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Foreign Policy

Information regarding my stance on Foreign Policy issues.

July 29, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08), a senior California Democrat and member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement in response to recent reports of violence in the West Bank:


July 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08), a senior California Democrat and member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on the dire, devastating, and deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Gaza:

Issues: Foreign Policy

July 1, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08) issued the following statement following President Donald Trump’s closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID):

Issues: Foreign Policy

June 22, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC– Today, Senior Armed Services Committee Member Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-8) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s unilateral military action against Iran:


June 18, 2025

WASHINGTON DC - Today, Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-8) released the following statement regarding the Israel-Iran conflict.   


March 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee and Ranking Member of the Readiness Subcommittee, released the following statement regarding Donald Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy:

Issues: Foreign Policy

February 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08) issued the following statement following President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's plans to dissolve the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): 

Issues: Foreign Policy

January 17, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08) issued the following statement in support of nearly a dozen skilled trade unions, representing millions of American workers  after  Biden-Harris Administration’s U.S.