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Political notebook: Attleboro area congressman recognized for social media efforts
Well, it’s not an Emmy, but the area’s congressman is getting recognized for his social media efforts nonetheless. U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss won a nod recently from House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in the 12th annual Member Online All-Star Competition. Auchincloss, a Newton Democrat whose 4th Congressional District includes the communities of the Attleboro area, won for best constituent services for promoting a community funding project request to fix a dangerous intersection at West … Continue Reading
September 23, 2021
Lawmakers introduce bill to create commemorative coins to honor working dogs
The top lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday introduced a bill that calls for developing a commemorative coin series to honor working dogs. The bill, dubbed the Working Dog Commemorative Coin Act, would direct the U.S. Mint to create a three-coin commemorative coin series to honor “the invaluable service that working dogs provide to society.” All surcharges from the bill would be given to America’s VetDogs — an organization that trains and places service dogs … Continue Reading
September 23, 2021
Auchincloss Letter Leads To Flexibility For $175M In ARP Funds
NEWTON, MA — Following a letter sent from Rep. Jake Auchincloss to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen earlier this year, the Treasury Department has announced it will provide maximum flexibility to states so that they may direct funds allocated in the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund toward a wider variety of projects. The Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund, which was established as part of the American Rescue Plan Act and provided $175 million to Massachusetts, was initially only to be used … Continue Reading
September 16, 2021
Auchincloss to visit North Attleboro, Foxboro this weekend
U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss has a full schedule of weekend events in the area, starting on Friday. Auchincloss, D-Newton, will start with an 8:30 a.m. tour of Bristol County Agricultural High School, which recently added a new science center to its Dighton campus. Auchincloss will tour the facility with Superintendent Adele Sands. At 10:45 he’s scheduled visit the reading program at Community School in North Attleboro with Principal Jeff Sposato and state Rep. Adam Scanlon, D-North … Continue Reading
September 16, 2021
Rep. Auchincloss To Join Newton Events This Weekend
NEWTON, MA — Rep. Jake Auchincloss will make an appearance at two events in Newton this Sunday, September 19. The congressman will first join residents of the Newton Senior Center for the Walk to End Alzheimer's, scheduled for 10:15 to 10:50 a.m. at the Senior Center, located at 345 Walnut St. The walk will give residents an opportunity to reflect on their shared connection to Alzheimer's disease and dementia as they make their way to Newton City Hall. Auchincloss will then attend … Continue Reading
September 10, 2021
Auchincloss on Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Budget [OPINION]
After the 2020 elections, the Democrats have a governing trifecta in Washington for the first time in a decade, and they are making good on promises of an ambitious domestic policy agenda to curb the impacts of the many intractable crises Americans have been facing. It began with the passage of the American Rescue Plan, and continues on with the bipartisan infrastructure bill making its way through Congress, as well as a recently approved framework for a $3.5 trillion budget that would be … Continue Reading
September 08, 2021
Congressman Auchincloss On 9/11, 20 Years Later
This is the Radio Boston rundown for September 8. Tiziana Dearing is our host. As we approach the 20th anniversary of 9/11, we talk with Massachusetts Congressman Jake Auchincloss about how he remembers that day, how it played into his decision to join the Marines, and how he's thinking about it now that the ensuing 20-year war in Afghanistan has ended. Did you know that trees provide more than just shade? We learn more about how beneficial trees are for battling climate change and … Continue Reading
September 06, 2021
Attleboro area congressman backing bill to foster US-Israel cooperation on artificial intelligence
A bipartisan group in Congress is introducing legislation to further cooperation between the United States and Israel on artificial intelligence research. U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Newton, whose district includes the communities in the Attleboro area, is one of five Democrats and Republicans backing the bill. “As the United States pivots away from the failed forever wars, we must recommit ourselves to strong alliances with friends and be prepared to compete with the emerging threat … Continue Reading
September 05, 2021
Attleboro area congressman pushes caucus on vaccine production
U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Newton, has joined with a group of fellow Democrats in the House to launch the COVID-19 Global Vaccination Caucus with Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., as co-chairs. Auchincloss’s district includes the communities in the Attleboro area. With only 24% of the world’s population fully vaccinated, the caucus will advocate for the manufacturing, production, and distribution of vaccines in low- and middle-income countries. “In effect, this will encourage a U.S.-led … Continue Reading
