Economy and Jobs
Information regarding my stance on Economy and Jobs issues.
FAIRFIELD, CA – Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08) issued the following statement commending Mitch Mashburn, Chair of the Solano County Board of Supervisors, for his recent announcement regarding the California Forever development project. Garamendi serves as the federal representative for much of the service area, and the project raises concerns about the security of Travis Air Force Base, protection of the National Delta Heritage Area, and a full National Environmental Protection Act Review:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), a senior member of Senate Democratic Leadership, sent a letter to White House Made in America Office’s Director Livia Shmavonian urging her to ensure that the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) trade agreements—formerly called reciprocal defense procurement agreements reform—with allied foreign militaries are fair for American workers and domestic manufacturing.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08) sent a letter calling for the California State Lands Commission only to permit offshore wind projects that use local workers, American-built vessels, and domestically manufactured wind turbines. As the Lieutenant Governor of California, Garamendi served as an ex officio State Lands Commissioner from 2007 until 2009 before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, DC— Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA) and the co-chairs of the Congressional Labor Caucus, Representatives Mark Pocan (D-WI), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), and Steven Horsford (D-NV) led a letter cosigned by 47 House Democrats calling on the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to fully enact the Biden-Harris Administration's stated policy regarding base access for union organizing of civilian workers at military installations.
WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08) led ten other Democratic members in calling on the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service to allow for the electronic transmission of Thrift Savings Plan rollovers to financial institutions to combat mail theft and fraud. Current agency policies only allow for the issuance of TSP rollovers through a U.S.
SOLANO COUNTY, CA— Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08) presented checks to the City of Fairfield, City of Benicia, Solano Transportation Authority, and Vallejo Early Learning Center with new federal funding he secured through the Fiscal Year 2024 government funding bill to support their work in the community.
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: