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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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Jul 27, 2015

I am telling you now that if you guys don't get your act together, then we must pass legislation that designates a specific Federal agency to get this done with a specific timeframe.

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Jul 27, 2015

Why are we getting the runaround?

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Jul 27, 2015

Do you consider this to be a significant national security issue, that we could lose GPS, single point of failure?

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Jul 27, 2015

I understand one such station is up and operating in Mr. LoBiondo's district.

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Jul 27, 2015

The chairman is about to introduce a piece of legislation that would set up a fund similar to the submarine fund.

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Jul 27, 2015

Do we need a single Federal agency responsible for getting this done?

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Jul 27, 2015

We need to think about recapitalizing the icebreaker fleet as opposed to using 40-year-old ships.

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Jul 27, 2015

We absolutely have to have a backup system. The GPS is vulnerable.

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Jul 27, 2015

The technology, the greatest benefit of e-loran, is it would provide a backup timing signal, which is then essential for the positioning and navigation.

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Jul 16, 2015

I thank my colleagues. We have been here before. I have listened to my colleagues who are the proponents of this bill over the last 5 years. As the previous speaker said, we have gone down this path before. There really is a solution…

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