Press Releases
WASHINGTON — As this year's defense funding bill nears a vote on the House floor, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), a member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), secured an important shipbuilding provision for inclusion in the final bill. Golden's measure directs the Navy to develop and implement a plan to grow and train the workforce necessary to achieve a 355-ship fleet.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) continued his listening tour throughout the Second District with a packed 10-day district work period. The congressman spent his time listening to local leaders, workers, small business owners, and constituents in Millinocket, Lincoln, Milo, Etna, South Paris, Bar Harbor, Bangor, Lewiston, and Turner.
Yesterday, in a letter to Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere Dr. Neil Jacobs, U.S.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today announced his cosponsorship of the No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Jobs Act. The legislation would reverse harmful provisions in the 2017 tax bill that encourage corporations to move jobs and production to foreign countries.
WASHINGTON — Motivated by Congress' inability to address unsustainable prescription drug costs, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) led a bipartisan group of members of Congress today to call out House leadership for their partisanship and unwillingness to take more aggressive action to lower drug prices. Reps.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) was named this week to the newly-formed House Task Force on Rural Broadband. The Task Force, which includes 16 members of Congress from across the country, has been tasked with putting forward solutions that will end the urban-rural digital divide and deliver access to affordable high-speed internet to every community in America by 2025.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) pushed Congressional leaders in the House to take steps that would bring back local news access for many residents of Aroostook County.
WASHINGTON — Following last week's news that President Trump and Congressional leaders had begun negotiations on an infrastructure bill, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) announced a plan to gather input on infrastructure priorities directly from Mainers.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) cosponsored the Tax Fairness for Workers Act this week to provide tax relief to Maine workers. The bipartisan legislation makes an important change to the 2017 tax bill, restoring the ability of American workers to deduct their union dues, as well as unreimbursed work expenses, from their federal taxes.