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January 23, 2024

Contra Costa County, CA—Yesterday, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) hosted a work day in Contra Costa County to discuss reproductive health care, education, and other topics relevant to California’s 8th District.


January 19, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative John Garamendi (D-CA08), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, issued the following statement after House Armed Services Committee Chair Mike Rogers requested Defense Secretary Lloyd J.


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

January 18, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative John Garamendi (D-CA08), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and co-chair of the Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, issued the following statement on significant cost overruns of the Air Force’s Sentinel program:


January 2, 2024

Fairfield, CA—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) made the following statement on the California Department of Water Resources’ recent certification finalizing the state env


December 19, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative John Garamendi (D-CA08) issued the following statement on the recent announcement of U.S. Steel’s acquisition by Nippon Steel:


December 14, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA08), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, voted to pass the "National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024”.


December 12, 2023

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Bob Casey, D-Penn., introduced the Energizing American Shipbuilding Act.


December 11, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08) introduced the “Impact Aid Infrastructure Partnership Act.” This bill would provide a total of $1 billion over four years for Impact Aid Construction Grants to address the significant backlog of facility needs at federally impacted school districts.


December 8, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC— On Thursday, Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA) and Mike Waltz (R-FL), Ranking Member and Chair of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, sent a joint letter to U.S. Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro, head of the U.S.