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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 10, 2019

So can you just help me understand how that would happen? How this man, of all people, would be sent to the elite VA police academy?

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Jun 10, 2019

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Hanretta, I have entered into the record reporting from the Boston Globe about an incident at the Bedford VA in Massachusetts where an off-duty officer drove drunk to a car dealership, ran out of gas, demanded…

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Jun 10, 2019

We have already broken our climate; we don't need to break our economy to fix it.

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Jun 10, 2019

Although some activists believe doing so gives us an excuse to keep polluting, the truth is that it is already too late to live without carbon capture, because of how much carbon we have already released into the atmosphere.

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Jun 10, 2019

Economically efficient policies like a carbon tax, will incentivize the private sector to help; massively increasing our deficit, as some colleagues of mine have proposed, will not help.

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Jun 10, 2019

So how is it that people are going to make rational decisions, if the President of the United States is providing completely irrational assessments like that?

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Jun 10, 2019

I can tell you, as a Marine veteran, that when I visit installations around the world, American military officials, American general officers, repeatedly advise us about the national security threat of climate change.

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Jun 10, 2019

We, therefore, need to develop the distributive power technologies necessary to bring carbon-free power to rural communities around the globe.

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Jun 10, 2019

I was one of the first Members of Congress to sign on to the Green New Deal as a signal to what a priority it must be for America to lead the world in addressing climate change.

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May 26, 2019

We've had presidents who are criminals like Richard Nixon. I don't think we've ever had a president who is so fundamentally unpatriotic.

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May 26, 2019

John Bolton's goal is to get us into a war with Iran. ... it's so dangerous. That's why I'm in this campaign talking about national security as an issue.

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May 26, 2019

That's how important trust and integrity is when it comes to our national security. ... that's how dangerous it is to have Donald Trump as president.

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May 21, 2019

I think veterans deserve the best health care in the world, period.

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May 21, 2019

I don't think that the sons of billionaires should have better health care than the sons and daughters of America who risk their lives for our freedom.

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May 21, 2019

Health care is a human right. Everyone in America deserves good, affordable health care. And we all know that that is not the case today.

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May 20, 2019

The op-ed written by our colleague, Congressman Seth Moulton, in the Washington Examiner entitled 'Let's talk about cannabis and the VA'

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May 14, 2019

I don't think that is a laughing matter at all.

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Apr 1, 2019

Let's make the regulation of pipe replacement mandatory.

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Apr 1, 2019

No cost is greater than the worth of the life of Americans.

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Apr 1, 2019

Let's hold State pipeline safety regulators accountable for sufficient staffing.

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Apr 1, 2019

It's up to Congress to rebuild that peace of mind.

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Apr 1, 2019

Because no cost is greater than that of young men, of young Americans, like the young man who was killed, 18-year-old Leonel Rondon.

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Apr 1, 2019

Let's explore the lack of oversight by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

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Apr 1, 2019

Let's hold State and Federal pipeline safety regulators accountable for sufficient staffing.

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Apr 1, 2019

Let's eliminate professional engineer license exemptions for public utility work.

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