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January 24, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Davis, Fairfield, Yuba City), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, was appointed by his Congressional colleagues to four key Subcommittees on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure:


January 9, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Davis, Fairfield, Yuba City), former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior under President Bill Clinton, reintroduced the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area Act (H.R.357), with Reps. Jerry McNerney (D-CA09), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA11), Mike Thompson (D-CA05), and Doris O. Matsui (D-CA06), as original cosponsors.


October 11, 2018

For Immediate Release:

October 11, 2018

Contact:

Alex Macfarlane (Thompson) 202-225-3311

Dante Atkins (Garamendi) 202-225-1880

Thompson and Garamendi Announce Disaster Loans Now Available for Nonprofits in Lake County

Assistance available through SBA as part of disaster declaration


June 27, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA) issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in Janus v. AFSCME, which forbids public sector unions from requiring "fair share" fees from non-members who still benefit from the collective bargaining process:


May 22, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, Davis, Yuba City, CA), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, introduced in the House of Representatives H.R. 5893, the Energizing American Shipbuilding Act of 2018. The legislation seeks to rebuild America's domestic shipbuilding and maritime industry by requiring a small percentage of exported crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) be transported on U.S.-built and U.S.-flagged vessels by 2040.


April 20, 2018

Fairfield-The Capitol Corridor train arriving at the Fairfield-Vacaville Train Station was too good a photo op to pass up.

Solano County Supervisor Jim Spering was speaking, but graciously allowed the cluster of dignitaries to gather so their staff could take pictures of them with the passengers getting off the train in the background.


March 29, 2018

California's 3rd Congressional District—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D—Fairfield, Davis, Yuba City, CA) spent the day meeting with constituents in Lake and Colusa counties:


March 23, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House easily approved a bipartisan $1.3 trillion spending bill Thursday that pours huge sums into Pentagon programs and domestic initiatives ranging from building roads to combatting the nation's opioid abuse crisis, but left Congress in stalemate over shielding young Dreamer immigrants from deportation and curbing surging health insurance premiums.


March 5, 2018

Mid-morning, Jan. 19, 1989, my wife Patti and I cautiously entered the intensive Care Unit at San Joaquin General Hospital. In the bed lay a tiny boy of just five, his right side and arm wrapped in massive bandages.

Hovering over his bed were his Hmong parents, recent refugees from war-torn Laos. They pleaded, "We came here to get away from war. How could this happen in America?" Later that day we visited the homes of two more parents. They were not at the hospital. Their child was dead.


When Women Succeed, America Succeeds: An Economic Agenda for Women and Families.

"When Women Succeed, America Succeeds"

In 2013, our nation marked the 165th Anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention that addressed women in social, economic and political life. The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions at the convention recognized the potential of women's contributions to our nation and demanded that women be granted all the rights and privileges that men possessed.