John Garamendi actually said...

"Mr. O'Rourke, you argued strongly for a block buy."

"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..."