Economy and Jobs
Information regarding my stance on Economy and Jobs issues.
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA—Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA08) reintroduced the "American Port Access Privileges Act" (H.R.1013), with Representatives Jim Costa (D-CA21), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA19), and Mike Thompson (D-CA04). This legislation puts U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08) reintroduced the “Federal Ship Financing Improvement Act” (H.R.874), which will provide new federal loans and loan guarantees for repairs and retrofits of U.S.-flagged civilian vessels in domestic commercial shipyards, like Mare Island Dry Dock.
VACAVILLE, CA—Today Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA08) and Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA04) presented a $4,000,000 check to the City of Vacaville to make improvements along the Vaca Valley Parkway corridor from west of the East Monte Vista Avenue/Crocker Drive intersection to east of the northbound on/off ramps with I-505.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) secured $37 million as part of a government funding package for Fiscal Year 2023 for transportation, workforce development, affordable housing, drinking water improvement, and flood control projects in the Bay Area as well as Solano, Yolo, and Sacramento counties. The legislation was signed into law by President Biden.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) secured $35 million as part of a government funding package for Fiscal Year 2023 for transportation, workforce development, affordable housing, drinking water improvement, and flood control projects in the Bay Area as well as Solano, Yolo, and Sacramento counties. The legislation is scheduled to pass the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), who represents over 200 miles of the Sacramento River and the California Delta, released the following statement on the passage of the "Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022" in the U.S. House of Representatives by a bipartisan vote of 350 to 80, The bill now heads to the U.S.
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. House leaders of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-14), Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA-03) and Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) urged the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to uphold congressional intent as implementation of the law continues.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA03) introduced the bipartisan "Rebuilding the United States-Flag International Fleet Act" (H.R.9102), with Congressmen Bob Gibbs (R-OH07) and Alan S. Lowenthal (D-CA47), which would strengthen federal cargo preference laws to reverse the continued decline of U.S.-flagged commercial vessels delivering cargo to foreign ports. According to the U.S.