Foreign Policy

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08), a returned Peace Corps Volunteer, and Congressional Delegate Amata Radewagen (R-American Samoa) co-authored a letter addressed to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs — calling for $479 million to be set aside for the agency’s operations and programs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration announcing they are granting a Jones Act waiver in a misguided attempt to address the high cost of gasoline amidst Trump’s war in Iran:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration's illegal military strikes against Iran:

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08) released the following statement after President Trump’s State of the Union address:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s tariffs, ruling that President Trump violated federal law by exceeding his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA):

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) on Thursday, February 5th, the last nuclear weapons treaty between the U.S. and Russia, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) published an article in Harvard Law School’s Journal on Legislation titled “How Congress Can Stop Worrying and Learn to Govern the Bomb: A New Era of Congressional Responsibilities in Nuclear Weapons Policy,” calling for Congress to reclaim its responsibility for nuclear strategy.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a new letter, Representative John Garamendi (CA-08) and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), both members of their respective Armed Services Committees and of the Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, are urging Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright to seriously review the scope of and the need for the plutonium pit production program, and pause the program’s Savannah River site until the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has established guardrails to prevent additional waste of taxpayer funds.