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Information regarding my stance on Health Care issues.

March 13, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — During AmeriCorps week, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08), U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) reintroduced the America’s Call to Improve Opportunities Now (ACTION) for National Service Act. This bicameral legislation would enhance access to national and community service opportunities, lower student debt, create a more engaged citizenry, and address national priorities in education, infrastructure, health care, disaster relief, and poverty.

February 27, 2026
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08) released the following statement after President Trump’s State of the Union address:

August 28, 2025

Fairfield, CA — Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi held a press conference at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center with Contra Costa County Supervisors Shanelle Preston Scales and John Gioia to slam President Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill,” which makes harmful cuts to healthcare.

Issues: Healthcare

July 3, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA), released the following statement after House Republicans passed President Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill:”

“In the dead of night Republicans have secured the largest heist from working people to the ultra wealthy in American history. President Trump’s so-called ‘Big Ugly’ passed the House of Representatives despite historic opposition from labor, industry, Democrats, and even some Republicans whose own constituents are harmed by this bill.


July 1, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA) released the following statement after Senate Republicans passed President Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill” and ahead of the House vote:


May 22, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-03) released the following statement after voting NO on Trump and House Republicans’ devastating budget bill:

“Today, House Republicans—at the direction of Donald Trump—conducted the biggest theft in U.S. history. Their budget reconciliation bill is the largest transfer of wealth from the country’s most vulnerable to its richest.


May 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08) led a letter, along with 24 California Democratic colleagues, urging that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reimburse the $460 million still owed to California Hospitals for emergency expenses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Issues: Healthcare

December 10, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA08) voted to pass the "Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024” (S.4367) in the House of Representatives by a bipartisan vote of 399 to 18. 


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October 10, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, on the anniversary of her tragic and preventable death, Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08) and Representative Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10) introduced the “Seaman Danyelle Luckey Military Medical Accountability Amendment Act of 2024” (H.R.9943).