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May 29, 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.


May 29, 2024

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.


May 22, 2024

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.


May 22, 2024

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.


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May 20, 2024

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.

Issues: Education

May 20, 2024

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.


May 13, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA), top Democrat on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), senior member of Senate Democratic Leadership, sent a letter to White House Made in America Office’s Director Livia Shmavonian urging her to ensure that the U.S.

Issues: Foreign Policy

May 3, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo informed Reps. John Garamendi (D-CA-08) and Mark Pocan (D-WI-02) that the Department of Commerce would take up their request to appoint a labor union representative to the National Advisory Board for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program.