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October 8, 2021

WASHINGTON — To fight corruption and help restore faith in government, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) announced the reintroduction of the Stop Foreign Payoffs Act today. The Stop Foreign Payoffs Act would bar high-ranking public officials — members of Congress, presidents, vice presidents, and cabinet secretaries, as well as their close families — from earning a salary from or holding an investment in a foreign business as long as the official is in office.


October 8, 2021

FAYETTE — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) hosted U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh in Fayette and Augusta Tuesday to learn firsthand from Maine loggers and discuss opportunities and challenges facing the logging workforce. The congressman convened a roundtable between Secretary Walsh and members of the Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine, to discuss issues including logger recruitment efforts, worker classification issues, and the importance of job training and workforce development for the industry.


October 7, 2021
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October 1, 2021

WASHINGTON — After four days of delays beyond the September 27th date she had publicly committed to, Speaker Pelosi announced late last night that she would again delay a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure package passed by the Senate in August.

Issues: Infrastructure

September 30, 2021

WASHINGTON — In a hearing of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Underserved, Agricultural, and Rural Business Development chaired by Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today, the congressman focused in on ways that a booming forest products economy can address climate change, and on challenges with government programs meant to support sustainable forestry.


September 24, 2021

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed the annual defense authorization bill late last night, including several measures won by Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) to protect Maine shipbuilders at Bath Iron Works (BIW) and the future shipbuilding workforce, strengthen national defense, and support American servicemembers.


September 23, 2021

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack urging the department to provide federal support to the 14 Maine organic dairy farms who were recently notified that their contracts will not be renewed by Horizon Organic, a subsidiary of the multinational corporation Danone.


September 20, 2021

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Congressman Jared Golden announced that Aroostook Mental Health Center (AMHC) has been awarded $2.5 million to support and expand their Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) services.

Issues: Health Care

September 10, 2021

Washington, D.C.—U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced today that the U.S.