Press Releases

Washington D.C.— Today, Representatives Joe Neguse, Pramila Jayapal, Conor Lamb and Jared Golden led an ideologically diverse group of over 80 lawmakers in a letter to President Joe Biden calling for him to expand Medicare through the American Families Plan.

WASHINGTON — Maine's congressional delegation wrote to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough this week urging him not to delay construction of a new veterans mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) facility in Maine. The delegation has learned that construction of the new 24-bed facility at Togus may experience delays due to new guidance from the VA.

Bill would help train next generation of Maine loggers as an estimated 2,000 loggers retire over the next decade

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) voted to pass the National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants(NO BAN) Act through the House today.

Washington, D.C.— Today on 4/20, House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA), and Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) reintroduced legislation to open several Small Business Administration (SBA) programs to small firms operating in the legal cannabis sector.

In the 2020 cycle, corporate PACs spent over $400 million on elections nationally

WASHINGTON — Today, Representatives Jared Golden (ME-2) and Josh Harder (CA-10) introduced their Ban Corporate PACs Act which would ban all corporate Political Action Committees (PACs).

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) will vote to pass H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act, through the House today. The legislation would help reduce the disparity in pay between men and women in America by strengthening the Equal Pay Act of 1963, improving salary transparency, and providing women more tools to fight pay discrimination.

Washington, D.C. – U.S.