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116th Congress

May 15, 2020

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) voted to pass the Heroes Act, legislation to address the continued public health crisis and provide desperately needed support for struggling families and essential workers. The bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 208-199.


Event Date:
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 – 03:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Congressman Garamendi will be hosting a telephone town hall with local employment experts on May 5 at 3:00 p.m. PST to discuss the coronavirus and how to access resources. If you would like to participate please call (855) 962-1140 at the time of the event or you can stream the event at Facebook.com/RepGaramendi


April 29, 2020

Sacramento, CA—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), Chairman of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, issued the following statement after the Trump Administration notified Congress that it will partially backfill military construction (MILCON) funds that it raided to pay for President Trump's border wall by withdrawing additional funding from critical overseas pro


April 29, 2020

Sacramento, CA—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), Chairman of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, issued the following statement after Acting Secretary of the Navy James E. McPherson called for a deeper investigation into the circumstances surrounding the firing of Capt. Brett Crozier, therefore delaying his possible reinstatement:


April 24, 2020

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Garamendi returned to Washington, D.C. and voted to pass the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, a $484 billion emergency relief package to support small businesses, hospitals and health care workers, and to expand testing for COVID-19 nationwide.


April 21, 2020

Mobilize AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and FEMA volunteers to support public health responders and COVID-19 contact tracing and testing


Event Date:
Thursday, April 16, 2020 – 02:30 PM to 3:30 PM

Congressman Garamendi will be hosting a telephone town hall with local health and employment experts on April 16 at 2:30 p.m. PST to discuss the ongoing health pandemic and how to access the resources that are available to you. If you would like to participate please call (855) 962-1140 at the time of the event or you can stream the event at Facebook.com/RepGaramendi


April 15, 2020

Washington—Senator Dianne Feinstein and Representatives Jim Costa, Josh Harder, TJ Cox and John Garamendi (all D-Calif.) today called on Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and California Governor Gavin Newsom to maintain coordination of operations between the State Water Project and the federal Central Valley Project.


April 13, 2020

Sacramento, CA—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), Chairman of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, issued the below statement after it was announced that a sailor aboard the U.S.S. Roosevelt died due to complications with COVID-19:


April 13, 2020

Sacramento, CA—Congressman Garamendi (D-CA) joined a bipartisan group of his Congressional colleagues urging U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to provide additional emergency assistance for family farmers and ranchers.