Social Justice
Fairfield, CA — Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi held a press conference at the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano to call out President Trump’s so-called “Big Ugly Bill,” which will raise food costs and enact the largest cut to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in the program’s history—taking food away from 3 million California families.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) issued the following statement after Texas Democrats left the state to delay Donald Trump and Governor Greg Abbott’s redrawing of congressional districts:
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:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08) and Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-07) introduced a House resolution reaffirming a foundational principle of the U.S. Constitution: that no one—not even the President—is above the law.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08), a senior California Democrat and former Deputy Secretary of the Interior, released the following statement in response to the news that Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum visited the Alcatraz Museum:
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) joined Rep. Lou Correa (CA-46) and House Democrats pressed U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on the agency’s chilling actions of federal agents in California.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to limit national injunctions blocking President Trump’s executive order targeting birthright citizenship:
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08) issued the following statement following U.S. Senator Padilla’s handcuffing and detainment during Trump’s Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference:
WASHINGTON DC - Today, Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-8) released the following statement on President Trump’s budget claw backs, which eliminates $8.3 billion in funding for U.S. foreign assistance and $1.1 billion in funding for public broadcasting:
“Gutting U.S. foreign assistance and public broadcasting funding will make America less safe.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-03) released the following statement after voting NO on Trump and House Republicans’ devastating budget bill: