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July 9, 2024

WASHINGTON — Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) today led a bipartisan group of 20 lawmakers in urging House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to hold a vote on legislation that would ban members of Congress from owning and trading individual stocks.  


July 1, 2024

WASHINGTON — Today, Representatives Jared Golden (ME-02) and Adam Schiff (CA-30) along with 13 House colleagues urged Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to 


June 28, 2024

Congressman looks forward to compromise budget that secures the border, bolsters national defense

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today voted in favor of the 2025 Homeland Security and Defense appropriations bills. 


June 27, 2024

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) announced that the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) has awarded 11 grants totaling more than $6 million to towns and organizations across the Second Congressional District. The projects — which include improvements to infrastructure, child care, education and more — will benefit communities throughout Aroostook, Franklin, Hancock, Oxford, Penobscot, and Washington counties.


June 24, 2024

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement today marking the second anniversary of the  Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which stripped women of the constitutional right to abortion care. 

Issues: Health Care

June 21, 2024

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced that the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA) has been awarded $1,299,377 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch the Rural Energy Futures (REF) project. Through the REF program, 8th-grade students in rural communities across the state will learn math while exploring local energy issues.

Issues: Education

June 14, 2024

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) voted to pass the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) out of the House today. 


June 14, 2024

 WASHINGTON — Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) are once again leading the fight to oppose congressional pay raises, demanding that congressional leaders exclude proposed cost of living adjustment (COLA) for members of Congress from the FY2025 federal budget. 


June 5, 2024

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) is pushing to force a House vote on a bill to create statutory protections for an individual’s right to obtain and use contraception and enshrine the right of health care providers to provide contraception without interference from politicians. 

Issues: Health Care

June 5, 2024

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) joined a bicameral effort today to push for the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce to level the playing field for American solar workers by supporting a set of antidumping and countervailing duty petitions filed by the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee.