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Massachusetts warns patients over ‘unconscionable’ crisis pregnancy centers
The Bay State has launched a new public awareness ad campaign aimed at warning pregnant patients to avoid so-called crisis pregnancy centers, which officials say use deception and fear to steer people away from an abortion. Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Robbie Goldstein said the state hopes to inform residents about the dangers of “Anti-Abortion Centers,” which he said often disguise themselves as medical facilities even if they aren’t licensed to provide medical care and may … Continue Reading
June 06, 2024
The Commonwealth of Possible
The 2024 State of Possible Conference was charged with anticipation from beginning to end - excitement to hear from industry leaders and key decisionmakers, and a palpable eagerness to get back out there and continue leading the world in the discovery of life-saving therapies. The policy conversations led by Governor Maura Healey and Congressman Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts’ 4th Congressional district touted the focus and intentional investment Massachusetts used to pursue the life … Continue Reading
May 19, 2024
House Democrat says cutting federal funds for Harvard ‘needs to be on the table’
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on Sunday said cutting federal funds for Harvard University and other schools should be an option “on the table” over their handling of campus antisemitism. Auchincloss, who is an alum of Harvard, visited the Ivy League school earlier this month amid the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests and argued the school’s handling of antisemitism might violate federal law. When asked on “Fox News Sunday” if he believes Harvard should lose federal funding, Auchincloss … Continue Reading
May 19, 2024
Harvard and other universities have been ‘ransacked’ by antisemitism: Rep. Jake Auchincloss
Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., responds to criticism surrounding the White House’s recent opposition to a bill that would force arms shipments to … Continue Reading
May 18, 2024
The FAA bill President Joe Biden just signed might help Boston solve a big traffic problem. Here’s how
See if this sounds familiar. You’re driving down the narrow streets of Boston or some other big city when you suddenly find yourself forced to carefully navigate around someone who’s thrown on the hazards and double-parked in a travel lane, snarling traffic just when you need it the least. Some relief — from the unlikeliest of places — might eventually be in sight. Bipartisan legislation that President Joe Biden signed into law earlier this week reauthorizing the Federal Aviation … Continue Reading
May 10, 2024
There must be ‘no daylight between Israel and the U.S.’: Mass. Rep. Auchincloss says
With President Joe Biden facing heat from the left and right for his threat to withhold offensive weapons from Israel, one Massachusetts lawmaker has some advice for the White House. In a post to X, formerly Twitter, U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss said “there must be no daylight between Israel and the United States on security,” as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau’s government gears up for a possible all-out assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip. “For Israel, U.S. materiel is necessary to … Continue Reading
April 30, 2024
Auchincloss seeks answers after Mass. colleges earn poor grades on antisemitism
In response to an Anti Defamation League report showing several major Massachusetts colleges failing to address a rising tide of antisemitism, one U.S. lawmaker says he wants some answers on how the schools will improve their grades. In a report released earlier this month, the ADL awarded just two of the ten Bay State universities that they examined with a grade of B or better regarding their response to a nationwide uptick in antisemitism. U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, in a draft letter … Continue Reading
March 21, 2024
TikTok is propaganda for our adversary
“Hold off as long as you can!” That’s the advice we always receive about social media when my wife and I, who have three kids under 4, talk to parents of older children. Screen time eats family time. Parents feel powerless. As a dad, it’s hard to wrestle with trillion-dollar tech companies. But as a member of Congress, I can fight back. This year, I am introducing bills to raise the age of internet adulthood from 13 to 16 and to hold social media accountable for platforming illegal actions, … Continue Reading
March 05, 2024
Auchincloss Sticks to Online Youth Protection for State of the Union
Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D, MA-04) has announced Brookline's Myrieme Nadri-Churchill (M.Ed) as his guest for President Biden’s State of the Union Address to Congress on Thursday, March 7th. Myrieme serves as Executive Director of Parents for Peace, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit empowering families, friends, and communities to prevent radicalization, violence, and extremism using a public health approach. Parents for Peace began as a support group for other families who had lost loved ones to … Continue Reading
March 05, 2024
Democrat’s Child Online Safety Bill Demands Age Verification
