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Seth Moulton on Homeland Security
Democratic Presidential Challenger; MA Rep.
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Boost the defense budget
Seth Moulton on Defense Spending: Boost the defense budget.EIGHT CANDIDATES HAVE SIMILAR VIEWS: Michael Bennet; Joseph Biden, Jr.; Cory Booker; Peter Buttigieg; John Hickenlooper; Amy Klobuchar; Seth Moulton; Beto O`Rourke; Tim Ryan.
Other Democratic contenders align with the more moderate--or even hawkish--wing of the Democratic party and support larger defense budgets, especially in key areas they consider high priorities.
Source: Politico "2020Dems on the Issues"
, Jul 17, 2019
Needed courage to talk about post-traumatic stress
Q: Are you worried that coming forward as a presidential candidate, saying you have post-traumatic stress, could be used against you?
Moulton: Absolutely. And, candidly, that's why I haven't talked about it before. I'm someone who talks a lot about the importance of courage, the value of courage in our politics, how so much could be better in
Washington if politicians on both sides of the aisle just had the courage to do the right thing. I admit this is a place where
I did not have the courage to share my own story, because I was afraid of the political consequences.
Source: CNN State of the Union 2019 interview
, Jun 2, 2019
Veterans deserve the best health care in the world, period
Q: What about privatizing?A: If we can't do it through the VA, then that should be an option. That should be an option. I believe what President Obama advocated for. What he wanted was to have a public option that
competes with private options as well. What some people in our party want to do is force everybody onto a health care plan designed in 1963. I think we can do better than that.
Source: CNN SOTU 2019 interview of presidential hopefuls
, Apr 28, 2019
Focus on cybersecurity to deal with real threats to US
National security is not just about preventing Russia from invading us with tanks into Western Europe. Russia is trying to hack our elections. China is attacking us through the Internet every single day and stealing our business ideas and
our military -- that's where a lot of American jobs are going. Rather than build this fifth century ridiculous border wall on the southern border, let's talk about a cyber wall that will stop Russia and China from interfering in our business.
Source: CNN State of the Union 2019 on 2020 Presidential hopefuls
, Mar 31, 2019
Better funding and services for veterans
Congress is failing our veterans. As a veteran myself, I see it firsthand. We have never had fewer veterans in Congress in our nation's history, so it's not surprising that so few Members of Congress understand the urgency of the problem.
There are three things Congress can do to improve how we treat our veterans today:- Improve VA health care quality
- Properly fund the VA to eliminate the claims backlog
- Expand educational opportunities in the GI Bill.
Source: 2014 House campaign website, SethMoulton.com
, Sep 1, 2014
Supports targeting terrorists, according to Faith2Action.
Moulton supports the F2A survey question on targeting terrorists
Faith2Action.org is "the nation's largest network of pro-family groups." They provide election resources for each state, including Voter Guides and Congressional Scorecards excerpted here.
The F2A survey summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: 'National Security: Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict?'
Source: Faith2Action Survey 14-F2A-Q17 on Jul 30, 2014
Supports targeting terrorists, according to PVS rating.
Moulton supports the PVS survey question on targeting terrorists
Project VoteSmart infers summary responses from campaign statements and news reports
The PVS survey summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: 'National Security: Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict?'
Source: Project VoteSmart Inferred Survey 14-PVS-q17 on Sep 30, 2014
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