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WASHINGTON, D.C. – With new federal regulations fast approaching and supply chain challenges delaying access to key materials, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and Governor Janet Mills are urging the Biden administration to give Maine lobstermen and women more time to comply with updated gear rules.

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released this week his ‘Toolkit for Town Managers' to help local officials across Maine's Second Congressional District take advantage of federal resources like the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to make infrastructure investments in their communities. The toolkit provides guidance on how officials can apply for funding to address specific needs in their towns, from new roads and bridges, to broadband infrastructure, school busses, municipal building repairs, and more.

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) called on the National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) today to expand representation of lobstermen on its Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team (ALWTRT) by including members of the Maine Lobstering Union Local 207 (MLU).

WASHINGTON — Following his introduction of standalone legislation to increase federal funding for law enforcement, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) voted recently to substantially increase funding for local law enforcement and border patrol officers as part of the omnibus gov

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and James Risch (R-Idaho) led a bipartisan group of 30 lawmakers in calling on the Biden administration to resolve a trade dispute blocking fresh potato exports to Mexico.

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) hailed the signing of legislation to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act (VAWA) into law this week. The bipartisan legislation was included in the omnibus Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations bill passed last week, and has now been signed by the president.

WASHINGTON — The Fiscal Year 2022 omnibus appropriations bill signed into law today included a provision Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) fought for to fund two DDG-51 destroyers. The inclusion of the funding in the spending bill finalizes the reversal of the Biden Administration's proposal to cut production of DDG-51 destroyers — the ships built at Bath Iron Works — down to only a single ship this year. Maine's congressional delegation has resisted the shipbuilding reduction since it was announced early last year.

WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of 8 Republicans and 7 Democrats today called on the Biden Administration to ramp up the transfer of further defense materiel to Ukraine, strengthen sanctions, and bolster humanitarian aid. The representatives specifically called on the Administration to work with NATO allies to provide the S-300 surface-to-air missile system, an air defense system both Ukraine and some NATO allies have in their inventory.