Agriculture

SACRAMENTO, CA —Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA08) testified before the State Legislature’s Senate Committee on Agriculture on navigating threats to California agriculture.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA) and Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) re-introduced the American Food for American Schools Act, a bill to make sure American-made food is being served in school lunches. Senators Mike Braun (R-IN) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced companion legislation in the U.S. Senate.

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA)—a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee—helped secure major wins to address the supply chain crisis and support American businesses and consumers as part of a Transportation and Infrastructure Committee markup meeting.

WASHINGTON, DC—Representative John Garamendi (D-CA), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the former Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, secured key provisions in the “Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2023” (H.R.2741) to support domestic shipbuilding, hire more skilled American workers, and strengthen America’s m

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA08) joined U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, California First Partner Jennifer Siebel-Newsom, and California State Superintendent Tony Thurmond at Betty Reid Soskin Middle School in El Sobrante to commemorate National Nutrition Month and National School Breakfast Week.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) secured $37 million as part of a government funding package for Fiscal Year 2023 for transportation, workforce development, affordable housing, drinking water improvement, and flood control projects in the Bay Area as well as Solano, Yolo, and Sacramento counties. The legislation was signed into law by President Biden.

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) secured $35 million as part of a government funding package for Fiscal Year 2023 for transportation, workforce development, affordable housing, drinking water improvement, and flood control projects in the Bay Area as well as Solano, Yolo, and Sacramento counties. The legislation is scheduled to pass the U.S.

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), who represents over 200 miles of the Sacramento River and the California Delta, released the following statement on the passage of the "Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022" in the U.S. House of Representatives by a bipartisan vote of 350 to 80, The bill now heads to the U.S.