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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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Feb 28, 2017

No. And I was talking with NATO leaders over at the Munich security conference with Senator McCain a couple of weekends ago.

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Feb 28, 2017

I mean, look, the bar is so very low, Anderson. He got up there, he was able to string several complete sentences together from teleprompter and not offend half the world, and so, we're excited and people think it was a great speech.

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Feb 28, 2017

This entire investigation that takes place on the intelligence committee will be classified. So this is an important step in the right direction, but it doesn't solve the problem. We all deserve answers, the American public deserves…

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Feb 28, 2017

It doesn't give me confidence as a member of Congress and, by the way, a member of Congress who's made a real point of working across the aisle.

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Feb 28, 2017

If he wants to have an infrastructure plan that's supported by Democrats and Republicans, he has to have a plan to pay for it.

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Feb 28, 2017

He's done it from the start of his campaign. And the fact that he says something last night that sounded good doesn't really mean much because we know that the president say serial liar.

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Feb 28, 2017

It's a very divided Congress because of a very divisive president, and just because had he some nice rhetoric last night, doesn't mean that anything's going to change.

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Feb 28, 2017

But it was a hallow speech. He doesn't have any plan to pay for the things that he's proposing.

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Feb 28, 2017

Well, that's right, Anderson. It is very significant that the Republicans are finally coming along and recognizing the threat that this poses to our democracy and to our national security to have Russia meddling in our elections.

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Feb 27, 2017

I share Chairwoman Hartzler's views of the quality of your report, the importance of it, and it gives us a lot of confidence to know that such good work is being done.

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Feb 27, 2017

I came to Washington promising to work across the aisle and to make sure that we in Congress never flinch when it comes to asking the difficult questions about what it takes to ensure our national security.

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Jan 23, 2017

Republicans have tried to repeal the ACA 65 times; 65 times, they have voted to repeal the ACA without a replacement.

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Jan 10, 2017

I want to thank my colleague from California for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 274, the Modernizing Government Travel Act. This legislation is a bipartisan effort that demonstrates a consensus amongst all of…

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Aug 14, 2016

If an ISIS terrorist wants to get to the United States, coming as a refugee is about the worst route possible.

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Aug 14, 2016

It might be unconstitutional, but it's not going to make us safer.

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Jul 7, 2016

I stand here today as someone who supports the Constitution, including the Second Amendment. I stand here today as someone who believes in protecting our national security. In fact, I have risked my life to defend it. I stand here as…

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Jun 14, 2016

I don't have confidence that it will change. I don't know how many more innocent Americans have to die before we in Washington have courage to even just have a debate about passing common sense reforms through this gun violence.

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Jun 14, 2016

The people of Massachusetts didn't send me to Washington to stand in silence. They sent me to Washington to take action to keep the community safe.

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Jun 14, 2016

There are a lot of weapons of war that are already outlawed an assault rifle like the one used to perpetrate this attack in Orlando is a weapon of war, it has no place on America's streets or in America's schools.

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May 18, 2016

I have no further speakers, and so I urge adoption of the en bloc amendment. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

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May 11, 2016

The addiction epidemic has touched every community and demographic in America, but our veterans have been hit particularly hard. Veterans suffer from chronic pain at a higher rate than the civilian population, often due to injuries they…

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Mar 15, 2016

I have seen the good and the bad. I have gotten some fantastic doctors.

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Mar 15, 2016

I think our veterans have earned the best health care in the world, and that should be the standard that we are trying to meet.

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Mar 7, 2016

It is difficult for us to do our job in Congress without truly acting as your representatives.

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Mar 7, 2016

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ann, in our compelling and lengthy testimony, you mentioned that there are different agencies that oversee programs.

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