September 05, 2021
Auchincloss joins push to manufacture and distribute vaccines in low-income countries
(AP) — Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss is joining with other Democratic members of Congress, including U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, to push for the manufacturing, production, and distribution of vaccines in low- and middle-income countries. The group launched the COVID-19 Global Vaccination Caucus, which they say will advocate for the one solution that has proven to work and that a majority of Americans and scientists agree is crucial to ending the pandemic: vaccines. “The world … Continue Reading
September 04, 2021
Rep. Jake Auchincloss discusses Afghanistan, Texas abortion law on '10 News Conference'
Rep. Jake Auchincloss, a Democrat who represents Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District, talks about the future of Afghanistan, paying for President Biden's infrastructure bill, and the implications of the Texas abortion … Continue Reading
September 03, 2021
Bipartisan group to introduce bill promoting U.S.-Israel AI cooperation legislation
Reps. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Mike Waltz (R-FL),Dean Phillips (D-MN) and Grace Meng (D-NY) are expected to introduce a House bill creating a joint U.S.-Israel artificial intelligence research center today, Jewish Insider has learned. The legislation is a companion to a Senate bill introduced in June by Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA). The legislation would provide $50 million over five years for U.S. agencies to establish a joint research … Continue Reading
September 02, 2021
Auchincloss: ‘There was never going to be a ticker-tape parade out of Afghanistan’
After a young Harvard graduate named Jake Auchincloss deployed to Afghanistan with the U.S. Marine Corps in 2012, he commanded patrols in the southern province of Helmand, guiding infantry through villages that the Taliban were seeking to control. Now a Democratic Congressman representing the 4th District of Massachusetts, Auchincloss was one of several Jewish Afghan War veterans reflecting on a dramatic turnaround since their days overseas. In a weeklong offensive earlier this month, the … Continue Reading
August 30, 2021
Rep. Auchincloss warns of next ‘Bush-like president who tries to bluster their way into war’
Afghanistan seeing the final U.S. troops leave on Monday ending the 20-years-long conflict, is discussed by veteran of the war, Rep. Jake Auchincloss. Rep. Auchincloss tells Joy Reid, ‘We've got to make sure the next time a Bush-like president tries to bluster their way into a war of choice, that Barbara Lee has some backup and that backup should come especially from younger veterans like … Continue Reading
August 28, 2021
MA Democrat says Biden made ‘high integrity’ call on Afghanistan
VIDEO - Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., says President Biden made an intelligent decision to let Afghans fight for their … Continue Reading
August 28, 2021
MA Democrat says Biden made ‘high integrity’ call on Afghanistan
MA Democrat says Biden made ‘high integrity’ call on Afghanistan Aug. 28, 2021 - 4:46 - Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., says President Biden made an intelligent decision to let Afghans fight for their … Continue Reading
August 27, 2021
Congressman’s service in Afghanistan behind his support of Biden’s decision to withdraw
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) ? Massachusetts Congressman Jake Auchincloss served in Afghanistan as a Marine in 2012, and said his experience there has driven his support for President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from the war-torn country. “What was apparent even to a lieutenant in 2012 was that we could win every battle against the Taliban and yet not be able to win the war,” Auchincloss, a first-term Democrat, said on a taping of WPRI 12’s Newsmakers. “When we first … Continue Reading
August 27, 2021
Rep. Auchincloss: Biden 'had the integrity to make a hard and wrenching decision' on Afghanistan
August 27, 2021
Rep. Auchincloss: The U.S. Needs To Maintain an Over-the-Horizon Counterterrorism Capability To Deprive [Terrorists] of a Base of Operations in Afghanistan
EXCERPT: AUCHINCLOSS: "The war in Afghanistan is going to end as it began, bringing terrorists to justice. The architects of this atrocity need to know that the United States, whether it takes ten days or ten years, is going to find them and kill them. And the Biden administration must, as the President said they were, must sustain an over-the-horizon counterterrorism capability so attacks like this do not hit the U.S. homeland in the years to … Continue Reading
August 26, 2021
Newsmakers 8/26/2021: Congressman Jake Auchincloss
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Among President Joe Biden’s most vocal supporters of the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan is U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Massachusetts. Auchincloss served in Afghanistan as a U.S. Marine in 2012, and said Biden’s decision was the right one, though the execution of the plan could have gone smoother. Auchincloss also weighed in on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and what it could mean to towns in his district including Attleboro, Taunton and … Continue Reading