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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressmen John Garamendi (D-CA08) and Mike Thompson (D-CA04) reintroduced legislation to expand the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument to include approximately 3,925 acres of adjacent Bureau of Land Management-administered public lands in Lake County, California. It would also require the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service to improve tribal engagement and co-management of the National Monument, including for historic preservation, archaeological sites, and forest health. U.S.

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA08) joined U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, California First Partner Jennifer Siebel-Newsom, and California State Superintendent Tony Thurmond at Betty Reid Soskin Middle School in El Sobrante to commemorate National Nutrition Month and National School Breakfast Week.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Cabin Air Safety Act to protect airline pilots, flight attendants, and passengers from toxic cabin air.

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), a returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Ethiopia 1966-1968) and co-chair of the Congressional Peace Corps Caucus, reintroduced the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act (H.R.1273). The reintroduction coincides with the 62^nd anniversary of President John F.

Washington (February 24, 2023) – Senators Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Representatives Don Beyer (VA-08) and John Garamendi (CA-08), co-chairs of the Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, issued the following statement on the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, announcing the extension of the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group into the 118th Congress:

Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Barbara Lee (CA-12), and John Garamendi (CA-08) introduced House Resolution, Recognizing the victims of the Port Chicago explosion of July 17, 1944, the 79^th anniversary of the greatest homeland loss of life of World War II, and exonerating the 50 African-American sailors unjustly court-martialed by the Navy (H.Con.Res 16).

SOLANO COUNTY, CA—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) presented checks to Solano County Family Health Services and Solano Transportation Authority with new federal funding he secured through the Fiscal Year 2023 government funding bill to support their work in the community.