Economy and Jobs
Information regarding my stance on Economy and Jobs issues.
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.
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.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, Davis, Yuba City, CA) issued the following statement following the passage of the GOP tax scam bill:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, Davis, Yuba City, CA) issued the following statement following the passage of the GOP tax scam bill: