Jake Auchincloss for Congress 

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"As a Marine veteran who served in Afghanistan, Rep. Auchincloss brings a unique &amp; badly needed perspective... He was willing to speak from his own personal experience &amp; stand strong on his principles when it came to Afghanistan, even as Beltway press might have been in a different place." -WH Aide

<h2></h2><img src="https://run.imgix.net/30f8036b-8ece-4c43-8db5-58aa7fcf1acc/ae67e916-016a-4079-a8f8-401593f9adb9/ae67e916-016a-4079-a8f8-401593f9adb9.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=174%2C75%2C1033%2C1674&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="left" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed"><h2>Jake is a lifelong son of Massachusetts, dad, Marine and congressman fighting for our democracy and a stronger middle class</h2><h4>Born and raised...</h4>Jake was born and raised in the Massachusetts Fourth District he now represents. The son of a surgeon &amp; a scientist who taught him the values of curiosity and integrity, he and his older brother and sister grew up in the Jewish faith and attended Newton Public Schools. His 2nd-grade teacher saw he loved to read and gave him books on U.S. history. He was hooked --- from elementary school through college, he had posters of the Founders on his bedroom wall.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/30f8036b-8ece-4c43-8db5-58aa7fcf1acc/521e3145-00ca-4da9-bbf1-5bb13db1b41d/521e3145-00ca-4da9-bbf1-5bb13db1b41d.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=78%2C0%2C924%2C562&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="50" tiltdirection="right" variant="framed"><h4>From school to service...</h4>After graduating from Harvard College, Jake joined the Marines. He commanded infantry in Afghanistan, and special operations in Panama. In Afghanistan in 2012, Jake led patrols through villages contested by the Taliban. He saw firsthand the mistakes of the Forever Wars, and he's working in Congress to prevent them in the future. In 2021, Jake was the only Democratic veteran in the House to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1441204373015597060?s=20&amp;t=3bOXltMwVLSlq78TmdM0Ew">vote against </a>the Pentagon's unaccountable spending, urging it to spend smarter, not bigger, to maintain a strong military.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/30f8036b-8ece-4c43-8db5-58aa7fcf1acc/6a5e9d9f-3027-4ab9-b917-4dddc73480a5/6a5e9d9f-3027-4ab9-b917-4dddc73480a5.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=297%2C0%2C913%2C1067&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="left" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed"><h4>From service to business and local government...</h4>While stationed in the Panama Canal Zone, Jake wrote for Harvard about urban planning in Panama City. And when he returned home to Newton, he continued working at the local level. Jake won election to the Newton City Council in 2015, was re-elected in 2017, and topped the ticket in 2019.On the City Council, Jake chaired the Transportation &amp; Public Safety Committee &amp; was a member of the Land Use Committee, where he consistently supported pro-housing policies to address spiraling costs. Jake also worked on housing &amp; transportation at Liberty Mutual's innovation lab. Prior to that, Jake worked in cybersecurity &amp; led the startup competition at MIT, where he has an MBA in Finance.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/30f8036b-8ece-4c43-8db5-58aa7fcf1acc/f3474cee-b975-441f-b281-853ddabaa4e9/f3474cee-b975-441f-b281-853ddabaa4e9.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C2134%2C1423&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="50" tiltdirection="right" variant="framed"><h4>Congressman Jake Auchincloss...</h4>Now in Congress, Jake is rejecting the politics of anger and populism to offer fresh, independent solutions to lower costs and support American global leadership. He's been hailed as a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jake-auchincloss-afghanistan-joe-biden-congress-house-2021-10">“media-savvy millennial politician”</a> who can <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jake-auchincloss-afghanistan-joe-biden-congress-house-2021-10">“make friends and influence enemies in Washington.”</a> He’s been delivering results from day one as a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where he's prioritized water and transit improvement, and now sits on the Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.Jake was one of the first Freshmen in his class to have a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2021/04/13/jake-auchincloss-first-bill/">bill </a>successfully pass the House and his work has been recognized by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://patch.com/massachusetts/newton/rep-jake-auchincloss-receives-dpccs-thomas-paine-award">Democratic Policy and Communications Committee</a> and former <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/political-notebook-attleboro-area-congressman-recognized-for-social-media-efforts/article_c650407a-f7bc-599c-96be-e01918748bf6.html">Majority Leader Steny Hoyer</a>. In addition to endorsements and praise from state and local officials across the Fourth District, Jake has been endorsed by the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Foreign Policy for America, BradyPac, and the Progressive Turnout Project.<h4></h4><img src="https://run.imgix.net/30f8036b-8ece-4c43-8db5-58aa7fcf1acc/a0624043-9e76-4d7c-ab74-438472101a82/a0624043-9e76-4d7c-ab74-438472101a82.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C1536%2C1739&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="left" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed"><h4>A husband and dad...</h4>Jake now lives in Newtonville with his wife, Michelle, their son, Teddy, their daughters, Grace and Audrey and their Labrador Retriever, Donut. And he still loves to read American history.

