Foreign Policy

Rep. Garamendi Statement on Jones Act Waiver

March 18, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration announcing they are granting a Jones Act waiver in a misguided attempt to address the high cost of gasoline amidst Trump’s war in Iran:

Issues: Foreign Policy Transportation and Infrastructure

Rep. Garamendi Statement on Voting YES on Iran War Powers Resolution

March 5, 2026

Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after voting YES on the Iran War Powers Resolution:

Issues: Foreign Policy Military and Veterans

Rep. Garamendi Statement on Trump’s Illegal Strikes on Iran

February 28, 2026

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration's illegal military strikes against Iran:

Issues: Foreign Policy

Rep. Garamendi Statement on Trump’s State of the Union

February 27, 2026

Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08) released the following statement after President Trump’s State of the Union address:

Issues: Economy and Jobs Foreign Policy Healthcare Social Justice

Rep. Garamendi Statement on Supreme Court Striking Down Trump’s Tariffs After Filing Amicus Brief

February 23, 2026

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s tariffs, ruling that President Trump violated federal law by exceeding his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA):

Issues: Economy and Jobs Foreign Policy

Garamendi Pens Article on Nuclear Weapons Oversight in Harvard Law School Journal on Legislation

February 3, 2026

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) on Thursday, February 5th, the last nuclear weapons treaty between the U.S. and Russia, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) published an article in Harvard Law School’s Journal on Legislation titled “How Congress Can Stop Worrying and Learn to Govern the Bomb: A New Era of Congressional Responsibilities in Nuclear Weapons Policy,” calling for Congress to reclaim its responsibility for nuclear strategy.

Issues: Foreign Policy

Rep Garamendi, Sen Warren Press Energy Secretary on Mismanagement and Taxpayer Waste in Plutonium Pit Production Program

December 16, 2025

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a new letter, Representative John Garamendi (CA-08) and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), both members of their respective Armed Services Committees and of the Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, are urging Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright to seriously review the scope of and the need for the plutonium pit production program, and pause the program’s Savannah River site until the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has established guardrails to prevent additional waste of taxpayer funds.

Issues: Foreign Policy

Rep. Garamendi Joins 24 California Democrats in Calling for the Release of U.S. Citizens Who Were Detained on the Flotilla and Detained in Israel

October 7, 2025

Press Release

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (CA-08) joined 24 of his California colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling for the release of the U.S. citizens – including California residents – who have been detained in Israel since the Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted by the Israeli military on October 1st and 2nd.

Issues: Foreign Policy

Garamendi Demands Answers on the Recent Death of Palestinian Activist in the West Bank

July 29, 2025

Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08), a senior California Democrat and member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement in response to recent reports of violence in the West Bank:

Issues: Foreign Policy Social Justice

Garamendi Statement on the Starvation Crisis in Gaza

July 28, 2025

Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08), a senior California Democrat and member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on the dire, devastating, and deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Gaza:

Issues: Foreign Policy