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July 15, 2026

WASHINGTON — The House Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday approved a proposal by Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) to extend until 2035 protections for Maine’s lobstermen from new regulations related to the North Atlantic right whale. 


July 14, 2026

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) and Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Jared Golden (D-ME) are calling for a comprehensive, transparent, and expedited investigation into the fatal shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel in Biddeford.


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July 14, 2026

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Monday unanimously passed the bipartisan Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act, led by Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01). This bill would ban foreign nationals from making political contributions in state and local ballot initiatives and recall elections.  


July 14, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement Tuesday regarding the fatal ICE shooting that took place Monday in Biddeford, Maine. 


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Elden Irish, winner of the Congressional Art Competition for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, left, with Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) at Golden’s D.C. Office on Thursday, June 25, 2026.
June 25, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) welcomed the winner of the annual Congressional Art Competition in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, Elden Irish, to his Washington office Thursday morning. Elden’s original work, a photograph titled “Gramps,” will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for the next year alongside the winners from other congressional districts. 

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Four panels from the Maine Labor Mural.
June 9, 2026

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives today passed The Faster Labor Contracts Act, a bill co-sponsored by Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) that would stop corporations from using endless negotiating delays to block unions from obtaining their first contract. 


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June 9, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today voted against the Republicans’ fiscally irresponsible reconciliation bill that would have plowed nearly $70 billion of funds toward ICE and CBP, despite the agencies already sitting on enough funds to cover their operations. 


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Bath Iron Works
June 5, 2026

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy would be forced to scrap its plans to send shipbuilding jobs overseas under a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) sponsored by Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and approved by the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) early this morning. Golden also secured funding for an additional destroyer to be built in Maine at Bath Iron Works.


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Ukrainian servicemen of the 3rd Separate Tank Iron Brigde take part in an exercise in the Kharkiv area, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, the day before the one year mark since the war began. War has been a catastrophe for Ukraine and a crisis for the globe and the world is a more unstable and fearful place since Russia invaded its neighbor on Feb. 24, 2022. Vadim Ghirda/AP
June 4, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today voted in favor of H.R. 2913, the Ukraine Support Act, which provides additional military financing loans and weaponry to Ukraine as it continues to defend itself in the face of Russian aggression. 

The bill passed the House in a bipartisan 226-195 vote after a successful discharge petition forced Republicans to hold a vote despite the opposition of majority leadership. 


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A DDG-51 participates in the Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
June 3, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) voted today in favor of House Concurrent Resolution 86, a resolution under the War Powers Act to remove the United States from hostilities against Iran. 

Golden opposed earlier War Powers resolutions, in recognition that the administration had, to that point, met its obligations to notify Congress and provide updates under the War Powers Act of 1973.