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July 9, 2019
Op-ed

Originally Published in Wicked Local — Salem.

Written by Rep. Moulton and Rep. Lori Trahan.

Imagine you live in a community where everything that goes down your toilet, and everything in the gutters on the street outside, flowed into the bodies of water that supply your drinking water.

You’d probably want your government to do something about that, and you’d definitely want to know about it.


July 8, 2019

The planned Lights for Liberty in Salem is just one vigil of hundreds that aim to unify thousands on Friday, July 12 under the “Lights for Liberty: A vigil to end Human Concentration Camps” banner to protest the inhumane conditions that refugees face across the globe.

A North Shore activist has planned a vigil for Friday night from 7 to 10 p.m. to demand an end to the inhumane conditions faced by immigrants in federal detention camps and facilities across the United States.


July 7, 2019

SALEM — For U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Salem, there is a personal reason why he has championed two bipartisan bills to increase job training and health care opportunities for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Moulton is co-sponsoring legislation for those with disabilities in light of his late uncle, Andrew M. Meader, who lived much of his life in Longmeadow, to the south of Springfield, and who was born with Down syndrome on June 24, 1964.


July 3, 2019

Summary

I have and will continue to support a strong U.S.–Israel relationship and Israel's efforts to provide security for its people. I am also a tireless advocate for human rights, especially the rights of children. America should set a high standard for doing both: providing security for our people and our allies while respecting human rights.


July 1, 2019

SALEM — Multifamily projects built around North Shore commuter rail stations could help alleviate Greater Boston's affordable housing crunch, housing advocates told Congressman Seth Moulton on Monday.

The Boston Foundation's 16th Greater Boston Housing Report Card points out that multifamily housing developments tend to be concentrated around the MBTA's subway stations rather than around commuter rail stops, where stations are typically near single-family homes or no housing at all.


June 30, 2019

U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton has again proven his commitment to North Atlantic right whales. After introducing H.R. 1568, the Save Right Whales Act, in March, Rep. Moulton authored a successful amendment to the federal appropriations package, which the House passed on June 25, to secure an additional $1.5 million for conservation of this critically endangered species.


June 30, 2019

GLOUCESTER — The U.S. trade war with China has turned into a war of another kind, as representatives at the state and federal levels are taking aim at tariffs that have rocked several sectors of the New England seafood industry.

In Washington, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, a Democratic candidate for president, filed legislation to expand disaster relief to fisheries — such as the New England lobster industry — harmed by retaliatory tariffs that have choked off lucrative trade with China.


June 27, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Don Bacon (R-NE), Gil Cisneros (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), and Van Taylor (R-TX) introduced bipartisan legislation amending the United States Code to criminalize lynching and provide for enhanced sentencing under existing federal hate crime statutes. H.R. 3536, The Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2019, would recognize that a lynching offense is a tool used to intimidate and deny civil rights based on personal prejudices.


June 26, 2019
WASHINGTON -- Today, Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced legislation to expand disaster relief to fisheries harmed by the President’s tariffs.


June 25, 2019
WASHINGTON – Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Joe Kennedy III (MA-04), and Seth Moulton (MA-06) were joined by Reps. Donna Shalala (FL-27) and Katie Hill (CA-25) and introduced ACTION for National Service.