Statement from Maine House Republican Leader Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) July 16, 2024 Our success as a nation is based on a foundation of freedom; the freedom to choose our own destinies, practice our faith as we please and to say what we want without persecution. These principles of freedom are a beacon
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By now, you’ve certainly been inundated with headlines, social media posts, and messages about Maine’s Secretary of State, Shenna Bellows, and her unilateral move to engage in voter suppression. Denying President Trump ballot access actively suppresses the choice of hundreds of thousands of Maine voters. It’s not just about one candidate, it’s about all of
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Maine Republicans remain hopeful going into 2024 This is House Republican Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham of Winter Harbor with the weekly Republican address. As Maine observes the holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, House Republicans join everyone in focusing on faith and family. This Christmas, we give special thanks for people that recognize human needs
Spending is more important to Democrats than helping the people back home The Supplemental budget that just passed over Republican opposition, when combined with the partisan budget passed in March, is nothing to cheer about. It represents a failure to govern in a manner that includes the needs of all Mainers, especially those that work
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Federal government get’s smacked down for “egregious” misuse of power against lobster industry. Maine House Republicans are pleased to report that the Maine Lobster Industry has won a huge victory in Federal Court. The U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit’s ruling vacates NOAA’s biology-based opinion. This is the opinion off which the agency was imposing
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Over the next two years, state government will spend close to $11 billion without one penny returned to you in income tax relief This is House Republican Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham with the Weekly Republican Radio Address. For months, Republicans have responsibly called for tax relief. Mindful that Democrats want to spend taxpayer money and
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By House Republican Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham (Published in the Bangor Daily News 3-29-23 Democrats’ may spend over $10.3 billion of tax revenue in the next two years – an increase of 20% from the governor’s last biennial budget proposal. During last week’s budget negotiations, House Republicans proposed to provide an additional $200 million in
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By House Republican Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham The decision by legislative Democrats and Governor Mills to ram through a partisan budget, then shut the legislature down three months before our work is done, is disappointing. Maine people want us to work together to solve problems. Rather than giving tax relief to its citizens or fighting
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STATE HOUSE– Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) announced today that his bill to provide funding for the lobster legal defense fund will have a Public Hearing Thursday. The bill is funded by license fees fishermen pay to support the State’s lobster industry by reimbursing a statewide association of individuals engaged in commercial lobster fishing
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Opinion piece published by the Maine Wire The recent announcement by Maine’s second largest union, MSEA-SEIU Local 1989, that it has filed a prohibited practices complaint with the Maine Labor Relations Board against Governor Janet Mills and her administration got my attention. The complaint alleges that her Administration engaged in bad-faith bargaining and used unlawful
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