{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases/golden-wins-president-trump-s-support-for-extending-moratorium-on-lobster-right-whale-regulations-until-2035", "Golden wins President Trump\u2019s support for extending moratorium on lobster, right whale regulations until 2035", "2026-05-01", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "ME", "Jared F. Golden", "G000592", "golden.house.gov", "golden", "https://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today won the support of the White House for his legislation to protect Maine\u2019s lobstermen from new regulations related to the North Atlantic right whale until 2035.\n\nGolden in recent weeks has had several conversations with administration officials about the bill, H.R. 8509. The Trump administration announced its support for the bill in a Statement of Administration Policy released this afternoon.\n\nGolden worked with the Maine delegation and Governor Janet Mills to win the moratorium on industry-crippling new regulations \u2014 including potential fishery closures \u2014 in 2022 under President Joe Biden, but the freeze is scheduled to expire in 2028. Golden has long advocated for the federal government to extend the moratorium.\n\n\u201cThe need to protect Maine\u2019s iconic lobster industry knows no party. I\u2019m grateful for the President\u2019s support for Maine\u2019s lobstermen and hopeful that my colleagues in the House will join me in quickly passing this bill into law,\u201d Golden said.\n\n\u201cBefore we enacted this moratorium, Maine\u2019s lobster industry was on the verge of shutting down because of proposed regulations that were onerous and based on flawed science and hypothetical scenarios rather than the reality on the water. Extending the moratorium will give lobstermen and their communities stability and peace of mind, protect an industry worth half a billion dollars annually and give the government time to get the science right,\u201d Golden said.\n\nGolden\u2019s bill can be found here. The White House\u2019s Statement of Administration Policy can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-06-06T06:16:30Z", "2026-06-06T06:17:47Z"]], "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-wins-president-trump-s-support-for-extending-moratorium-on-lobster-right-whale-regulations-until-2035"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6556138396263123, "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"}