{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases/golden-visits-university-of-maine-compotech-to-make-the-case-for-advanced-workforce-training-centers", "Golden Visits University of Maine, Compotech to Make the Case for Advanced Workforce Training Centers", "2022-08-05", "2022", "2022-08", "Democrat", "House", "ME", "Jared F. Golden", "G000592", "golden.house.gov", "golden", "https://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "ORONO\u2014 Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) headed to the Bangor area today to meet with university officials, manufacturing and forest products experts, business owners, and students today for tours of two innovative UMaine programs focused on helping Maine help build the advanced workforce necessary to lead in today\u2019s economy and one of several local small businesses who benefits from the workforce training programs.\n\nGolden has successfully passed two Community Project Funding (CPF) requests through the House to bolster the two programs \u2014 the UMaine Sawing Operations Training Facility and the UMaine Advanced Manufacturing Center \u2014 and is working to get both requests signed into law.\n\n\u200b\u200b\u201cThe innovative training being done at the Advanced Manufacturing Center and at the Sawing Operations Training Center, in concert with our community college system, are essential for developing and growing Maine\u2019s workforce,\u201d said Golden. \u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m fighting for funding to bring the training available at the manufacturing center to more students around the state and to expand the sawing operations center. The future is bright for both these programs and I\u2019m grateful to all at UMaine for their partnership.\u201d\n\n\u201cBy 2030, one-quarter of Maine\u2019s current forest products workforce will reach retirement age,\u201d explained Keith Kanoti, manager of the University of Maine Forest where the facility will be located if ultimately funded. \u201cAs this industry innovates for the future through technology and processes that add value to our timber, the community project funding requested by Congressman Golden will allow the university to better prepare the next generation of skilled forest resource professionals who are necessary to maintain and grow Maine\u2019s leading role in the global forest economy.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur state is a leader in the aerospace and defense manufacturing industry with a reputation for unmatched quality, but it needs an agile, well-trained workforce to stay competitive for federal contracts and to continue providing good-paying careers to Mainers,\u201d said John Belding, director of the University of Maine Advanced Manufacturing Center. \u201cWe are incredibly grateful to Congressman Golden for championing this funding that would allow us to partner with Southern Maine Community College to stand up manufacturing training innovation centers across the state that provide talent pipelines in direct support of local workers, Maine industry and our nation's security.\u201d\n\nThe $750,000 in funding requested by the congressman for the UMaine Sawmill Facility will be used to construct a sawmill operations training facility to be located at the Dwight B. Demeritt Forest. The $7 million in funding he requested for the Advanced Manufacturing Center at UMaine will be used to establish three Manufacturing Training Innovation Centers in partnership with Southern Maine Community College to be located at Orono, ME, Brunswick, ME, and South Portland, ME.\n\nThe Congressman also visited Compotech, a defense company based in Brewer, that partners with the Advanced Manufacturing Center and will benefit from the federal funding he is working to secure.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases/golden-visits-university-of-maine-compotech-to-make-the-case-for-advanced-workforce-training-centers"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.2124098613858223, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}