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.
We are going, this committee is going to have to seriously consider modifying the mission of the Coast Guard.
The more likely event is to use the ports. If we are going to have a nuclear threat, it is likely to come from a container.
As Congresswoman Hahn and Mr. Garamendi mentioned, the whole question about port security versus missile defense.
If you take a look, what we spent on missile defense since I was in Government, is over $200 billion.
Thank you for the opportunity for this hour. Joining me tonight will be Mark Takano from the State of California. We just heard 4 or 5, maybe 10 minutes of talk about the energy issue. I would like to put a slightly different face on it…
If we are going to spend $46 billion on border security on the land, we need to think seriously about the rest of the border.
I have great confidence in the gentleman from Alaska taking care of the ice cutter--the icebreakers.
All of that is true, and we've got 5 days. The Congress of the United States has 5 days in which to make a fundamental decision about how we treat those who are participating in the most important investment that any society makes, which…
It's really true. The comprehensive immigration reform bill that's being discussed does bring into our economy those people who have the high skills, many of whom came here and got an education but who under the current law have to leave…





