Skip to main content

Foreign Policy

Information regarding my stance on Foreign Policy issues.

April 20, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA08) released the following statement on the passage of national security bills for Ukraine, Israel, and Pacific allies:

Issues: Foreign Policy

April 3, 2024

“I am outraged by the killing of seven humanitarian aid workers from World Central Kitchen, including an American citizen, in Gaza. I extend my deepest condolences to their families and loved ones as they grieve this unthinkable loss.

“As famine looms in Gaza, with much of the population already starving, it is more important than ever to protect humanitarian aid workers who do critical work. Israel must stop their campaign of violence and intimidation toward these workers.

Issues: Foreign Policy

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. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai challenging the People’s Republic of China’s unfair trade practices in the Maritime, Logistics and Shipbuilding Sector:


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:

“I support negotiations aimed at achieving a ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for the release of Israeli hostages, as well as the expedited delivery of humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza.

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 Committee to take up his bipartisan "


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 (H.R.1273). The reintroduction coincides with the 62nd anniversary of President John F.

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 counties. The legislation was signed into law by President Biden.