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WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee and Ranking Member of the Readiness Subcommittee, released the following statement after President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s unprecedented and unnecessary meeting with the military’s top leadership:
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) led Congressional Labor Caucus leaders and 46 Democrats in demanding that Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy immediately reinstate several federal transportation advisory comm
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) issued his statement on the looming government shutdown:
“Trump’s Big Ugly Bill is forcing hospitals and clinics across America to close, hurting working-class families—and now republicans want to raise their health insurance costs too.
WASHINGTON, DC — This week, Representative John Garamendi (D-CA), co-chair of the Congressional Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding answers on the chaotic firings of key government exper
WASHINGTON, DC – This week, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, issued the following statement regarding today’s passage of the rule for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026:
WASHINGTON, DC — This week, Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08), along with Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Rep. Greg Landsman (OH-01), demanded that the Trump Administration immediately reverse course on actions that jeopardize safety, environmental health, and labor protections for energy workers and the communities where they live.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) joined Congressman George Whitesides (CA-27) in introducing a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the FireGuard program, which utilizes Department of Defense satellites to detect wildfires and distribute information to firefighting efforts on the ground.
Fairfield, CA — Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi held a press conference at the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano to call out President Trump’s so-called “Big Ugly Bill,” which will raise food costs and enact the largest cut to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in the program’s history—taking food away from 3 million California families.
Fairfield, CA — Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi held a press conference at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center with Contra Costa County Supervisors Shanelle Preston Scales and John Gioia to slam President Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill,” which makes harmful cuts to healthcare.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) joined Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) and Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY) in reintroducing the bipartisan “Safe Air on Airplanes Act,” legislation that would secure clean air on airplanes and protect the nearly 3 million people—including flight crews and passengers—who fly every day.