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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
February 05, 2024
Rep. Auchincloss: Select panel must sell idea of more trade with Global South
The economic and technological competition between the U.S. and China has two core elements, according to Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA): Getting tougher on trade with China while increasing U.S. engagement with the Global South. And the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, he tells Inside U.S. Trade, must sell both to Congress. During the first year of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Auchincloss has emerged as a vocal advocate for expanding trade. … Continue Reading
January 31, 2024
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) Leaders Like Pompeo Have To Call Out Trump
January 30, 2024
TENSE MOMENT: Sparks Fly After Jake Auchincloss Refuses To Let Up On Mike Pompeo
During a House Select Committee on the CCP hearing Tuesday, Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) asked former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo if he believed Joe Biden won the 2020 election fairly. NOTE: There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud or cheating in the 2020 … Continue Reading
January 30, 2024
Mass. Rep. Auchincloss duels with ex-Trump aide who called Jan. 6 a ‘peaceful transition of power’
U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss had a testy exchange on Capitol Hill on Tuesday with a former senior Trump administration official who once described the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as a “peaceful transition of power.” “When the United States degrades its own democracy on the world stage for people all over to witness, it undermines our ability to lead and the power of our example,” Auchincloss, D-4th District, rebuked former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who … Continue Reading
January 30, 2024
Dem Rep Derails Hearing On Chinese Communism To Attack Mike Pompeo Over 2020 Election
Democratic Rep. Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts on Tuesday seized the opportunity during a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hearing to lecture former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the 2020 presidential election, sparking a clash. Pompeo previously described Jan. 6, 2021, as a “peaceful transition” of power in a February 2023 interview with NBC, which Auchincloss cited during his remarks. Auchincloss said the Select Committee on the CCP’s hearing was an apt occasion to discuss … Continue Reading
January 29, 2024
Auchincloss urges two sides to settle Newton teachers strike
WITH THE NEWTON teachers strike now in its seventh day, US Rep. Jake Auchincloss says it’s time to get back to class. In a statement on Monday, the Newton Democrat called the strike “disruptive and unfair to our children, and their parents” and urged the two sides to reach an agreement and have schools reopen on Tuesday. Auchincloss didn’t take sides in the dispute, voicing concern for students and families that have seen schools closed for more than a week and for teachers, saying they … Continue Reading
January 29, 2024
Auchincloss: Teacher strike is ‘disruptive’ to families
U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss. D-Newton, is calling for the Newton teachers’ strike, which has lasted 11 days so far, to end and for all parties to compromise to open up Newton’s classrooms. “Students should be in school,” the second-term congressman wrote in a Facebook post Monday morning. “Missing seven days of school—and counting—is disruptive and unfair to our children, and their parents.” Newton teachers declared a strike on Jan. 18, after month of intense negotiations and state mediation. … Continue Reading
January 29, 2024
Rep. Jake Auchincloss on Newton Teachers Strike
Newton’s Congressional Representative, Jake Auchincloss, issued this statement about the Newton Teachers Strike on January 29: Students should be in school. Missing seven school days - and counting - is disruptive and unfair to our children, and their parents. The messages I’m receiving from families facing another uncertain week are distressing. I’m hearing as well the concerns of our teachers, who gave me a superb education and who deserve to feel valued in a city that prides itself on … Continue Reading
January 27, 2024
Democratic Rep. Jake Auchincloss says Americans want the ‘rule of law’ at the border
Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., weighs in on Biden’s controversial decision to endorse the Senate’s deal on border security as a record-breaking number of migrants continue to enter the … Continue Reading
January 26, 2024
Auchincloss Joins in Supporting Anti-Foreign Biotech Bill
Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party today introduced a bill to ensure foreign adversary biotech companies of U.S. national security concern do not gain access to U.S. taxpayer dollars. Co-leads in the House include Select Committee members Reps. Neal Dunn (R-FL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), and Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), while Sens. Bill Hagerty … Continue Reading