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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 21, 2010

Under the present laws of the United States, the Department of Transportation has the opportunity to use our tax money to purchase rail cars made in Philadelphia, or buses made in California or in the Midwest, but they don't often do it…

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Jul 21, 2010

I thank the gentlewoman from Ohio for bringing to us the perspective of things that we have yet to do; the idea of a strategy. You mentioned several pieces of that strategy, one of which the Democrats in this House have already done, the…

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Jul 21, 2010

You have that experience of women from Ohio, and it couldn't be better, and we certainly appreciate our colleague from Ohio, Congresswoman Sutton. I noticed over here on my left side a gentleman who comes from the Continental Divide…

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Jul 21, 2010

Thank you. I just want to kind of set a couple of things in place here. Before I arrived here, my three colleagues and the Democrats in this House passed an energy policy that puts America on the track to renewable energy and puts us on a…

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Jul 21, 2010

Somewhere between California and Philadelphia is where Dr. Kagen is from. And you actually started a major business in America. You know what it is to make things in America. You are a physician, you are an entrepreneur, and you are one…

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Jul 21, 2010

You mentioned Democratic leadership. Just next to you is our Democratic leader, the Congressman from the great State of Maryland (Mr. Hoyer). I suspect you have a few things you'd like to say, and you may want to cover the 20 or 30 bills…

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Jul 21, 2010

Mr. Leader, thank you so very much. I notice we're joined by yet another Representative from another State, Mr. Tonko of New York, and you have often talked to me about the manufacturing that occurs in your area. Could you share us with…

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Jul 21, 2010

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject we're talking about, making it in America, manufacturing matters…

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Jul 21, 2010

We've got about 10 or 12 minutes. So we're going to do what we call lightning rounds. So we'll go around and we want to cover this ground as completely as we can. I notice that our representative from Ohio (Ms. Sutton) has a few more…

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Jul 21, 2010

This House more than a month ago passed a very, very important tax bill, and what it did is to end the tax subsidies--and the gentlewoman from Ohio was speaking to this--ended the tax subsidies that American corporations get when they…

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Jul 21, 2010

If you yield for a moment, I assume, therefore, you must be from Minnesota. =========================== NOTE =========================== July 21, 2010 on Page H5904 the following appeared: Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. If you The online…

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Jul 21, 2010

I would yield to our mutual friend from the neighboring great State of Wisconsin.

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