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WASHINGTON, DC— Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08) released the following statement on the California State University (CSU) Chancellor’s proposal to integrate the California State University Maritime Academy (Cal Maritime) in Vallejo, California with California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo:

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA-08) and Don Beyer (D-VA-08), co-chairs of the Congressional Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, announced a working group hearing on cost overruns of nuclear modernization programs on July 24th, 2024.

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA) and the co-chairs of the Congressional Labor Caucus, Representatives Mark Pocan (D-WI), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), and Steven Horsford (D-NV) led a letter cosigned by 47 House Democrats calling on the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to fully enact the Biden-Harris Administration's stated policy regarding base access for union organizing of civilian workers at military installations.

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08) led ten other Democratic members in calling on the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service to allow for the electronic transmission of Thrift Savings Plan rollovers to financial institutions to combat mail theft and fraud. Current agency policies only allow for the issuance of TSP rollovers through a U.S.

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, offered several amendments in the House Armed Services Committee’s “National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025” (H.R.8070) to curb wasteful and dangerous nuclear weapons spending.

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA08) voted to pass the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025” (H.R.8070) in the House Committee on Armed Services. As the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, Garamendi is responsible for all U.S. military installations and environmental cleanup of formerly used defense sites like decommissioned bases.

VALLEJO, CA— Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08) announced the winners of this year's Congressional High School Art Competition at a ceremony in Vallejo.

SOLANO COUNTY, CA— Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08) presented checks to the City of Fairfield, City of Benicia, Solano Transportation Authority, and Vallejo Early Learning Center with new federal funding he secured through the Fiscal Year 2024 government funding bill to support their work in the community.