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WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo informed Reps. John Garamendi (D-CA-08) and Mark Pocan (D-WI-02) that the Department of Commerce would take up their request to appoint a labor union representative to the National Advisory Board for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program.

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA08) issued the following statement in support of nearly a dozen skilled trade unions’, representing millions of American workers, petition to the Biden-Harris Administration’s U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai challenging the People’s Republic of China’s unfair trade practices in the Maritime, Logistics and Shipbuilding Sector:

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) issued the following statement after attending President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address:

WASHINGTON, DC—Yesterday, U.S. Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA08) and Mike Thompson (D-CA04) hosted a joint press call on federal concerns about California Forever.

A recording of the event can be found here.

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative John Garamendi (D-CA08) issued the following statement on the recent announcement of U.S. Steel’s acquisition by Nippon Steel:

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Bob Casey, D-Penn., introduced the Energizing American Shipbuilding Act. This legislation would increase the United States’ exports of liquified natural gas (LNG) and crude oil on American built, flagged, and crewed vessels, and, subsequently, it would expand our domestic shipbuilding industrial base.

U.S. Congressmen John Garamendi, D-Calif., and Rob Wittman, R-Va., introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA-08) and Mark Pocan (D-WI-02), co-chair of the Congressional Labor Caucus, led 19 other Democratic members in calling on U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo to appoint a labor union representative to the National Advisory Board for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program.