John Garamendi: “So we add to the bill that the Medicare trust fund is made solvent for something either 7 to 9 years.”

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.

The bill that passed is a loss for the country, and one whose consequences our children will feel for years to come unless Democrats regain control of Congress.

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.

But the job is not done. I will continue the push to bring commonsense measures to Congress that invests in American maritime strength.