Jake Auchincloss introduces new kids’ online safety bill Proposal would update law that applies to users under 13 Social media companies would be prohibited from collecting personal information from children under 16 without their consent under new legislation to be introduced Tuesday. The bill from Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), obtained first by Bloomberg Government, seeks to update a decades-old law, known as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, that currently … Continue Reading
March 02, 2024
Cong Auchincloss Tackles Kids and Online Influencers
U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), Founder and Chair of the Congressional Dads Caucus, has announced that U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss (MA-04) will chair the new Technology, Media and the Family Working Group. The working group will convene subject matter experts to educate members on issues related to modern technology and media and their impact on families, particularly surrounding children’s mental health and online safety. “Kids’ privacy, health and safety online is crucial, especially as they … Continue Reading
March 01, 2024
Dads Caucus Announces Working Group on Technology, Media and Family
U.S. Representative Jake Auchincloss (MA-04) will chair the new Technology, Media and the Family Working Group of the Congressional Dads Caucus, announced caucus founder and chair U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) on Friday, March 1st. The working group will convene subject matter experts to educate members on issues related to modern technology and media and their impact on families. A particular focus will be on children’s mental health and online safety. “Kids’ privacy, health and … Continue Reading
February 28, 2024
Putin ‘fanboy’ Trump is holding up aid to Ukraine, Mass. Rep. Auchincloss says
The way U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss sees it, there’s one reason and one reason only that lawmakers on Capitol Hill haven’t passed a multi-billion dollar aid bill for Ukraine and Israel. That’s because U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is “afraid of Donald Trump,” the Democrat from Massachusetts’ 4th Congressional District Democrat said Wednesday, as Ukraine’s efforts to repel an unprovoked Russian invasion dragged into its third year, and as the Eastern European nation runs out of … Continue Reading
February 28, 2024
Mass. considers how to fund transportation without the gas tax
U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, along with Evan Horowitz of the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University, share their ideas on how Massachusetts can fund transportation projects in a future in which electric car adoption makes the state gas tax obsolete. This segment aired on February 28, … Continue Reading
February 28, 2024
Ukrainian-Americans await a foreign aid package that appears stuck in Congress
Radio Boston talks with Olga Lisovska, a Ukrainian-American singer in Newton who says her community is desperate to see the U.S. House of Representatives move on a foreign aid package that would send $60 billion in military funds to Ukraine. Then, U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss provides an update on the latest in Washington, where that aid package is held up amidst Republican infighting. This segment aired on February 28, … Continue Reading
February 17, 2024
Auchincloss: Ukraine could lose war due to US aid holdup
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has been sending radically mixed messages of late, first balking at a Senate push to link tightened border security to foreign aid focused on Ukraine and then balking at a standalone foreign aid bill because it doesn't address border security. U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss joins Adam Reilly to discuss how Johnson's shifting stances could affect the outcome in the Ukraine-Russian war, which Auchicloss says Ukraine could lose this year if support isn't forthcoming. … Continue Reading
February 13, 2024
Jake Auchincloss Accuses House Speaker Mike Johnson of a ‘Craven Submission to Donald Trump
At a House Democratic press briefing on Tuesday, Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) spoke about passing the foreign aid … Continue Reading
February 09, 2024
Newsmakers 2/9/2024: Congressman Auchincloss
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — This week on Newsmakers: Congressman Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., discusses concerns about President Biden, aid to Israel, the collapse of the border bill, the Washington Bridge crisis and … Continue Reading
February 07, 2024
Counter Points: Should We Continue to Fund the War in Ukraine?
February 06, 2024
Congress should commit to US biotechnology leadership
The House Select Committee on China is coming to Boston and Cambridge next week for events focused on the life sciences. The Chinese Communist Party is investing big in biotech. Some elements are salutary, like more funding for medical research. Some are nefarious, like the global harvesting of genetic data without consent. The committee wants to study how Congress should respond. Massachusetts shows us how: by supporting talented people; by passing policy that promotes makers, not takers; … Continue Reading