John Garamendi: “We have been at this for a decade in this committee, and we are not even close to getting a heavy icebreaker.”

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.

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

If Democrats controlled Congress, I am confident we would put an end to this dangerous level of spending while continuing to provide for the American people.

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