Sworn in for the 119th Congress on Source
Their stated policy positions and commitments, with quotes and links to the original sources.
Golden says he is working to help unions expand and improve apprenticeship and job-training programs. He highlights their role in developing skilled workers for Maine’s forest products, manufacturing, and shipbuilding industries.
Context: The passage does not specify a federal program, funding plan, or implementation details.
Golden supports the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which would add protections for union workers and strengthen their ability to bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions.
Context: The bill is described as legislation; the passage does not say it has become law.
Golden proposes a 10 percent tariff on imports, which he says is intended to shift the U.S. economy from consumption toward domestic production and help keep the middle class prosperous and secure.
Context: The supplied text presents this as a proposal, not an enacted policy.
Golden says he is focused on opening new markets for Maine products, addressing workforce shortages, and preparing young Mainers for work in fishing, logging, shipbuilding, and farming. He links these priorities to his goal of helping the next generation find stable jobs that support their families.
Context: The source does not specify particular programs, funding, or implementation steps.
Golden announced that he would introduce an amendment to prohibit federal funds from being used to produce American warships or their parts overseas. He has also supported a separate NDAA provision to stop the Navy from moving shipbuilding jobs overseas, aiming to protect domestic shipbuilding work.
Context: The source describes the funding ban as a planned amendment and the separate provision as approved by the House Armed Services Committee; it does not establish final enactment.
Golden supports blocking new federal regulations affecting Maine lobstermen until the underlying data has undergone scientific peer review. He says the rules should rely on the best available evidence and should not unfairly target the industry.
Context: Described as a proposed amendment; the source does not establish that it became law.