Social Justice

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. The resolution also reasserts Congress’s constitutional authority to declare war, control federal spending, and conduct oversight.

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:

“This is plain just stupid. I have spent decades in policymaking and served as the Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior, and I have never seen such a craven political stunt.

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. In a letter to Secretary Noem, Democrats expressed deep concerns about the Administration’s lack of transparency when rounding up individuals with no criminal record.

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:  

“This is appalling and unacceptable. California’s U.S. Senator Alex Padilla was doing his job of conducting administrative oversight and expressing his right to free speech. Shoving, handcuffing, and throwing a United States Senator on the ground just for asking a question crosses an unprecedented line.

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:

“Today, House Republicans—at the direction of Donald Trump—conducted the biggest theft in U.S. history. Their budget reconciliation bill is the largest transfer of wealth from the country’s most vulnerable to its richest.

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08) released the following statement following President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress: