Press Releases
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released a statement today following the release of the Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Subcommittee Appropriations Bill. The bill appropriates funds for two DDG-51 destroyers, rejecting the reduction sought by the Biden Administration in their budget request a month earlier.
WASHINGTON — Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two bipartisan bills championed by Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) to help Congress reclaim its constitutional war powers by rescinding outdated Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMFs).
WASHINGTON — House Small Business Subcommittee on Underserved, Agricultural, and Rural Business Development Chairman Jared Golden (ME-02) held a hearing this week to learn from Maine's GO Lab, Inc. and other small businesses about how federal innovation programs could be improved to better serve rural and underserved businesses. Golden's subcommittee heard from Dr. Joshua Henry, the founder and president of GO Lab, Inc.
WASHINGTON — To address concerns brought to his attention by many of his constituents, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) called on the Social Security Administration (SSA) to resume in-person services at their six field offices in Maine. Since March 2020, SSA has closed its field offices to nearly all visitors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Golden's bill has support from Sportsman's Alliance of Maine, Former State Chief of Police Craig Poulin, Maine law enforcement groups, and the Nat'l Shooting Sports Foundation
WASHINGTON — Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02) and Rodney Davis (IL-13) today introduced bipartisan legislation that could provide millions of gun safety kits to Americans across the country and educate millions more on the importance of gun storage and safety.
WASHINGTON — After voting to pass a repeal of the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) through the House today, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) called on his colleagues to continue to push for Congress to assert its Constitutional authority over war powers.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) took Navy leadership to task in this week's House Armed Forces Committee hearing and laid bare a number of misjudgments behind their department's decision to reduce construction of new DDG-51 destroyers.
Golden pointed to significant flaws and conflicting rationales in the Navy's plan, including:
WASHINGTON — Today, Reps. Chellie Pingree (ME-01) and Jared Golden (ME-02) joined a group of members of Congress from New England border states urging Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to safely reopen the U.S.-Canadian border.