John Garamendi: “We could make the choice to give $1.6 billion of additional money to the Coast Guard.”

This bill, like nearly all of the Trump and Republican agenda, does nothing to make Americans’ financial situation better.

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.

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.

After years of work, we are one signature away from increasing access to affordable housing for hardworking Californians.