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March 30, 2017

Joe Uchill

Experts and lawmakers at a hearing Wednesday lamented that more hasn't been done to prevent strategic attacks against satellites, despite knowing for a decade that they are increasingly vulnerable.

Issues: Military and Veterans

Congressman Garamendi Announces Introduction of Bipartisan Bill Requiring a new AUMF for military operations in Afghanistan

March 30, 2017

Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC- Last week, Congressman Garamendi, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, joined Republican colleague Rep. Walter B. Jones (NC-3) to introduce H.R. 1666. This bipartisan legislation would ban further funding for operations in Afghanistan after 1 year unless Congress debates and passes legislation specifically approving continued military operations there.

Issues: Military and Veterans

North Korean tests augment calls for boosting missile defense systems

March 27, 2017

In The News

Rebecca Kheel

The Hill

Opponents of spending more on missile defense, meanwhile, say the United States has already poured enough money into a costly system and that even the best system doesn't guarantee full protection from a potential attack.

Issues: Foreign Policy Military and Veterans

Legislators demand answers on Honduran boy’s detention

March 22, 2017

In The News

Karen de Sa

San Francisco Chronicle

California legislators who say they are disturbed by the 11-month incarceration in Yolo County of a young boy who fled Honduras and crossed the U.S. border alone want officials to explain his lengthy detention and reveal any other cases like it.

Issues: Social Justice

Honduran refugee, 14, released into foster care

March 15, 2017

In The News

Karen de Sa

San Francisco Chronicle

A 14-year-old Honduran refugee jailed for almost a year in a Northern California juvenile hall because he had no family to be released to was freed from the facility Monday and headed to a foster home.

Issues: Social Justice

Lawmakers urge appropriators to reject Coast Guard cuts

March 15, 2017

In The News

Rebecca Kheel

The Hill

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is urging appropriators to reject a reported proposal from President Trump to slash the Coast Guard's budget.

Issues: Military and Veterans

Garamendi Asks President Trump to Declare “Major Disaster” Following California Floods to Unlock Needed Recovery Resources

March 10, 2017

Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Yuba City, Fairfield, Davis, CA) and other Members of the California Congressional delegation sent a bipartisan letter to President Donald Trump asking him to “rapidly declare a Presidential Declaration of Major Disaster for the State of California as a result of an atmospheric river storm system that affected the State of California from January 18 through January 23, 2017.” This declaration would immediately unlock federal resources for 16 counties that were not included in Governor Brown’s February 10^th

Issues: Transportation and Infrastructure

Congressman Garamendi Thanks Mike Inamine, Executive Director of Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency, during Congressional Hearing

March 9, 2017

Press Release

Mr. Inamine has supervised the reinforcement of lifesaving levees along thirty miles of the Feather River, protecting local communities

Issues: Ending Gun Violence

Republicans split over plan to repeal, replace ‘Obamacare'

March 8, 2017

In The News

Staff

KTVU Fox

A group of hardline conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus openly rejected the Congressional Republican leadership's American Health Care Plan Tuesday.

Issues: Healthcare

Sites bill introduced

March 6, 2017

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Staff Report

Marysville Appeal-Democrat

North State congressmen Doug LaMalfa and John Garamendi have introduced a bill to accelerate the federal review of Sites Reservoir and better position the project for funding under Proposition 1, the voter-approved California water bond designed to make the state's water systems more resilient.

Issues: Ending Gun Violence

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