John Garamendi actually said...

"I want to make quite sure that the commanders and the officers responsible for the installations are given both the responsibility and the authority to solve the problem on their bases."

"when a contract mandates mediation, and then that contract has loser-pay provisions in it, that would--could effectively force a soldier to pay 100 percent of their annual income to carry a housing co..."

"As we review and prepare for the NDAA [National Defense Authorization Act], we will look specifically for that piece of it."

"It is very obvious to me that the principal problem here was a lack of attention to this issue."