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Michael Herman (Mike) Michaud (born January 18, 1955) is the U.S. Representative for Maine's 2nd congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district comprises nearly 80% of the state by area and includes the cities of Lewiston, Auburn, Bangor, and Presque Isle. It is the largest Congressional district by area east of the Mississippi River.
Michaud was previously President of the Maine Senate. He was employed for over two decades at the Great Northern Paper Company where he was a member of the United Steelworkers.
Early life, education and career
Michaud grew up in Medway, Maine, and is a graduate of Schenck High School in East Millinocket. He was a mill worker and supervisor at Great Northern Paper Company in East Millinocket, from ...
Michael Herman (Mike) Michaud (born January 18, 1955) is the U.S. Representative for Maine's 2nd congressional district, serving since 2003. , positive
U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-2nd District, left, speaks with Barrels Community Market manager David Gulak as employee Deb Wrobel prepares lunch dishes during a stop in Waterville. , positive
The last thing a female veteran should have to fear at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility is being sexually assaulted.
But too often it happens, said U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud of Maine. And after failing to prevent a sexual assault at one of its facilities, he said, the VA too often fails to properly report it.
Michaud, D-2nd District, spoke at a House hearing Monday that highlighted a federal report, released last week, that shows nearly 300 sexual assaults, including 67 rapes, were alleged to have occurred in the VA network from 2007 to 2010.
Most of the incidents were not ...
As he stood at the podium near the $625,000 multiuse recreational trail named after him, U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud couldn’t help noting that one usually has to be dead to be so honored.
The East Millinocket resident, the first recognized Franco-American from Maine to be elected to federal office, is very much alive and very grateful, he said, for the accolade. He said he hoped that the trail would add beauty and health to the Katahdin region.
“We have gone through a lot of tough times in the region in the last 10 or 20 years, but we’ve come through them because we work ...
U.S. Representative Michael Michaud sent a letter to President Barack Obama and sponsored legislation to end the U.S. military’s use of sweatshop shoes.
As Michaud explained in his letter, the Department of Defense has recently begun sneaking around the rule that its sneakers must be made in the USA by shuffling money to members of the military for them to purchase required sneakers on their own:
The Berry Amendment stipulates that DOD cannot procure food or clothing, among other items, unless the item is grown or produced in the U.S. Congress first established this domestic ...