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WASHINGTON — As Congressional committees moved forward with legislation that included a salary increase for members of Congress, Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) introduced an amendment to block the pay raise. 20 bipartisan members of Congress joined Golden and Fitzpatrick to oppose the pay raise, contributing to House leadership's decision to pull the bill from floor consideration last night.
WASHINGTON — As this year's defense funding bill nears a vote on the House floor, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), a member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), secured an important shipbuilding provision for inclusion in the final bill. Golden's measure directs the Navy to develop and implement a plan to grow and train the workforce necessary to achieve a 355-ship fleet.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) continued his listening tour throughout the Second District with a packed 10-day district work period. The congressman spent his time listening to local leaders, workers, small business owners, and constituents in Millinocket, Lincoln, Milo, Etna, South Paris, Bar Harbor, Bangor, Lewiston, and Turner.
House votes on rules to begin debate on legislation are typically party-line tests. But when nine Democrats voted Tuesday against the rule for an immigration bill, it was a high-water mark for Democratic defections this year.
Still, Democrats are more unified on such votes than the House majority party has been in all but two years of the last decade.
Maine's congressional delegation issued a letter this week to NOAA's acting director in an effort to clarify the agency's mission and goals for right whale protections.
Yesterday, in a letter to Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere Dr. Neil Jacobs, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) and Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Jared Golden (D-ME) expressed their concern about the ongoing North Atlantic right whale take reduction efforts and their significant impact on the Maine lobster industry.
MILO — U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine spent Saturday, May 25 visiting with constituents from the Milo/Brownville area and touring local businesses. The day began with coffee and doughnuts at American Legion Post 41 of Milo where the Second District Congressman spoke individually with some veterans and then addressed the group thanking veterans for their service and reflecting on the significance of Memorial Day.