Jennifer Poirier

Legislative Republicans Urge Revocation of Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Leases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 9, 2025 AUGUSTA – Republican lawmakers from the Legislature’s Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, along with several state Representatives and Senators, have called on U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright to revoke all remaining Gulf of Maine offshore wind leases. In a letter

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Legislators Urge President to Protect Maine’s Environment and Safeguard Coastal Communities

Legislators thank President Trump and call for further action to revoke existing offshore wind permits and leases that threaten the Gulf of Maine STATE HOUSE – Republican members of Maine’s House and Senate have written a letter to President Donald J. Trump thanking him for taking swift action to protect the Gulf of Maine and

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Maine’s housing situation changed drastically in 5 years

Generous welfare benefits and the Governor’s call for 75,000 “new Mainers” have fueled the crisis This is Representative Jennifer Poirier of Skowhegan with the Weekly Republican Address.  In 2019, before Governor Mills’ pandemic lockdown, housing was affordable and home ownership was within reach of the average working family. A young couple with decent jobs could

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Why I spoke out on tribal judicial issues

Bangor Daily News by Opinion Contributor Jennifer Poirier of Skowhegan represents District 70 in the Maine House of Representatives. In a May 9 column titled, “Harmful misinformation can’t distract from tribal progress in Maine,” Penobscot Nation Chief Kirk Francis and Ambassador Maulian Bryant said that my floor speech for LD 2007, An Act to Advance Self-determination for Wabanaki Nations,

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Bill to ensure parental control over their children’s upbringing and education to have Public Hearing

Seeks to ensure that the state does not take control away from parents STATE HOUSE– Rep. Jennifer Poirier (R-Skowhegan) has introduced a bill to ensure that parents have control over the upbringing and education of their children. LD 1953 – RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Establish a Parental Bill of

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LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ENDORSES REPUBLICAN CAUCUS PROPOSAL TO INCREASE PUBLIC DEFENSE FUNDING

Members of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee vote unanimously to increase the funding proposed in the Governor’s supplemental budget from $1 million to $6 million STATEHOUSE – In a 14-0 unanimous vote, the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee endorsed a proposal by legislative Republicans on Thursday to increase the funding for the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services

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