Press Releases
WASHINGTON — This week, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) revealed the winners of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition for Maine’s Second District. Students from Auburn, Bangor, Harrington, Lewiston, and Rangeley were all selected to be honored, with first place going to Hannah Wojdakowski from Bangor High School.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and Congresswoman Abigail D. Spanberger (VA-07) led a bipartisan group of 19 of their House colleagues to call on House Administration Committee Chair Zoe Lofgren and Ranking Member Rodney Davis to take action to advance legislation to ban members of Congress from trading or selling individual stocks.
WASHINGTON — Following the introduction of the bipartisan COPS on the Beat Grant Program Reauthorization and Parity Act by Congressman Jared Golden and three of his House colleagues, the 56-member House Problem Solvers Caucus endorsed the bill this week. The legislation would nearly triple available funding for the COPS program to over $1 billion in FY2022, reauthorize the program for ten years, and specifically expand access to the grants for rural communities.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), joined by Reps. Tony Gonzales (TX-23), Tom O'Halleran (AZ-01), August Pfluger (TX-07), Stephanie Murphy (FL- 07), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-02), Chris Pappas (NH-01), Don Bacon (NE-02), Greg Stanton (AZ-09), and Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27) introduced today the Public Health and Border Security Act of 2022.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) introduced today the DHS Rural and Remote Hiring and Retention Strategy Act of 2022. The bipartisan bill would help address Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel shortages in rural areas. Absent a meaningful strategy and progress by the U.S.
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of seven Democrats and 10 Republicans are calling on the Biden Administration to increase and expedite the transfer of defense equipment to Ukraine. In a letter to President Biden, the lawmakers called on the administration to help finalize the transfer of the S-300 surface-to-air missile system, provide increased radar capabilities to protect Ukrainian air space, and help supply anti-ship missiles to defend the Ukrainian coastline.
WASHINGTON — Four chiefs of Wabanaki tribes in Maine appeared today before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples to testify on behalf of H.R. 6707, the Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King, Chairman of the Senate National Parks Subcommittee, and Representative Jared Golden are introducing a bipartisan, bicameral bill to designate a Downeast Maine National Heritage Area.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With new federal regulations fast approaching and supply chain challenges delaying access to key materials, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and Governor Janet Mills are urging the Biden administration to give Maine lobstermen and women more time to comply with updated gear rules.