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<h3>Fighting for Our Community</h3>These are some of the top issues our campaign is focused on. Learn more about our issues <a href="/issues" target="" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">here</a>.

Jake's Priorities

Jake slept, ate, trained, and patrolled with an assault weapon for 4 years as a Marine officer. He believes weapons of war have no place on our streets or near our schools, which is why he’s working for an assault-weapons ban and other common-sense gun safety measures.In addition to fighting for an assault weapons ban, Jake’s gun-safety priorities include:<ul><li>Universal background checks to prevent criminals from buying weapons</li><li>Mandatory safe storage to protect children from their leading cause of death</li><li>Stricter enforcement of ghost gun provisions to prevent strong state laws, like those in Massachusetts, from being undermined by online retailers</li><li>Red flag laws to disarm those who are imminently a threat to themselves or others</li><li>Overturning the 2005 law that granted gun manufacturers immunity from liability, shielding them from lawsuits and stalling the adoption of safety devices</li></ul>Jake's work in Congress has earned him the<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://gunsensevoter.org/gun-sense-voting-candidates/"> Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate Distinction</a> and<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bradypac.org/"> Brady PAC's</a> endorsement.

Jake slept, ate, trained, and patrolled with an assault weapon for 4 years as a Marine officer. He believes weapons of war have no place on our streets or near our schools, which is why he’s working for an assault-weapons ban and other common-sense gun safety measures.

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Ending Gun Violence

With abortion access in jeopardy across the country, it’s more important than ever that we elect leaders who'll protect the freedom to choose. Jake was endorsed by the Planned Parenthood Action Fund as a strong advocate for reproductive health and rights in Congress.The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade undermined women's right to control their own bodies and their own lives. With the Court failing to protect women's freedom, the U.S. House and Senate must step up and make Roe the law of the land – which is one reason Jake has advocated eliminating the filibuster.While we fight for reproductive freedom everywhere, abortion remains legal in Massachusetts, and federal &amp; state officials are working together to provide reproductive health care in Massachusetts for women in states that ban it.

With abortion access in jeopardy across the country, it’s more important than ever that we elect leaders who'll protect the freedom to choose. Jake was endorsed by the Planned Parenthood Action Fund as a strong advocate for reproductive health and abortion rights in Congress.

Advancing Reproductive Freedom

Democracy is under attack, at home and abroad.Jake’s first speech in Congress was to advocate impeaching Donald Trump, and he continues to fight Trumpism at every turn. Jake has also been one of the strongest congressional supporters of Ukraine, Israel, and Indo-Pacific allies in the global contest against tyranny, terror, and totalitarianism.As a member of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, Jake has pressed for U.S. investments in science, education and infrastructure as the surest means of outcompeting the Chinese Communist Party. On the Financial Services committee, he was one of the earliest proponents of energy sanctions on Russia, which the administration has since employed. And Jake has been a strong defender of Israel’s right to protect its citizens against terrorist attacks.&nbsp;Support for democracies overseas must be matched by support for democracy at home. Jake has consistently pointed out that Xi Jinping’s best day in office was January 6, 2021 – and that the greatest threat to the United States is no foreign power, but the specter of another Trump term and the disaster that would entail for the rule of law and the Constitution.To improve the integrity of U.S. politics, Jake is a supporter of legislation to end the distortions of dark money, gerrymandering, and stock-trading by members. He is also in favor of term limits and an enforceable code of ethics for the Supreme Court.

Democracy is under siege, at home and abroad. Jake’s first speech in Congress was to advocate impeaching Donald Trump, and he continues to fight Trumpism at every turn. Jake has also been one of the strongest congressional supporters of Ukraine, Israel, and Indo-Pacific allies in the global contest against tyranny, terror, and totalitarianism.

