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Washington, D.C. – In a continuation of the Maine Delegation's concerted efforts to remove the unfair and harmful tariff on U.S. lobster exports to China, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) and Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Jared Golden (D-ME) wrote to U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer, calling on him to make the lobster industry a priority in the ongoing trade negotiations with the Chinese government.
WASHINGTON — Today, a bill introduced by Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02) and cosponsored by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) passed the House of Representatives as part of Senate bill S.47 and will now be sent to the president's desk to be signed into law. Golden and Pingree's legislation helps add iconic coastline to Acadia National Park, allows clammers and wormers to continue to harvest in intertidal zones around the park, and reauthorizes the Acadia National Park Commission.
Federal legislation sponsored by Maine Reps. Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree, both Democrats, will allow clam and worm harvesters to continue to work in intertidal zones around Acadia National Park, and will also allow the park to expand through a 1,400-acre donation on the Schoodic Peninsula.
The House approved the bill Tuesday – it has already been approved by the Senate – and it will now be sent to President Trump's desk to be signed into law, according to a statement issued by Golden's office.
WASHINGTON — Today, Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02) released his plan to ensure all Maine people have quality, affordable healthcare. Golden's healthcare roadmap includes short-term and long-term plans to help lower healthcare costs and expand coverage to every American.
BANGOR, Maine — Congressman Jared Golden opened his third district office in Bangor on Saturday.
The office is locatedon State Street in downtown Bangor. Golden said he held the open house to hear from Mainers and discuss the work he's doing in Congress.
He said the event is also an opportunity for people to meet him and his staff and hear about the resources and services available through the office.
The representative fo Maine's Second Congressional District took questions from constituents and talked about his goals this year in Washington, DC
He said his number one goal was ending the government shutdown
He also said this new office will have two staff members working there, and opportunities for paid internships.
First-term U.S. Rep. Jared Golden joins us to discuss his first weeks on the job representing Maine's 2nd Congressional District. We'll ask about the government shutdown, his committee assignments and first floor speech and the president's decision to declare a national emergency in order to get additional funding for a border wall.
Listen to our discussion here
WASHINGTON — Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02) and Don Young (AK-At Large) introduced new bipartisan legislation to address the longtime decline in younger Americans entering the commercial fishing industry. Golden and Young introduced H.R. 1240, the Young Fishermen's Development Act with original cosponsors Representatives Seth Moulton (MA-06) and Aumua Amata (American Samoa). The bill creates the first ever national grant program through the Department of Commerce to support training, education, and workplace development for the nation's next generation of commercial fishermen.
WASHINGTON — As Maine people struggle with ever-increasing healthcare costs, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) introduced a bill today to help address unfair price hikes for prescription drugs. Golden's legislation imposes penalties on pharmaceutical companies who harm consumers with sudden, exorbitant price increases and promotes competition among manufacturers to lower drug prices.