John Garamendi actually said...

"the importance of making sure that these dollars that are ultimately coming from taxpayers, Federal or State, go to create American jobs."

"the high-speed rail program is under construction, it is having dramatic effects immediately in California in an area that has suffered historic underinvestment in our State."

"As I have committed to you and I commit here today to your colleagues, we will not seek waivers from those provisions unless we get to the most extraordinary circumstance that we have plumbed the dept..."

"We will never build a high-speed train in America unless the High-Speed Rail Authority in California simply says, 'It will be American-made.'"