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Seth Moulton

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Seth Moulton is an American politician and former United States Marine Corps officer currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 6th congressional district since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Moulton has focused on issues such as national security, veterans' affairs, and economic opportunity. He gained national attention for his candidacy in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, advocating for a new generation of leadership within the party.

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Jun 3, 2020

It is better to move fast and break things than to hold back.

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Jun 3, 2020

We have got to move more quickly. And we have got to recognize that experimentation is okay.

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Jun 3, 2020

From what I can tell, the Chinese see the future in unmanned vehicles: surface, subsurface, aerial, and space.

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Mar 11, 2020

We are here today to fundamentally do our jobs. That is something that we ask of our troops every single day across the world on the front lines in places like Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and throughout Africa. There is bipartisan concern…

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Mar 10, 2020

I do wish they had been successful, and it is an effort that we should try to do again.

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Mar 9, 2020

If President Obama had unilaterally moved money from building Navy ships and C-130's and other defense priorities to address climate change, would that be an action that you would support?

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Mar 9, 2020

I want to commend two fellow veterans on this Committee, the Ranking Member, Mr. Womack, and my friend, Mr. Johnson, for really having the political courage, which is difficult these days, to raise the constitutional issues with what Mr…

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Mar 3, 2020

I am glad to hear that, frankly, you have the courage to disagree with the President's budget request.

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Mar 3, 2020

I don't personally support Medicare for All, but I certainly support the principle that we should be expanding health care access to Americans.

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Mar 3, 2020

I hope that is a yes, because your budget cuts CDC's Infectious Disease Rapid Response Fund by $35 million.

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Feb 26, 2020

We need to do it more. I am the co-chairman with Representative Jim Banks, a Navy veteran, of the Future of Defense Task Force.

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Feb 25, 2020

Mr. Secretary, when you took this job did you take an oath to the President or to the Constitution?

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Feb 25, 2020

Now, look, we all know that Trump, a draft dodger, in great contrast to yourself and the Chairman, who have served our country for decades, has often done things that are in his own personal or political interests against the national…

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Feb 25, 2020

You failed to answer the question. You simply said that you hope Congress and the administration will be partners.

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Feb 25, 2020

What you have to do is you have to make certain that your foreign policy is led by the diplomat, not by the military.

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Feb 25, 2020

I could not agree more with your statement that we are at a pivot point where we have to modernize our approach to national security.

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Feb 6, 2020

2 years ago, I was standing at a rally where the father of a gunshot victim, a father who lost his son to gun violence, spoke of all the things that he and others are doing to stop this senseless scourge, things that they are already…

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Jan 30, 2020

I thank the gentleman for yielding. When I led marines in Iraq, they asked me a lot of questions. Some were simple, like: How do I send a letter home to my parents? Some were more difficult, like: What kind of rocket do I need to use…

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Jan 28, 2020

It would has the potential to be a sever negative economic impact with job creation slowing or going negative, output slowing or going negative.

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Jan 28, 2020

The Tax Cut and Jobs Act in other words as the President refers to it.

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Jan 28, 2020

It is good to know there is at least three of us in answer to the President's question.

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Jan 9, 2020

The system of checks and balances is broken. Last week's airstrike proves it. After the strike, the administration produced a vague document that attempts justifying America's push to the brink of war. Mr. Speaker, I fought in a war…

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Jan 6, 2020

Iran has never been farther away from the negotiating table in my lifetime, thanks to the president's actions.

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Jan 6, 2020

Iran has restarted its nuclear program in full because of the president's strike.

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Jan 6, 2020

Ultimately, what the president has done is not in the national security interests of the country.

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