Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02), Ted W. Lieu (CA-36), and William R. Keating (MA-09) wrote a letter today urging the Biden-Harris Administration to provide Ukraine with the weapons it needs to win its war against Russia. In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, the Members urged officials to send Ukraine long-range tactical missiles systems to help Ukraine push back on Russian aggression and end the conflict.
The full text of the letter is as follows:
Dear Secretary Blinken and Secretary Austin,
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) announced today that following outreach to United States Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Louis Dejoy, the Etna Postal facility – which has been closed for over two years – has officially reopened.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement today in response to Skowhegan being named a finalist for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Distressed Area Recompete Pilot Program (Recompete), as well as being awarded a Recompete Strategy Development Grant:
LEWISTON – Ahead of the Maine Board of Environmental Protection’s anticipated Thursday vote to adopt California’s zero- and low-emission vehicle regulations, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement:
WASHINGTON — The conference report of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) — the final version of the legislation — passed the House today. Using his position on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) successfully secured numerous priorities sought by Mainers across the Second District, including important new benefits for servicemembers and their families.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) announced today his office’s nominees to the United States Service Academies – the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point. To be considered for an appointment to a service academy, applicants must be nominated by an authorized nominating source, which includes Members of Congress.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives today passed H.R.357, the Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act, bipartisan legislation introduced earlier this year by Congressman Ben Cline (VA-06) and co-led by Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02).
AUGUSTA – Governor Janet Mills and Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Commissioner Patrick Keliher today announced that Maine has received $17,252,551 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to help improve data on endangered North Atlantic right whales (NARW).
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and 115 of his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives wrote a letter yesterday to House and Senate leadership urging them to allocate an additional $1.6 billion for the Low-Income House Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) program for FY 2024.