John Garamendi actually said...

"I don't want sequestration. I voted not to have sequestration."

"It is much easier to say don't cut this, don't raise that tax. The hard part of governing--and in a representative democracy theoretically we all have some responsibility for governing--is making choi..."

"I would ask you to ponder, if you would, that responsibility to speak out on this issue."

"There is no way that the Valley can continue in its present form."