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WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) applauded the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The legislation will now head to the president's desk for his signature.
Congressional Budget Office analysis is required for the Senate to take up reconciliation legislation
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement today:
WASHINGTON — The Maine delegation announced today that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a design for a new Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (RRTP) building at Togus. The firm Triple C - The A&E Group, LLC will design the project. The new facility was announced last year after dogged work from Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), along with Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01), to advocate for its creation.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) voted this week for the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021. If signed into law, the legislation would provide Maine with a 22 percent increase in federal funding to expand and support programs focused on protecting survivors and preventing family and domestic violence.
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Welcome to my weekly rundown. Here's the latest on what I've been working on for Mainers in the Second District:
Fighting Tax Giveaways to the Wealthy
Some in Congress are proposing a new tax provision that would lift the cap for State and Local Tax (SALT) deductions. I wrote to leaders in the House to urge them to reject these plans. Here's why:
According to the Center for American Progress, under this plan:
WASHINGTON, DC— Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), and fellow northeast lawmakers Representatives Peter Welch (D-V.T), Jared Golden (D-Maine), and Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) on Monday sent a letter to chief executives of Danone regarding the company's decision to terminate its contracts with 89 organic dairy farms in Maine and across the Northeast.
Washington, D.C. – Following the U.S. District Court of Maine's order blocking the Lobster Management Area (LMA) 1 restricted area closure, which is a component of the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) flawed and unfair Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Rule, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and Governor Janet Mills sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.
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