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John Garamendi

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John Raymond Garamendi is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 8th congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and environmental protection during his tenure in Congress. Garamendi has also been an advocate for veterans and military families, reflecting California's significant military presence.

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July 2, 2026

Bloated defense spending has been a serious problem for far too long.…

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Jun 30, 2026

As California’s Insurance Commissioner, I saw firsthand the devastating impact wildfires can have on families and communities. Homes were destroyed, lives were upended, and memories built over generations were lost in a matter of hours.

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Jun 28, 2026

This bill, like nearly all of the Trump and Republican agenda, does nothing to make Americans’ financial situation better.

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Jun 27, 2026

We write in opposition to the Office of Management and Budget’s disastrous and likely unlawful proposed rule that would devastate American health care innovation for generations.

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Jun 27, 2026

OMB’s guidance would provide little recourse to people subject to political retribution.

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Jun 26, 2026

My colleagues and I will not stand for it. Today, we are filing articles of impeachment to end Secretary McMahon's out-of-control assault on the public education system and the millions of students it serves.

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Jun 26, 2026

Secretary McMahon has been a disaster for students, teachers, and families, taking a sledgehammer to the Department of Education.

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Jun 26, 2026

There is now overwhelming evidence that Secretary McMahon has violated the law by dismantling and transferring congressionally mandated programs including ones that protect students from discrimination.

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Jun 26, 2026

But Congress has been clear: we do not impeach over policy differences; we impeach when the law has been broken.

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Jun 25, 2026

With House passage of this important legislation, the HOME Investment Partnerships Program will, for the first time since 1994, be modernized and brought into the 21st century.

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Jun 25, 2026

After years of work, we are one signature away from increasing access to affordable housing for hardworking Californians.

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Jun 25, 2026

Minimum-wage workers in California must work an average of 88 hours per week just to afford a modest one-bedroom rental at fair market rates. That is unacceptable.

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Jun 23, 2026

This pest and its associated disease pose a potentially catastrophic threat to these industries. If left unchecked, CDFA estimates that losses associated with PD/GWSS could eclipse $104 million annually.

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Jun 23, 2026

We write to request that you immediately authorize the release of $32.2 million from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to address the time-sensitive threat posed to the wine, winegrape, and table grape industries from Glassy-Winged…

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Jun 20, 2026

Simply put, there is no way that a Golden Dome system that costs $185 billion could possibly live up to the promise of 'forever ending the missile threat to the American homeland.'

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Jun 19, 2026

There is no reasonable justification for keeping the mission and number of interceptors for Golden Dome secret.

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Jun 18, 2026

Transparency is particularly important when it appears, as it does here, that the system’s ultimate capability will fall far short of the original promises.

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Jun 18, 2026

This is unacceptable. Before you spend one more taxpayer dollar on Golden Dome, DOD must share its plans and goals for the system.

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Jun 18, 2026

Given the tremendous potential costs of a Golden Dome system, and the fallacy that it could shield the United States from a significant missile attack, the American people deserve answers.

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Jun 15, 2026

I cannot, in good faith, approve a budget that rewards this behavior and fails to rein in an out-of-control President."

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Jun 11, 2026

The environmental impacts, along with the economic fallout from those impacts, are simply too great, especially when there is little to no benefit for California consumers.

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Jun 11, 2026

We urge you to pause and consider the long-term legal and financial ramifications of collaborating with the Trump administration to circumvent California law.

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Jun 11, 2026

The administration’s reliance on the Defense Production Act (DPA)—no doubt in consultation and coordination with lawyers representing Sable—is a serious misuse of a federal law meant to be invoked for national security reasons, not to…

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Jun 11, 2026

Californians do not want oil production restarting along their coasts and have voted repeatedly for California laws that block coastal oil production.

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Jun 11, 2026

Last year, I called Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill ‘the largest transfer of wealth from working Americans in U.S. history.’

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