Jared Golden

I urge my colleagues to support this important legislation as it will help ensure that the SBA is doing everything it can to support small businesses in rural America.

This bill would revitalize the office so it can fulfill its obligation to rural small business owners in three main ways.

It is clear that there is a need in Maine and in every state for tailored support for rural small businesses.

Maine' 2nd District is the second most rural House District in America. Statewide, Maine is home to more than 151,000 small businesses accounting for 99.2 percent of all businesses in the state.

I would like to request a recorded vote.

Earlier today I regrettably entered my vote incorrectly for roll call No. 265, final passage of H.R. 277. I mistakenly voted yea when I intended to vote nay. ____________________

I have called on him to do that. So I agree with you about that.

The For Country Caucus has been pushing for that. We are a caucus of all vets. Tony Gonzales has been the lead on that.

A bipartisan group of Members of Congress, including members of this committee, have sent the administration letters, and that has gone on since April of last year, all the way right up to right now, calling for the supply of advanced…

Some people have raised concerns about training. Well, last September many of us called on the administration to start training in F-16, or fourth-generation aircraft. And of course that hasn't even begun. So the time to start this process…

One thing I want to ask about is the Office of Advocacy.

I have never seen a better example of unjustified regulations, just completely unsupported by data.

The deadline really does need to be moved. Of course, myself, and most, well, all of the Maine delegation opposed the regulations to begin with.

The Drive Safe Act is going to create a new apprenticeship program for young CDL drivers.

I want to learn a little bit about the economy down there when I visit and, of course, get down to the border if we can.

I would have loved to have known about an opportunity to walk into an apprenticeship program and pick up some trade skills.

For me, this is about respect and how you go about implementing this vaccine requirement.

Wherever, if ever, there is a fraudulent vote, that vote in itself, by nature of what it is, suppresses the vote of a legal voter.

Our republic is based on the foundation that the people, the voters of this country must have faith and confidence in our election process.

We must look at these things. We cannot sweep these under the rug.

I believe it is our responsibility to support industries like those that we have in our forested States and communities.

Protecting our environment doesn't have to be bad for business, and I think our witnesses proved today that that is certainly not the case in places like Maine and Minnesota and a lot of others.

We shouldn't build a public school in Maine that doesn't have also some kind of biomass boiler or something built into it.

I know in Maine, we are really looking at policies that could turn our State into a bit of an energy island...

Hopefully, that answered your question.