Upholding Democracy &amp; U.S. Global Leadership

Climate change requires bold action to protect our planet and our children’s way of life. As a millennial &amp; the youngest Democratic parent in Congress, Jake has a fierce sense of urgency to invest in clean energy and to ensure clean air, clean water, and clean soil.&nbsp;Jake strongly supported the Inflation Reduction Act, the biggest &amp; boldest climate action &amp; clean energy investment in history, in his first term in Congress. Since then, he’s been partnering with public &amp; private officials to advance clean-energy solutions, from fission &amp; fusion to offshore wind to hot-rock geothermal, while building environmental resilience through civil engineering projects throughout the district.&nbsp;Jake has also been a strong proponent of the land use &amp; transportation changes that reduce cities’ carbon footprint and improve walkability, like Complete Streets policies for cycling &amp; walking; liberalizing zoning for multi-family &amp; mixed-use development; and transit improvements.

Climate change requires bold action to protect our planet and our children’s way of life. As a millennial &amp; the youngest Democratic parent in Congress, Jake has a fierce sense of urgency to invest in clean energy and ensure clean air, clean water, and clean soil.

Achieving a Clean Energy Future

Jake stood up to special interests and helped pass legislation to empower Medicare to negotiate drug prices and to cap out-of-pocket costs for seniors. Now, he’s working to extend &amp; deepen those benefits.By taking on the greed of the big health insurance companies, Jake is fighting to cap out-of-pocket costs for all Americans.When a physician prescribes a drug that you need to get healthy, insurance companies shouldn’t be able to shift cost and friction onto you to prevent access to that medication. But that’s exactly what’s happening: drug-pricing middlemen, known as pharmacy benefit managers, are denying access to patients and making independent pharmacists miserable while raking in billions of profit every year for their insurance-company owners.Jake is moving multiple pieces of legislation, much of it bipartisan, to take on the insurance companies to lower prescription drug costs for patients. He is also a leader in pushing for adoption of innovative pricing models for a new era of cell-and-gene engineering and other personalized therapies.

Jake stood up to special interests and helped pass legislation to empower Medicare to negotiate drug prices and to cap out-of-pocket costs for seniors. Now, he’s working to extend &amp; deepen those benefits.

Taking on Special Interests: Lower Rx Prices

High costs, from housing &amp; healthcare to child care &amp; college, are destabilizing the U.S. middle class. Millennials are not as economically secure as their parents were at this stage in their life. Drawing on his economics and business background, Jake has consistently offered policies, not talking points, to address the cost of living.&nbsp;When Republicans were trying to use inflation for political points, Jake offered real<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://patch.com/massachusetts/newton/auchincloss-says-republicans-politicize-inflation-new-op-ed"> solutions to get our economy back on track</a>. Pointing to the cost of housing as the Bay State’s biggest problem, Jake has also consistently worked for pro-housing policies at all levels of government, from the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act in Congress to the MBTA Communities Act on Beacon Hill.As a Member of the Transportation &amp; Infrastructure Committee, Jake has worked to improve supply chains and to pass the landmark Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://patch.com/massachusetts/newton/america-competes-act-passes-auchincloss-amendments">CHIPS &amp; Science Act</a>, which will improve the building blocks of the economy, from roads &amp; bridges to science to workforce training.

High costs, from housing &amp; healthcare to child care &amp; college, are destabilizing the U.S. middle class. Millennials are not as economically secure as their parents were at this stage in their life. Drawing on his economics and business background and taking on special interests, Jake has consistently offered policies, not talking points, to address the cost of living.&nbsp;

Strengthening the Middle Class

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<h4>Contrasting Biden v. Trump</h4>Jake discusses President Biden’s re-election and the contrast with Donald Trump, the collapse of the border bill, and recent meetings of the House Select Committee on China in Boston.

<h4>Jake on supporting our allies in conflict</h4>Jake deep dives with Fox News Sunday on President Biden and Congress' tightrope walk supporting American allies and interests in conflicts abroad.

<h4>Jake on Inflation and China</h4>As vice chairman of the Financial Services Committee Jake went on CNBC to weigh in on the Federal Reserve’s efforts to combat inflation, our competitive edge with China, and more.

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Iowa Starting Line: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://iowastartingline.com/2023/06/08/guest-post-desantis-narrow-worldview-threatens-americas-global-standing/">Guest Post from Rep. Auchincloss - DeSantis’ Narrow Worldview Threatens America's Global Standing</a>

Yahoo News: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/bidens-young-defender-rep-jake-auchincloss-wants-democrats-to-fight-for-their-president-090039365.html">Biden's Young Defender Rep. Jake Auchincloss Wants Democrats to Fight for Their President</a>

WBSM. com: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/bidens-young-defender-rep-jake-auchincloss-wants-democrats-to-fight-for-their-president-090039365.html">Auchincloss: Midterm Results Show 'Rejection of Extremism'</a>

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Fox News: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://iowastartingline.com/2023/06/08/guest-post-desantis-narrow-worldview-threatens-americas-global-standing/"> Rep. Auchincloss: the NRA Doesn't Care about Keeping Kids Safe</a>

CNN News Central: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOxXSM5JjVY">Jake Auchincloss: Standing Up to Russia and China on Two Continents</a>

CNBC Squawk: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.cnbc.com/video/2022/09/21/the-u-s-is-in-a-stronger-position-than-china-in-the-world-economy-says-jake-auchincloss.html">Rep. Auchincloss - the U.S. is in a Stronger Economic Position than China</a>

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<h4>Jake talks Trump conviction</h4>Jake joins Kasie Hunt to discuss Trump's felony conviction and how the democratic campaign strategy should focus on this issue.

