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February 11, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressmen John Garamendi (CA-08) and Salud Carbajal (CA-24), two senior members of the House Armed Services Committee, demanded that the Department of the Navy respond to concerns regarding the Department of the Interior’s Draft Proposed Oil and Gas Leasing Program, which would open vast areas of U.S.


February 10, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) released new data showing how Donald Trump’s economic agenda and Republicans in Congress are increasing everyday costs for families in Solano and Contra Costa Counties, including higher prices for groceries, health care, housing, and other basic needs. The report was prepared using data compiled by the House Budget Committee.

February 6, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) joined Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), and nine members of Congress to introduce the Freeze ICE Act to stop the rapid recruitment of unvetted individuals at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Since the start of the Trump administration, ICE has hired more than 12,000 new personnel and slashed agent training from 22 weeks to just 47 days putting untrained federal agents on the streets. The effort comes as masked ICE agents continue to make grave errors, including arresting U.S.


February 5, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, joined Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) and 21 California colleagues demanding Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem not to deploy ICE or other immigration enforcement personnel at the u


February 5, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08)  joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), along with Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), and over 55 congressional colleagues in pressing Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the impact of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency escalating violence in American communities on children.

Issues: Immigration

February 4, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08), a senior member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17), Congressman John Rulli (R-OH-06), congressional colleagues, labor leaders, and local leaders called on Congress to pass the commonsense and bipartisan Railway Safety Act of 2025.

February 3, 2026
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

January 29, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC — Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new report revealing that the Trump administration’s domestic deployments of the National Guard and Marines have cost at least $589 million, more than double what the bicameral investigation led by Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) previously revealed.


January 23, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. John Garamendi (CA-08), senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after he voted NO on the FY26 Homeland Security Appropriations bill, to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE):
Issues: Immigration