Auchincloss outlines constituent services, housing and drug priorities at Fall River town hall

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U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss told a packed Fall River town hall he is prioritizing local constituent services, waterfront and manufacturing grants, housing supply measures and bipartisan fentanyl interdiction while answering questions on Social Security office closures, Medicaid and community health center funding.

U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., used a Saturday town-hall in Fall River to review his recent work in Washington and take questions from local residents on housing, health care, immigration and opioids.

Auchincloss began by stressing constituent services and local federal investments, saying his office has helped residents with Social Security and Medicare issues and that he is "fighting to keep the Social Security office here in Fall River open." He described work to secure federal funding for waterfront redevelopment and to restart a frozen National Institutes of Health grant for a local manufacturer producing personal protective equipment.

The congressman framed housing as the district’s most urgent economic challenge and outlined two federal levers he supports: expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and offering lower-cost…

Auchincloss outlines constituent services, housing and drug priorities at Fall River town hall

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