Press Releases

Washington, D.C. –  Today, by a vote of 72-25, the Senate passed a short-term government spending bill to fund the federal government through December 16th and provide emergency funding for critical needs—including $1 billion in supplemental appropriations for LIHEAP.  

WASHINGTON —The Campaign to Fix the Debt, a nonpartisan group affiliated with the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, has announced that Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) has been named a 2022 Fiscal Hero. The Fiscal Heroes Award is awarded to the Members of Congress who set themselves apart by working on a bipartisan basis to introduce and advocate for financially responsible legislation.

Golden, Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith Visit BIW in Advance of End-of-Year Defense Bill Negotiations

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed the Invest to Protect Act today, a bill for which Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) is an original cosponsor, to establish $300 million in federal grant funding through the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program specifically for small police departments like the vast majority of those in Maine. 

WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of military veterans today called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to formalize a security assistance memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ukraine.

WASHINGTON — With the costs of gas and heating oil still too high despite falling prices, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) led a group of six House lawmakers today to urge President Biden to take further action to lower domestic energy prices heading into the colder months.

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) used his position as chairman of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Underserved, Agricultural, and Rural Development today to push Congress to address restrictions from manufacturers that impair small businesses’ ability to fix their own equipment and machinery. 

WASHINGTON — After the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) gave lobster industry participants just two business days to submit proposals for a new risk reduction plan to protect right whales and denied lobstermen and their allies access to a key data tool, Maine’s congressional delegation pushed back today against these decisions by the agency.