Press Releases
WASHINGTON — To stand up for Congress' war powers and encourage accountability and meaningful debate before entering into new conflicts in the Middle East, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) voted this week for a bipartisan repeal the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF).
LEWISTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) used the congressional district work period to travel across the Second District to meet with constituents in Androscoggin, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Somerset counties as well as Bath Iron Works last week. The congressman focused his time on small business and economic development in rural areas.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Jared Golden (D-Maine) are sending a letter today pressing U.S.
WASHINGTON — To bring skilled new resident teachers to rural Maine and ensure that Maine's rural students continue to receive a quality education, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) backed the bipartisan Rural Education Investment Act this month. The legislation would guarantee that teachers receiving funding through the Department of Education's Teacher Quality Partnership Grants (TQP) for in-house residencies serve both rural and urban students.
WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) and Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) wrote to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces today to invite them to tour Bath Iron Works (BIW).
WASHINGTON — A group of 76 members of Congress, led by Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), urged House leadership today to bring the bipartisan Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) to the House floor for a vote. The PRO Act would expand labor unions' negotiating power, provide new protections for unions and workers, and stiffen penalties for companies that violate workers' rights.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement today regarding the news that an American military strike has killed high-ranking Iranian military leader Qassim Suleimani.
"Qassim Suleimani was a decades-long serious threat to U.S. national security. As leader of Iran's Quds Force, Suleimani was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of U.S. servicemembers in Iraq and Afghanistan, men and women I fought alongside.