Press Releases
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.
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Yuba City, Fairfield, Davis, CA) and other Members of the California Congressional delegation sent a bipartisan letter to President Donald Trump asking him to “rapidly declare a Presidential Declaration of Major Disaster for the State of California as a result of an atmospheric river storm system that affected the State of California from January 18 through January 23, 2017.” This declaration would immediately unlock federal resources for 16 counties that were not included in Governor Brown’s February 10th
MARYSVILLE, CA – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Yuba City, Fairfield, Davis ,CA) reconvened his Women’s Initiative Network (WIN), the 3rd District’s Women’s Advisory Committee. Approximately 70 women participated in a wide-ranging roundtable discussion focused on health care access, mentorships, job opportunities, education, and more.
He started the meeting by noting that he had just come back from reading to two classrooms in Marysville for Read Across America Day.
MARYSVILLE, CA – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Yuba City, Fairfield, Davis, CA) read stories to students in two classrooms in Marysville to commemorate Read Across America Day. Garamendi, the father to two public school teachers, read books to a preschool class at E Center Head Start and to Mrs. Devitto’s first grade class at Covillaud Elementary School.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Northern California Representatives Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) and John Garamendi (D-CA) announced the introduction of H.R. 1269, which will accelerate the federal review of Sites Reservoir and better position the project for funding under Proposition 1, the voter-approved California water bond designed to make the state’s water systems more resilient. The bill also authorizes the federal government to participate in construction of the project should it be found feasible.
WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on the revelations regarding Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ contact with the Russian government: