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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 appreciate the opportunity to lobby you. You are in a very important position, as are all of us; 435 of us are going to make choices about what is important and how we spend our constituents' tax money. And these are choices we are going…
It is poisonous. So we are going to make some choices. My plea to my colleagues here-- and it echoes what you said--you can talk about it in terms of jobs. Thousands and thousands of jobs would be created if we invested in our…
Just double, if you would, just double the amount we are spending for the clean drinking water programs at the Federal level from about $1 billion to, let's say, $2 billion, or maybe even $3 billion, by squeezing some of the expenditures…
We appreciate you being here. Thank you so very much. Well, Mr. Tonko, lead pipes.
I want to pick up on some issues of security. We have heard for the last hour discussions of security, and there are many different aspects to the question of security. Are we secure in this world in which we live? Well, there are a lot of…
I think this is where the commercial shipbuilding best practices could help inform the OPC acquisition.
Mr. Kildee, thank you so very much for the work that you are doing sounding the alarm and driving all of us. I know you did this morning in our Caucus. You alerted us to it. You motivated us. And, in fact, I am talking about it tonight…
Mr. Kildee, thank you very, very much. ``I am afraid I won't be smart enough.'' I wonder if we should ask ourselves if we are smart enough. Are we smart enough? There are 435 of us facing a myriad of questions around this world and some of…
If I might interrupt you for a moment, this morning you spoke of a young child that was interviewed. Would you please share that?
I am pleased to be here again, at the beginning of another year, to rise to join Chairman Hunter in strong support of legislation to authorize funding for the United States Coast Guard and to advance new policy initiatives to strengthen…
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