Press Releases
WASHINGTON — Senator Angus King (I-ME) and Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today reintroduced the Future Logging Careers Act, which would develop the next generation of Maine’s forest products workforce by allowing young Mainers to safely train in their family’s logging business. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) are original cosponsors of the bill.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement today regarding the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) vote today to repeal a proposed increase in the minimum size requirement for lobster caught in the Gulf of Maine:
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today demanded answers from U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over the agency’s delay in reopening the West Paris Post Office — which has been closed for nearly four years — despite having signed a new lease last August.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s imposition of new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China:
“President Trump campaigned on tariffs as a tool to level the playing field between American workers and industries and our foreign competitors,” Golden said. “I don’t agree with Trump on everything, but he’s right that the old deal stinks, and we need a new one.”
January 29, 2025: Congressman Jared Golden, ME-02, talks with Auburn School Nutrition Director Chris Piercey during tour of Edward Little High School.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) met at Edward Little High School yesterday with staff from the Lewiston, Auburn and Lisbon school districts, as well as nonprofits Full Plates Full Potential and Maine Equal Justice, to discuss the districts’ effort to integrate more locally grown and harvested foods into school food programs.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) has been appointed to serve on three subcommittees of the House Natural Resources Committee — the subcommittees on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries; Energy and Mineral Resources; and Federal Lands.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today voted “no” on HR 21, legislation to politicize women’s health care, interfere with family-provider medical decisions and threaten doctors and nurses for providing life-saving legal reproductive health care.
WASHINGTON — Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02) and Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02) today introduced the bipartisan Northern Fisheries Heritage Protection Act of 2025. The bill would prohibit commercial offshore wind energy development in Lobster Management Area 1 (LMA1), which includes nearly 14,000 square miles of nearshore fishing waters from the U.S.-Canada maritime border to the north shore of Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today released the following statement on the 52nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision:
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and August Pfluger introduced the bipartisan Protecting