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WASHINGTON — Following last week's news that President Trump and Congressional leaders had begun negotiations on an infrastructure bill, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) announced a plan to gather input on infrastructure priorities directly from Mainers. The Congressman released a survey to hear directly from constituents about the most pressing infrastructure needs in their communities and learn how deteriorating infrastructure affects their lives.
BETHEL — The majority of Telstar's Freshman Class traveled to Washington D.C. at the end of March.
Students stayed at a National 4-H Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Md. The center was formerly a women's college.
The trip was connected to the current units students are studying, including astronomy, social studies and art. They visited the Air and Space Museum, the Supreme Court, the U.S. Capitol and the Renwick Gallery, which is a section of the Smithsonian Art Museum.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) cosponsored the Tax Fairness for Workers Act this week to provide tax relief to Maine workers. The bipartisan legislation makes an important change to the 2017 tax bill, restoring the ability of American workers to deduct their union dues, as well as unreimbursed work expenses, from their federal taxes.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) helped pass legislation today to confront climate change and maintain American leadership on the international stage. Golden voted to pass the Climate Action Now Act, a bill that would block the removal of the United States from the Paris Agreement and direct the administration to create a plan to meet the pollution reduction goals included in the agreement.
The American Loggers Council (ALC) today applauded the introduction of the bipartisan Safe Routes Act of 2019 (H.R. 2453) allowing log trucks to utilize federal interstates for short-haul trips. The legislation was announced today by U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI); other original sponsors include U.S. Representatives Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jared Golden (D-ME) and Jim Sensebrenner (R-WI).
LEWISTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) heard from union workers and small businesses at multiple events in the Second District during this week's district work period. Golden has made a priority of traveling across the state to engage directly with the Mainers he represents, visiting more than 30 Maine towns and cities in since January 3.
The top marine resources officials from Maine and New Hampshire, joined by Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine's 2nd District, are sharply criticizing the federal government's efforts to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale and are calling for a slowdown of plans to impose new rules that could be costly for New England's lobster fleet.
LEWISTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) raised serious concerns today about the potential harm inflicted on Maine lobstermen from new regulations proposed by the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team (TRT) intended to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Taking issue with the tool being used to determine the health of the right whale population, Golden urged leaders at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to reevaluate their approach and delay its rulemaking.