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March 29, 2022

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA) introduced the bicameral, bipartisan Cabin Air Safety Act to protect commercial airline passengers and crew from toxic cabin air. Air in aircraft cabins can become contaminated by engine exhaust, fuel fumes, de-icing fluids, and ozone entering the cabin through the jet engine intake, creating "toxic fume" events.


March 23, 2022

VALLEJO, CA—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) hosted a press conference with Mare Island Dry Dock (MDD) and several local elected officials to announce a historic $13 million investment at Mare Island that will double its workforce and help the shipyard prepare to conduct ship repairs for the United States Navy.


March 18, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) voted for $12,183,898 in Community Project Funding that he previously secured for communities throughout his Congressional District. This funding, included in the appropriations government funding package that was recently signed into law (H.R.2471), responds directly to some of the most pressing needs throughout local communities.


March 18, 2022

Washington – Today, Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-05) and John Garamendi (CA-03) announced that Solano County schools will receive $3,944,431 from the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Emergency Connectivity Fund Program (ECF). The ECF program, which was created as part of the American Rescue Plan, helps schools and libraries ensure that students can connect to the internet at home, allowing them to take advantage of online learning and do their homework.

Issues: Education

March 17, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) secured a formal commitment from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to provide $2.2 billion in additional federal financing for the proposed off-stream Sites Reservoir Project in Glenn and Colusa Counties, California. When finalized, this will be the single largest loan in the history of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program.


March 10, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman Garamendi (D-CA03) led 32 of his Congressional colleagues in calling for Congressional actions, investigations, and public hearings into alleged price gouging by oil companies:


March 7, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), Chair of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, issued the following statement after Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced that the Red Hill bulk fuel storage fa


March 2, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) continued his 13-year effort to advance Make it in America policy by successfully amending the "Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022" (H.R.6865).

Garamendi is a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and served as the top Democrat on the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation from 2013 to 2018.


March 2, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) testified before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands on his bill, the "Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Expansion Act" (H.R.6366).

Issues: Environment

March 2, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC— Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Representatives Don Beyer (VA-08) and John Garamendi (CA-03), co-chairs of the Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, today issued the following statement condemning Russian nuclear threats:

Issues: Foreign Policy