Rep. Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democrat in his 11th year on Capitol Hill, had some things to say when the House Armed Services Committee met last month to write President Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense shield into law.
The Republican-led committee debated and voted on an annual defense policy bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a sprawling piece of catch-all legislation that does everything from setting pay raises for service members to determining how many airplanes and ships the Pentagon should buy.
Moulton is the top Democrat on the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, a panel that oversees the military’s nuclear and space programs. In this role, the congressman representing Massachusetts’ North Shore is using his voice to counter the Trump administration’s signature initiative in the military space arena. Ars recently spoke with Moulton, and we present the interview in its entirety below.
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