Environment

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, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives John Garamendi (CA-08) and Mike Thompson (CA-04) joined President Joe Biden at the White House to announce the expansion of Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument. The expansion will include approximately 13,696 additional acres of federally owned public land in Lake and Colusa Counties, California, encompassing the entirety of the Molok Luyuk region within the monument.

WASHINGTON, DC–This week, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) and Senator Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME) introduced the "Biomass for Transportation Fuel Act” (H.R.7609), with U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Representatives Jared Golden (D-ME02) and Ann Kuster (D-NH02).

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA08) voted to finalize $13,502,031 in community project funding that he previously secured for local affordable housing, transportation infrastructure, and social services projects across California’s 8th Congressional District in the first 2024 government funding bill in the House of Representatives.

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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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Fairfield, CA—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) made the following statement on the California Department of Water Resources’ recent certification finalizing the state environmental review for the proposed Delta Tunnel and reiterating his longtime opposition to the Governor’s proposal:

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA08) applauded Governor Gavin Newsom’s announcement of expedited permitting for the Sites Off-Stream Reservoir Project in Glenn and Colusa Counties, California. Garamendi represented the proposed project area for Sites Reservoir in Congress from 2013 through 2022 and served as the first-ever Deputy Secretary of the Interior under President Bill Clinton, where he oversaw the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.