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January 4, 2016
But another major project run by the Waltham giant defense contractor has also slipped its tether: a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the equipment that controls the nation's Global Positioning System or GPS.
December 31, 2015
A continued push in Northern California by multiple political representatives culminated this year with Berryessa Snow Mountain being established as a national monument.
Issues:Environment
December 19, 2015
The Elk Grove Unified School District served students hundreds of cases of canned peaches from China in recent months, the second district in the Sacramento region to do so despite a federal guideline that asks U.S. schools to serve domestically grown foods.
Issues:Agriculture
December 18, 2015
Congressman John Garamendi, D-Solano, a former offensive and defensive lineman for the Cal Bears and NFL prospect himself before deciding to pursue a career in public service, is helping lead the fight in Congress to raise awareness about the need for improved safety in high school sports by cosponsoring the High School Football Safety Study Act of 2015.
Issues:Healthcare
December 11, 2015
Rep. John Garamendi praised the end to a formal ban on women in combat, saying the change means "women in our armed forces have shattered a camouflaged glass ceiling."
Issues:Military and Veterans
December 11, 2015
California Republicans will continue trying to include language addressing the state's drought in a must-pass bill to fund the federal government, over objections from the state's Democratic delegation.
Issues:Ending Gun Violence
December 3, 2015
Sacramento County supervisors remain critical of a $15 billion plan to build tunnels that would carry water from the Delta to southern California.
Issues:Ending Gun Violence
November 30, 2015
The following letter was written to a Yolo County constituent by Congressman John Garamendi in response to his affirmative vote on H.R. 4038, the bill on admitting Syrian refugees to the United States. It was forwarded to The Democrat.
Issues:Foreign Policy
November 16, 2015
The Sacramento City Unified School District bought tens of thousands of dollars in canned peaches, pears and applesauce from China, defying a federal guideline that asks U.S. schools to serve domestic food and running counter to the district's embrace of the local farm-to-fork movement.