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WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, Davis, Yuba City), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Water Resources Subcommittee, whose district includes 782 miles of levees, praised the inclusion of a "new start" designation and $50 million in funding to complete the last five miles of the Feather River West Levee project in the Fiscal Year 2018 Work Plan of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Larry Munger clearly remembers the 1955 flood that devastated Yuba City.
Munger was one of about 100 people who attended the Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency's dedication ceremony for the Feather River West Levee Project 1 on Saturday at Shanghai Bend in Yuba City.
The $293 million project was dedicated to the victims of the 1955 flood.
WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, Davis, Yuba City), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, voted to pass legislation that included over $194 billion in funding for the Veterans Administration for Fiscal Year 2019 – an increase of nearly $9 billion from last year. It includes critical funding for mental health, homelessness prevention, caregiver support, rural veterans' health initiatives, and opioid treatment and prevention programs.
WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, Davis, Yuba City), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, introduced H.R.6028, the bipartisan, bicameral Aircraft Maintenance Outsourcing Disclosure Act of 2018. This legislation would require airlines to disclose the most recent location and date that an aircraft underwent airframe heavy maintenance, and post that information on airline websites, ticket purchase confirmations, and boarding documents. The bill is co-authored by Rep.
Last week, Congressman John Garamendi (D- CA), the ranking Democrat on the House Subcommittee for Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, introduced The Energizing American Shipbuilding Act of 2018.
The bipartisan bill, which would require the construction of over fifty ships and the creation of thousands of maritime and mariners' jobs, is being carried in the Senate by Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS).
The House on Wednesday night approved a nearly $3 billion bill to improve the nation's ports, dams and harbors, protect against floods, restore shorelines and support other water-related projects.
As part of that legislation, Congressman John Garamendi, D-3rd District, was able to insert language that will expedite a Cache Creek flood study through the Army Corps of Engineers.
Woodland has been seeking completion of the study for some time to provide greater protection to the north and northeast side of the community.
The House on Wednesday night approved a nearly $3 billion bill to improve the nation's ports, dams and harbors, protect against floods, restore shorelines and support other water-related projects.
As part of that legislation, Congressman John Garamendi, D-3rd District, was able to insert language that will expedite a Cache Creek flood study through the Army Corps of Engineers.
Woodland has been seeking completion of the study for some time to provide greater protection to the north and northeast side of the community.
The House on Wednesday night approved a nearly $3 billion bill to improve the nation's ports, dams and harbors, protect against floods, restore shorelines and support other water-related projects.
As part of that legislation, Congressman John Garamendi, D-3rd District, was able to insert language that will expedite a Cache Creek flood study through the Army Corps of Engineers.
Woodland has been seeking completion of the study for some time to provide greater protection to the north and northeast side of the community.
Yuba River levee construction is included in federal legislation recently passed by the House of Representatives.
On Wednesday, the House voted to pass the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 and the bill included several provisions that Congressman John Garamendi of California's 3rd District helped secure, according to a news release from his office.