John Garamendi: “I think it is clear to all of us that the funding mechanism for the Highway Trust Fund needs to be rethought.”

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.

Bloated defense spending has been a serious problem for far too long. Requiring unfunded priorities only encourages the Pentagon to seek additional funding outside the normal budget process, often at the expense of readiness and sound…

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.