Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) and Representative Jared Golden (D-Maine) today applauded an announcement from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that it will immediately reopen the Bangor Taxpayer Assistance Center (TAC) two days a week.
In the middle of tax season, IRS has now closed all 3 TAC facilities in 2nd Congressional District, leaving rural Mainers without vital in-person tax preparation services
Golden will hear directly from Mainers at Franklin Memorial Hospital, discuss work to improve health care for Mainers
FARMINGTON, ME — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) will hold a health care-focused town hall in Farmington, Maine on Tuesday, March 19 from 6-7 pm. At the event, Golden will answer questions from Mainers and discuss his work to lower costs and improve access to care in the state.
Washington, D.C. – On Maine’s 199th birthday, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) and Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Jared Golden (D-ME) wrote to the United States Postal Service (USPS) expressing their strong support for creating a commemorative postal stamp in celebration of Maine’s bicentennial on March 15, 2020.
King and Golden’s Future Logging Careers Act allows Maine’s 16- & 17-year-olds to learn the ropes of family logging operations
WASHINGTON — Senator Angus King (I-ME) and Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation today to level the playing field for the logging trade with other agricultural fields, ready young Mainers for good jobs in the forest products industry, and support Maine’s family logging businesses.
H.R. 1 passes the House with Golden amendment to strengthen clean elections system
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) voted for a comprehensive package of reforms today designed to strengthen our democracy by removing big money from politics, helping more Americans exercise their right to vote, and ensuring government officials act in the public interest. The legislation, the For the People Act (H.R.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement on his vote against gun control legislation in the House today:
“Maine isn’t Chicago, Washington, or New York. For many of my constituents, access to firearms is a necessary part of daily life and we have a tradition of responsible gun ownership.”
Washington, D.C. – In a continuation of the Maine Delegation’s concerted efforts to remove the unfair and harmful tariff on U.S. lobster exports to China, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) and Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Jared Golden (D-ME) wrote to U.S. Trade Representative Robert E.
Legislation now heads to president’s desk to be signed into law. Golden passes 1st bill he introduced in Congress
WASHINGTON — Today, a bill introduced by Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02) and cosponsored by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) passed the House of Representatives as part of Senate bill S.47 and will now be sent to the president’s desk to be signed into law.