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AUGUSTA — Veterans and legislators broke ground Thursday on the future site of Maine Veterans' Homes' Augusta campus, celebrating a residential care facility that they said will feel more like home and less like an institution.
"It's looks like it'll be a great home," said Commander Roger Emmons, of VFW District 8, which encompasses five Kennebec County Veterans of Foreign Wars posts, including Augusta's. "It's something we need. Something that's 50 or 60 years old kind of wears out."
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), Chairman of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure, led a bipartisan group of 15 members of Congress today calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to take steps to address the country's digital divide and help small businesses in rural America grow and hire workers in rural areas.
BATH — Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer praised the workforce development training taking place in Bath to prepare workers for careers at Bath Iron Works during an Armed Service Committee hearing last week.
U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, asked Navy officials to explain what they were doing to ensure that there would be people willing and able to work in careers in the nation's shipyards, especially since many of those careers require special skills. While Spencer noted efforts were taking place across the county, he specified the work going on in Maine to make his point.
Three months into his new job representing Maine's 2nd Congressional District, Democrat Jared Golden of Lewiston has shown a willingness to break ranks from his party.
Only two Democrats in the U.S. House have voted with President Donald Trump more than Golden, according to statistics compiled by FiveThirtyEight, a polling and data-driven news outfit.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) took action today to ensure rural patients have dependable access to information about their medications and to protect jobs in Aroostook County. Golden led a bipartisan group of 19 members calling on House appropriators to include specific language in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) appropriations bill. The language would prevent the FDA from moving forward with a plan to distribute important prescription drug information electronically rather than in printed form via paper inserts.
WASHINGTON, DC – The New England Congressional Delegation issued the following statement regarding cuts to Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in New England.
WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) helped introduce sweeping new health care legislation that will lower Maine's health insurance premiums, crack down on junk health insurance plans, and strengthen protections for people with pre-existing conditions. Golden is an original cosponsor of the Protecting Pre-Existing Conditions & Making Health Care Affordable Act.
MADAWASKA, Maine — Maine's two U.S. House members are pushing federal officials to approve the state's application for a $36 million grant to help pay for a new international bridge at Madawaska.
In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao dated March 18, Reps. Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree express their "strong support" for the Maine Department of Transportation's request for funding.