Press Releases

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. 

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement to mark the 21st anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. 

WASHINGTON — Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02) and Scott Peters (CA-52) led a group of nine House members today to send a letter urging the Biden Administration to permanently repeal a 2019 drug rebate rule.

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released a statement following U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg’s decision to reject a lawsuit from lobstermen’s groups that sought to block new federal regulations on Maine’s lobster fishery.