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Foreign Policy

Information regarding my stance on Foreign Policy issues.

March 14, 2024

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.


January 19, 2024

I joined my House colleagues, members of the Canadian Parliament, and members of the German Bundestag in writing letters to our heads of state calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and a new push for a durable resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Issues: Foreign Policy

November 21, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative John Garamendi (D-CA08) issued the following statement on negotiations in Qatar coordinated by American officials for a ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for the release of Israeli hostages:

Issues: Foreign Policy

October 9, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) issued the following statement on the recent attack by Hamas on Israel:

 


September 20, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman John Garamendi, top Democrat on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, issued the following statement upon being named a Conferee to the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):

Issues: Foreign Policy

August 30, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA08) called on the House Judiciary


March 1, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), a returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Ethiopia 1966-1968) and co-chair of the Congressional Peace Corps Caucus, reintroduced the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act (

Issues: Foreign Policy

January 12, 2023

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 count


January 9, 2023

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 count


December 9, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), Chair of the Subcommittee on Readiness, voted to pass the "National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023" (H. RES. 1512) in the U.S. House of Representatives.