Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), former Insurance Commissioner of California, released the following statement about the passage in the House of Representatives of the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, which ends many of the law’s essential consumer protections:

“This bill is atrocious. It is cruel. I simply cannot believe that something this bad could pass the House of Representatives, but it has.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) and Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) announced the introduction of HR 2170, the FARM Cost Reduction Act. This bipartisan legislation would lift a de facto prohibition on construction and repair of agricultural structures in areas designated by FEMA as flood risks. Under current law, areas designated as Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA) generally require all new, expanded or repaired structures to be raised above potential flood level.

WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), former Deputy Secretary of the Interior, whose district includes the 330,000-acre Berryessa National Monument, issued the following statement on President Trump’s executive action ordering review of National Monument designations under the Antiquities Act:

WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s airstrikes against Syria:

“Bashar al-Assad is responsible for a heinous attack which is wholly outside the norms of international behavior. Syria’s use of chemical weapons on innocent civilians is a violation of international law, Syria’s legal obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention, and UN Security Council Resolution 2118.

WASHINGTON, DC- Last week, Congressman Garamendi, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, joined Republican colleague Rep. Walter B. Jones (NC-3) to introduce H.R. 1666. This bipartisan legislation would ban further funding for operations in Afghanistan after 1 year unless Congress debates and passes legislation specifically approving continued military operations there.