Quotes from Seth Moulton

I do think it's fair to say that there are times when President Obama has not been engaged enough with the Middle East.

As a member of the Armed Service Committee and a co-chair of the Democratic National Security Task Force, I will continue to work to keep Americans safe at home and abroad.

Any reduction in the corporate tax rate must also come with closing loopholes that have allowed the largest businesses in our country to pay less than they owe.

We need a budget that will foster economic growth for all of our people, and we need to make taxes more simple and fair for working families - not give handouts to the rich.

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.

Republicans are scared of the NRA. They're scared of the Tea Party.

Our country was founded upon the principles of debate and compromise.

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

As a member of the House Pro-Choice Caucus and a strong defender of a woman's right to choose, my bottom line here is this: women have a constitutional right to access abortion.

It's a little challenging as a congressman to keep a low profile, but I try very hard to keep a low profile.

Flooding is the costliest and most common cause of property damage, which is why federal flood insurance should be affordable and accessible to all.

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

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

The Democratic Party has been a party of reaction - a party of opposition, complaining about Trump and the Republicans, rather than offering a lot of our own ideas and our own vision. And my view is that if Democrats want to start winning again, we have to start leading again.

When I joined the Marines, I went to Quantico for training. One of the first things I learned is that you can drop out of a run, a couple runs. You can fail the test or a couple tests in a row, and they'd give you a second try. But if you lied about anything, you were gone that afternoon. That's how important integrity is in the military.

Self-preservation shouldn't be the first instinct in politics. It should be doing the right thing for the country.

Though dams and artificial lakes can have significant negative environmental impacts, when carefully considered, mitigated, and managed, the benefits of hydropower often outweigh these costs.

The Democratic Party has had a real problem with recruitment because the party too often looks at just who's next in line in the party to run rather than in finding inspiring new leaders.

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.

Greatness is accomplishing the unrequired - doing what is right beyond what is expected.

Good policy is grounded in a robust set of facts and data.

Our growing national debt is a threat to our national defense and to our domestic priorities, including research and development, education, health care, and investments in our economic growth.

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

The Chinese government has been clear in its goal and purpose for creating and expanding Confucius Institutes throughout the country, namely to distort academic discourse on China, threaten and silence defenders of human rights, and create a climate intolerant of dissent or open discussion.