Jared Golden

One thing that I always hear from my constituents is a concern in particular about individual information.

Good. Good. That just seems like a common, that you can hold yourself to the standard you would hold other, some of your clients to would be important.

I appreciate that very much. And obviously, that would be important to avoid that kind of unfair bias.

I guess we have heard from some people back home in Maine who are concerned that that may not be the case.

The sad thing is, as I often hear as I talk to small business owners, well, did you ever think about reaching out to SBA about this?

This is also on Congress. It has been since the 1990s when this program was put forward and, you know, oversight is our role.

I do want to encourage you to look into ways that you can push forward, access to capital for those types of investments.

Sometimes just because you can do something does not mean you should.

There is a lot of information flying around about them, and there is I think a growing distrust.

People's concerns about the government having control over individualized information.

Sometimes they do get it right.

I would just ask that you commit yourself to that transparency for consumers.

Thank you. I appreciate that.

That just seems like a common, that you can hold yourself to the standard you would hold other, some of your clients to would be important.

I would appreciate that very much. And obviously, that would be important to avoid that kind of unfair bias.

I wanted to ask, does Amazon use algorithms that favor sellers who use Fulfillment by Amazon over those who chose to do Fulfillment by Merchant?

Just to be clear, not products but sellers.

Wind energy potential in Maine--I think a lot of you know this too--is huge.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

I think about 3 percent of the shoreline, if we were to utilize that for wind, could power almost the entire State.

Of course, we would have to talk about how to get that energy into the grid, but beyond that, I think a lot of lobstermen and also machinists in Maine are rightfully concerned about how that offshore wind could impact their fisheries.

I think a lot of you know this too--is huge. In fact, the Gulf of Maine is, I think, unique in its ability to produce wind power offshore.

I wanted to point out some things going on in Maine for your alliance to look into.

I think it is even worse than what you are describing, because in some ways it might have been meant to make it so that you didn't have anywhere to go but them, and they weren't really interested in offering the service to you in the first…

I feel lucky and blessed to have someone on the other side of the aisle sitting next to me in the committee room who is serious about serving his community and serious about working together to find solutions.