Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – On the one-year anniversary of the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires, Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08) joins U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.), the Chairs of the Republican and Democratic Congressional Delegations Representatives Ken Calvert (R-Calif.-41) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.-18), and the entire bipartisan California Congressional delegation in urging President Trump to provide overdue federal disaster relief funding and resources to help Los Angeles County communities rebuild and recover.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08), a senior member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee, issued the following statement after a U.S. citizen was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minnesota:

VALLEJO, CA — Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08), issued the following statement after the passing of Rep. Doug LaMalfa

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA-08) and Celeste Maloy (R-UT-02) introduced the bipartisan Geothermal Tax Parity Act of 2025, to promote geothermal projects, one of America’s cheapest and most reliable energy sources, by extending long-standing oil and gas tax provisions to geothermal projects. The bill supports a rapidly growing American energy industry delivering reliable, around-the-clock power. The legislation is co-led by Blake Moore (R-UT-01), Steven Horsford (D-NV-04), and Russ Fulcher (R-ID-01). 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a new letter, Representative John Garamendi (CA-08) and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), both members of their respective Armed Services Committees and of the Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, are urging Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright to seriously review the scope of and the need for the plutonium pit production program, and pause the program’s Savannah River site until the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has established guardrails to prevent additional waste of taxpayer funds.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Representative John Garamendi (CA-08) led Representatives Ami Bera (CA-06), Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Josh Harder (CA-09), Jared Huffman (CA-02), Doris Matsui (CA-07), and Mike Thompson (CA-04) in condemning Acting Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Scott Cameron’s plan to siphon additional water out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.