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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.
October 8. October 8. We are now 8 days into the shutdown of the government of the United States of America, presumed to be the strongest Nation on this Earth, presumed to be the greatest economic power, presumed to be the world's oldest…
Mr. Ryan, thank you so much for bringing us just some sense of reality of what is actually happening here. We're in the eighth day of the lockout. We're in the eighth day of the shutdown of the government of the United States of America…
Mr. Capuano, thank you so very much. I think it's a tragedy you've waited 14\1/2\ years to be so eloquent in explaining how we got to where we are and the fact that the Democrats have consistently cooperated, compromised, and watched those…
Mr. Pascrell, thank you very much. Whether you're from New Jersey or wherever, I'm not about to threaten you. But I would like to welcome to this microphone our friend from the State of Massachusetts, who is probably just as tough as the…
Mr. Doyle, thank you so very much. The Republican shutdown has to end. It has to end, and how correct you were about the negotiations just this evening. They put a proposal on the floor to create some sort of a negotiating committee that…
Thank you, Mr. Tonko, the gentleman from New York. I would like now to bring to the microphone our friend from the great State of Connecticut, John Larson.
I thank the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) very much. And thank you for pointing out the foolishness, the nonsense, and even the hypocrisy of what's going on here. My colleague Mike Thompson, with whom I share a good portion of…
Mr. Castro, thank you so very, very much. You spoke of your Senator, Senator Cruz. I suspect in 5 years, you're going to replace him, and I would like that.
It's time for us to go back to our East-West Show, which we have done here many, many nights. My colleague from the State of New York, Paul Tonko, who has represented for 5 years now the area where the Industrial Revolution began, along…
So the Republican leadership refused to establish the conference committee by refusing to name the conferees.
Well, there you have it. And we have a shutdown. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time we have left. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 5 minutes remaining.
Mr. Tonko, let us split that time. Would you like to close, or would you like to continue on?
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