Press Releases

March 11, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement following his votes against two firearms bills in the House, H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446: 

March 10, 2021 Press Release
Golden: “Borrowing and spending hundreds of billions more in excess of meeting the most urgent needs poses a risk to both our economic recovery and the priorities I would like to work with the Biden Administration to achieve, like rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure and fixing our broken and unaffordable healthcare system.”

WASHINGTON — After voting against the $1.9 trillion legislative package to address the coronavirus pandemic last month, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) will once again vote against the legislation after it was amended by the Senate. Before the vote, he released the following statement: 

March 9, 2021 Press Release

After leading a letter signed by more than 100 colleagues to House leadership calling for the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act to be brought to the House floor for a vote, the House passed the bipartisan bill with the support of Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) toda

March 9, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA)Jared Golden (D-ME) and U.S.

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March 5, 2021 Press Release
Golden cites inadequate NEPA review, lack of public input on DOE process to call for Biden administration review of the permit

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) wrote today to U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to push for an agency review of the presidential permit for the Central Maine Power (CMP) New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) line that addresses the lack of public input for the permit.

March 3, 2021 Press Release

Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement today after his vote against H.R. 1280, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.

March 3, 2021 Press Release
The For the People Act, H.R. 1, would fight corruption, shine light on dark money in politics, and strengthen the Voting Rights Act

Golden: “It’s not too late to… reestablish an age of clean politics and a return to a government that doesn’t serve special interests and their shadowy backers or the super rich and well-connected, but that works instead for all of us, for the American people.”

March 1, 2021 Press Release
Golden: “We have to close the revolving door between members of Congress and the lobbying industry and nail it shut.”

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) has introduced legislation to impose a lifetime lobbying ban on members of Congress. The legislation is being proposed as an amendment to H.R. 1, the comprehensive democracy reform bill being considered on the House floor this week. 

February 27, 2021 Press Release

Early this morning, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) voted against H.R. 1319, a $1.9 trillion legislative package developed by party leaders in an effort to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. After the vote, he released the following statement:

February 26, 2021 Press Release
With union representation increasingly important during the pandemic, the 112 lawmakers are calling for a vote on the PRO Act as soon as possible

WASHINGTON — Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02) and Andy Levin (MI-09) led 110 of their colleagues in a letter to House leadership this week calling for the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act to be brought directly to the House floor for a vote.

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