially controversial recommendations on issues like Pentagon spending priorities, U.S. efforts in Africa and the military's approach to pandemics like the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

The House Armed Services Committee "Future of Defense" Task Force is plodding an uncertain path as the COVID-19 outbreak calls into question the timing of congressional defense legislation this year, task force Co-Chair Seth Moulton (D-MA) told Inside Defense.


March 18, 2020

As concerns over the spread of the coronavirus continue to grow, a number of House lawmakers are working to tamp down panic and put response plans into action back in their home districts.

Lawmakers recently passed two emergency coronavirus relief packages and are working on a third, but outside of the steps being taken in the Capitol, members said they’ve been working with local officials to ensure individuals have access to the proper information and resources needed to combat the virus as efficiently as possible.


March 16, 2020
Op-ed

In times of crisis, leaders must communicate honestly, prepare aggressively, act decisively and ensure results.

Leaders who do this will dispel uncertainty and fear. They will inspire trust and confidence.


March 14, 2020
Updates

I promised to keep you updated on the latest news and science regarding the coronavirus. Over the past week, the virus has developed into a pandemic, and we now face a critical week as a country. We all have to do our part.


March 12, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Salem, on Thursday called for more COVID-19 testing and touted a tiered system developed for his staff to determine how to work with constituents and when to work remotely.


March 12, 2020

Former Vice President Joe Biden is known as a loveable gaffe machine — an unofficial title made possible by his many public blunders and the privilege of having those lapses viewed as endearing rather than disqualifying (a privilege exclusive to rich white men). But as the 77-year-old looks more and more to be the eventual Democratic nominee for president in the 2020 election, pundits, voters, and political rivals are using his so-called “goofs” to shamelessly question his cognitive abilities — a practice that is not only ableist, but grossly negligent.


March 11, 2020

WASHINGTON  – Today, Representative Seth Moulton announced that three previously-scheduled public town hall meetings will be rescheduled as two digital town hall events. He also publicly released a posture guide that his staff is using to determine staffing levels at his offices in Salem and Washington, DC so that residents of the region understand how to reach his team and him, and so local businesses and leaders have a template for staffing during the COVID-19 pandemic.