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John Garamendi

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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.

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Mar 14, 2016

So, instead of spending $25 million in basically what is a subsidy, a welfare check, we could just maintain the food program as it is today and ship food, keeping the ships busy, keeping the mariners busy, and actually doing something…

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Mar 14, 2016

It is our business to second-guess.

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Mar 14, 2016

You and the administration are rapidly reducing one of the three.

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Mar 14, 2016

Well, it is our business to conduct internal warfare within the Departments, and to decide where the money goes.

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Mar 14, 2016

Well, this fight is not over. And we are going to stay with it.

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Mar 14, 2016

The administration's request was to reduce food and transfer the money to the military.

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Mar 14, 2016

Well, we will eventually have a new administration, which I hope has more sense about how to do this.

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Mar 14, 2016

My daughter is a kindergarten teacher, and the children are listening. They are listening to our national debate. They are listening to the television. They are coming to class, and they are repeating. They are repeating the bullying that…

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Mar 1, 2016

Today is a different subject than I usually discuss in the course of these Special Order hours. Normally we come down here and we talk about how we are going to create jobs, how we are going to make better opportunities for people through…

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Feb 29, 2016

I want to focus on ISR for a few moments, and whether the requirements are being met or what you might need.

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Feb 29, 2016

We have been debating here for some time whether we have the courage to do an AUMF.

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Feb 23, 2016

I appreciate the earlier discussion about one of America's most longstanding and most noted Justices. His passing is mourned by all of us. I do, however, today want to move to a different subject. I want to talk about, I think, one of the…

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