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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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Nov 16, 2015

If we care about America, and it is America's future, everywhere from manufacturing ships, and sailors, and everything in between, this is how we can do it.

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Nov 16, 2015

What is a sufficiently sized fleet?

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Nov 16, 2015

it is cargo that is the reason why you have ships

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Nov 16, 2015

First and foremost, I want to make it very clear that I am not going to take a back seat to anybody when it comes to food aid.

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Nov 16, 2015

the information is lost on the Administration, as it continues to push the USAID notion of cashing out

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Nov 16, 2015

I cannot sit here and tell you that we can meet the demand that might occur.

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Nov 16, 2015

I am insufficiently comfortable with the notion----

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Nov 16, 2015

I see a woman walking up a hill with a 50 kilo sack of grain on her back, and I see the hands clasped, a gift from the American people. She did not starve, nor did her family.

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Nov 2, 2015

if you use a nuclear weapon in any form, in any circumstance, and you are history, period, that is deterrence.

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Oct 27, 2015

I urge the House to pay attention to the Farm to School Act of 2015. Like my colleague from Arkansas, California is a big agricultural State, and we know that kids go hungry. We have the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Children Act, providing…

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Oct 20, 2015

This is chaos week in Washington, and there are a lot of things going on. Most people want to talk about Benghazi or--I don't know--maybe the Speaker, the next Speaker or the last Speaker. However, what I would like to talk about today is…

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Oct 20, 2015

Representative Hahn, your leadership on the port issues is well known. You head up the PORTS Caucus here in the House of Representatives. You are constantly badgering all of us about the necessity of the ports being expanded. We know the…

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