John Garamendi: “I intend to have a grand fight here with the Appropriations Committee; it would be helpful.”

“Every year, I have the privilege of nominating such a highly qualified cohort of high school students from the district to our nation’s prestigious service academies,”

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.

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

Despite these successes, they cannot overcome the fundamental flaws in this legislation.