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John Raymond Garamendi is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 8th congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and environmental protection during his tenure in Congress. Garamendi has also been an advocate for veterans and military families, reflecting California's significant military presence.
I am so pleased that you brought up this issue of entrepreneurs. I know you often talk about this as something that is very important to you personally and the work that you have done before you came to Congress in New York State with the…
Nobody on this side is talking about disarmament. We are talking about let us be wise, let us be smart, and let us recognize that there are limits.
They are kind of biding their time with $150 million in the various--and then laying out some strategy into the future.
No way, no how will this icebreaker--one, two, or more--be built in a foreign shipyard. It will be made in America, period.
Fortunately, when it comes to the Arctic region, by just about any measure the volume of planning initiatives undertaken by the Federal Government over the last several years has been both comprehensive in scope and substantial in number.
But at this point what is needed, now more than ever, is decisive and thoughtful decisionmaking, not only within the administration but also here in Congress.
The American public will decide what that administration will be in the future, although I have my own ideas about what would be best.
We are coming to that point, I think. And so we are going to have to make some decisions here.
The answer is not appreciated. Either you have adequate funding or you do not.
It is our job to provide the funding necessary to protect America, and your job is to carry it out.
We have got about 95,000 miles of coastal area in the United States. We have got 360 ports of various sizes around the Nation, and islands, and so forth, all of which present an opportunity for bad things to happen.
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