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Seth Moulton

Profession : Politician

Birth : October 24, 1978

When we refuse to help the enemies of ISIS, we're empowering ISIS. We're aiding their recruitment. We're abetting their argument that America discriminates against people based on their religions, which is expressly prohibited in our Constitution.

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Donald Trump obviously knows nothing about what it's like to put your life on the line for your country. He's never risked his life for anything.

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It is absolutely absurd that someone who is deemed unsafe to get on an airplane is allowed to buy a gun in America. It's truly absurd.

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There is a healthy disrespect among veterans who served on the front lines for people who walk around telling war stories.

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The greatest honor of my life was to lead these men in my platoon, even though it was a war that I and they disagreed with.

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When you have a party leadership that is out of touch with the rest of the country, then that's a real problem for the entire party.

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I think we need to show people that they have a place in the Democratic Party, whether they come from San Francisco or St. Louis.

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The Columbia River Basin, which spans seven states in the Pacific Northwest, is one of the largest freshwater networks in North America. For centuries, the Basin has been a catalyst for economic development through the abundance of natural resources it provides.

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I voted in support of H.R. 5445, the 21st Century IRS Act, which requires the IRS to place more taxpayer services online.

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H.R. 5444 provides long-overdue structural reforms and service improvements to the IRS. The legislation codifies the IRS Office of Appeals to streamline the appeals process and to provide fair and impartial determinations for concerns raised by the taxpayer.

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I voted in support of H.R. 5192, which seeks to curb identity fraud by requiring the Social Security Administration (SSA) to develop a database that financial institutions can use to compare their consumer data against SSA records.

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Children and other Americans with limited or non-existent credit histories are particularly vulnerable to having the SSNs misused for synthetic identities.

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Even if a financial institution rejects an initial application by an individual using a synthetic identity, credit bureaus create a record from the transaction based on the fraudulent credentials. Consequently, the record can be used repeatedly by a fraudster to establish a fake identity used to commit financial and other types of fraud.

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Some of my colleagues are unwilling to vote for any Dodd-Frank reforms, partly out of the political fear that any reforms will be seen as reducing regulations on the financial sector.

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Prior to the 2008 recession, many financial institutions were engaging in 'proprietary lending,' where a bank would invest funds for its own gain instead of earning revenue through commission by trading on behalf of clients.

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One of the greatest falsehoods of American politics over the past several decades is that the Republican party is the party of fiscal responsibility.

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With control of the House, the Senate, and the White House, Republicans could have used their unified control of government to... balance the budget!

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I voted against H.R. 4293, the Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017, which would modify the regulatory oversight of certain financial institutions in a way that is likely to expose our economy to greater risk.

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No matter what President Trump says, Russia is an adversary and a threat - look no further than their invasion of Crimea.

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One of my top priorities in Congress is making sure every American who wants to serve our country has the opportunity to do so.

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