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      moulton, ocasio-cortez and gillibrand rally for high-speed rail money

      Progressives Push for High-Speed Rail Funding in Infrastructure Deal

      "This is part of our overall goal to create millions of union jobs in the United States of America building climate infrastructure to bring down our carbon emissions, save our future, and improve our quality of life."

      Jessica Corbett
      Jun 16, 2021

      Clean transportation supporters in Congress joined with environmental and labor advocates for a Wednesday rally to demand funding for high-speed rail, a call that was echoed in a new letter from five Democratic lawmakers amid ongoing infrastructure talks.

      "High-speed rail connects communities. It brings people together. It's the way of the future."
      --Rep. Seth Moulton

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      NIAC Applauds NDAA Amendment Aimed at Blocking Trump's Path to War

      Newswire Editor
      Jun 25, 2019

      Today, an amendment was offered to the FY20 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would block an unauthorized war against Iran. The amendment, introduced by Representatives Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), has wide support including from the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Adam Smith, the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Eliot Engel and the Chairman of the House Rules Committee Jim McGovern. Many other legislators - including Reps. Anna Eshoo, Andy Levin, Barbara Lee, Seth Moulton, and Anthony Brown - who have been champions in the effort to ensure Trump doesn't lead us into an unauthorized war are already signed on as original cosponsors of the amendment.

      In response to the amendment's introduction, NIAC President Jamal Abdi issued the following statement:

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      The Antiwar Movement No One Can See

      The Antiwar Movement No One Can See

      Will it put a crimp in the war on terror?

      Allegra Harpootlian
      Jun 24, 2019

      When Donald Trump entered the Oval Office in January 2017, Americans took to the streets all across the country to protest their instantly endangered rights. Conspicuously absent from the newfound civic engagement, despite more than a decade and a half of this country's fruitless, destructive wars across the Greater Middle East and northern Africa, was antiwar sentiment, much less an actual movement.

      Those like me working against America's seemingly endless wars wondered why the subject merited so little discussion, attention, or protest. Was it because the still-spreading war on terror remained shrouded in government secrecy? Was the lack of media coverage about what America was doing overseas to blame? Or was it simply that most Americans didn't care about what was happening past the water's edge? If you had asked me two years ago, I would have chosen "all of the above." Now, I'm not so sure.

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