Press Releases
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) helped secure important provisions for America's national security, Maine shipyard workers, National Guardsmen, universities, and manufacturers in the defense funding bill that passed out of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) early this morning. Golden pushed for a number of Maine priorities in the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), including one that guarantees the construction of at least one Arleigh Burke-class DDG-51 destroyer at Bath Iron Works.
WASHINGTON — As Congressional committees moved forward with legislation that included a salary increase for members of Congress, Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) introduced an amendment to block the pay raise. 20 bipartisan members of Congress joined Golden and Fitzpatrick to oppose the pay raise, contributing to House leadership's decision to pull the bill from floor consideration last night.
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. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) and Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Jared Golden (D-ME) expressed their concern about the ongoing North Atlantic right whale take reduction efforts and their significant impact on the Maine lobster industry.
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.