<h4>Jake on TikTok and online safety</h4>Jake goes On the Record to discuss the bipartisan legislation he co-sponsored to hold social media companies accountable for children's mental health, public safety and privacy.

<h4>Jake talks presidential debate on Fox News</h4>Jake joins Fox News Live to discuss how Kamala Harris was in command, and Donald Trump was out of control during the presidential debate.

<h4>Jake talks gun safety in our schools</h4>Jake joins WCVB's On The Record after the recent school shooting in Georgia to discuss the gun safety legislation needed to keep weapons of war out of our schools.

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"(Having kids) does make the job feel bigger because so much of what we're wrestling with as a country right now — polarization, threats to our democracy, climate action, and clean energy investments — so much of it really is about the kind of world we want our kids to grow up in." -Jake

"As a Marine veteran who served in Afghanistan, Rep. Auchincloss brings a unique and badly needed perspective...He was willing to speak from his own personal experience &amp; stand strong on his principles when it came to Afghanistan, even as Beltway press might have been in a different place.” -WH Aide

Jake believes it takes all of us working in collaboration from the local to the national level to make real, lasting progress. He's proud to have the endorsements of these organizations and groups as he fights for our future in Congress.

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This moment demands leaders who focus on the next generation, not the next news cycle. Jake is a Marine veteran and the youngest Democratic parent in Congress. He is fighting the gun lobby to shield children from their leading cause of death. He is dedicated to protecting the Constitution and individual rights, including abortion rights. And he is fighting special interests to lower drug prices for seniors and the middle class.&nbsp;Jake is working on all fronts for the freedom, security, and success of every American.

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CNBC covers the introduction of the bipartisan Pharmacists Fight Back Act, to crack down on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) - the middlemen of drug pricing - for their role in driving up the price of prescription drugs and harming pharmacists and patients.

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CNBC: Lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to crack down on drug middlemen as scrutiny ramps up

MassLive covers the launch of Jake's new effort Beyond Thoughts and Prayers, focused on electing like-minded lawmakers willing to take on the gun lobby and fight for common-sense gun safety legislation as Democrats look to take back the U.S. House majority in November.

MassLive: With gun violence on the ballot, MA Rep. Jake Auchincloss puts PAC to work

Franklin Matters covers Jake's letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D, OR) and House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R, MO-08), urging them to include the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act in the final package.&nbsp;In the letter Jake stated, "The lack of affordable housing is the single biggest challenge facing my home state of Massachusetts."

Franklin Matters: (Jake) Calls for Including Affordable Housing Policy in Forthcoming Tax Package

Jake caught up with the Needham Observer about last year's legislative wins and challenges in Congress, what's ahead in 2024, and what it all means for MA-04 and the country.

Needham Observer: Up for re-election, Auchincloss looks back, looks ahead

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12. Democrats can fix these problems.
But, not by fighting the last campaign &amp; not by offering a Diet Coke and telling voters it’s healthier than the Coca-Cola they ordered.

11. Finally, we need to reclaim trust on education.
The catastrophic school closures, the antisemitism on campuses, the curriculum that seems to erode excellence &amp; platform identitarian ideology: these are mistakes, and ones that rightfully resonate with Americans.

10. We patronize voters if we assume that memes do the work of conversations. In particular: young voters. They are consuming vast amounts of online video, text, and audio content. They are not hyper-partisan; in fact, they’re apolitical.

Democrats should go out &amp; shatter echo… https://t.co/qe3D33k6Bo

9. Second: complicate the narrative.

After Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton, someone joked that it was the ‘comments section defeating the article’. Since then, too many Democrats have become too wary of trying to explain their positions. That wariness comes off as… https://t.co/10hq9GnfjH

8. First: stake out our values.
We’re not going to insult immigrants, or laugh at misogyny, or ban books. There’s another party for that. And yes, we do seek to ban assault weapons, we do take climate action seriously, and we do want to foster diversity.

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