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October 31, 2019
SALEM, MA — Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA), Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC), Congressman Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr. (D-CA), Congressman Ralph Norman (R-SC), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Congressman David Trone (D-MD) reintroduced the TL;DR Act—or “Too Long; Didn’t Read” Act.

The TL;DR Act would direct the Office of Management and Budget to require federal agencies to place important action items at the beginning of their letters to Americans that would outline the following information:


October 31, 2019

Two years ago, Seth Moulton had what was arguably the single most unambiguously clout-boosting moment of his political career, at least as such things are tallied these days, when he and/or his social media team unleashed a banger of a tweet.

Here was the tweet, which came as the president was loudly dismissing the then-ongoing Mueller inquiry as a “witch hunt.”

“As the Representative of Salem, MA, I can confirm that this is false,” he wrote.


October 29, 2019
WASHINGTON---Today the House of Representatives passed the Protect Against Conflict by Turkey Act, also known as the PACT Act. The bill targets Turkey’s senior leaders with sanctions, protects our Kurdish allies and directs the White House to show Congress a strategy to protect our allies and interests in Syria.


October 27, 2019

Despite broad praise for the operation that ended with the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, President Trump’s overall Syria policy drew continued criticism by local Democrats Sunday.

“We killed one important ISIS figurehead, but it’s a very decentralized organization with plenty more fighters on the ground in Syria, in Iraq and in the pipeline,” U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton said. “Make no mistake, it’s a good thing he’s killed, but our fight is in a far worse position against ISIS.”


October 25, 2019

LYNN — General Electric Co. received a $143 million contract from the US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) for the production of engines that will power the U.S. Marine Corps’ heavy-lift helicopters.

GE Aviation delivered its first production T408 engine for the helicopters to NAVAIR last month. GE held a ceremony Friday in the city to mark the occasion.


October 24, 2019

Senators on the Armed Services Committee introduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday that would expand access to eating disorder treatment for service members, their families and retirees.

The proposed bill, the Supporting Eating Disorders Recovery Through Vital Expansion, or SERVE, Act, is similar to one introduced in May by combat veterans and House members Brian Mast, R-Florida, and Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, that would require military leaders be trained to recognize the signs of eating disorders in service members and expand coverage for care.


October 24, 2019

BEVERLY — Beverly Hospital has changed course and now says it will keep a mental health and addiction program that it had planned to close.

The outpatient program, which treats about 500 people per year, was scheduled to shut down last month, forcing patients to travel to similar programs in Lynn and Gloucester. But hospital officials changed course after failing to notify the state Department of Public Health of its plan and receiving backlash from alumni of the program.


October 23, 2019
WASHINGTON---Today, the President addressed the nation in an attempt to rebrand the Trump Doctrine. He announced that the U.S. would lift sanctions on Turkey in return for Turkey’s commitment to a permanent ceasefire in Syria.

October 22, 2019

A new task force established by the House Armed Services Committee expects to ask "tough questions" about the Defense Department's strategy, investments and structure for addressing future threats, with a heavy emphasis on China. The "Future of Defense" task force will spend the next six months digging into "big strategic questions" typically not addressed during the day-to-day work of the committee, according to task force co-Chairman Seth Moulton (D-MA). "Not just where we need to be in the next year


October 20, 2019

NORTH ANDOVER — Hundreds of people from across the Merrimack Valley and beyond joined together Saturday for a 1.5-mile walk to raise money for the Samaritans of the Merrimack Valley, an organization devoted to raising awareness of suicide prevention.

The 3rd annual Walk for Hope was on track to raise about $16,000, according to the organization's website.