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December 11, 2023

AUGUSTA – Governor Janet Mills and Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Commissioner Patrick Keliher today announced that Maine has received $17,252,551 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to help improve data on endangered North Atlantic right whales (NARW).


December 8, 2023

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and 115 of his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives wrote a letter yesterday to House and Senate leadership urging them to allocate an additional $1.6 billion for the Low-Income House Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) program for FY 2024.


December 7, 2023

WASHINGTON – Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) voted last night to pass H.R. 4468, Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2023, legislation that would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from finalizing its proposed rule establishing new emissions standards on light and medium-duty vehicles from model years 2027 through 2032.


December 7, 2023

WASHINGTON - Rep. Jared Golden (ME-02) and Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.J. Res. 88, providing congressional disapproval of changes made by President Biden to the SAVE Income Driven Repayment program:


December 4, 2023

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, are calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) to provide all Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) in Maine with reliable WiFi service.

Issues: Veterans

December 1, 2023

LEWISTON – Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) announced today that he is seeking a veteran or Gold Star Family member for a two-year position in his Lewiston district office. 

Issues: Veterans

November 30, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, bipartisan legislation led by Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) passed unanimously out of the House Committee on Administration. The Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act will prohibit contributions and donations by foreign nationals in American elections.


November 29, 2023


WASHINGTON –  U.S. Representatives Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree announced the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) will receive over $7 million in funding from the Federal Transit Administration to modernize and improve ferry service between Lincolnville and Islesboro.

Issues: Infrastructure

November 27, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced they will convene an advisory committee to review and provide recommendations to President Biden on candidates to fill a vacancy on the United States District Court for the District of Maine and a vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit: