Congressman Seth Moulton
Meet Seth
Seth Moulton is a father, a husband, a Marine, and a Democrat with a mission to bring a new generation of leaders to Congress.
He was first challenged to serve our country by the pastor of his college church, Reverend Peter Gomes, who told him that it’s not enough simply to salute the flag—everyone should find a way to serve themselves. As a result, Seth joined the United States Marine Corps in 2001, days after graduating from college and months before the attacks on 9/11. As the leader of an infantry platoon, he was among the first Americans to reach Baghdad in 2003. He served four tours in Iraq, a war he disagreed with and spoke out against—but he was proud to go, so no one had to go in his place.
After returning home from Iraq, Seth used the G.I. Bill to earn joint graduate degrees in business and public policy, and then became the managing director of Texas Central, building America’s first high-speed rail line. But it wasn't long before he was called to serve once again—this time in his home district in Massachusetts.
Seth ran for Congress in 2014, and won, on a platform of bringing a new generation of leadership to Washington—and was the only Democrat to unseat an incumbent in a primary that year
In his first term, he was named the most effective freshman Democrat by the Center for Effective Lawmaking. He is the only Member of Congress to earn Democracy Awards from the Congressional Management Foundation in three separate years: one in 2018 for Transparency, another in 2020 for constituent service, and again in 2022 for innovation and modernization. His legislative accomplishments include delivering faster care for veterans, designating a three-digit National Suicide Hotline (9-8-8), modernizing government travel, and making ALS disability insurance more comprehensive and accessible. His American High-Speed Rail Act is the most ambitious and forward-thinking infrastructure package before Congress today, and he wrote the G.I. Bill Restoration Act to finally restore long-denied benefits to Black veterans of World War II.
Seth sits on three committees in Congress: The House Armed Services Committee, where he serves as Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces; the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where he is the Congressional leader on high-speed rail and other next-generation infrastructure; and, as of the beginning of the 118th Congress, he sits on the new Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the U.S. and China, which was created to shape a diplomatic, economic, and military strategy toward the Chinese Communist Party that preserves American leadership and avoids war.
In Massachusetts’ sixth district, Seth works to support small businesses and veterans, advance civil rights, and develop the local economy. Through his work on the Armed Services Committee, he has helped bring more than $1 billion in federal funding to Lynn, and he forged an unprecedented partnership between fishermen and scientists to ensure the long-term sustainability of fish stocks and the local fishing economy.
Seth is the proud father of two girls, Emmy and Caroline, and husband to his wife, Liz. They live in Salem, Massachusetts.
