Exactly right. When I was young, before Medicare, we lived in a rural community, there was a county hospital. My dad took me to the county hospital to visit a rancher. We were ranchers. On the other side of the hill was another rancher…
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.
I ran over and got this chart. I wasn't going to talk about this this evening, but you brought the issue up about where the money has gone and the issue of tax breaks. {time} 2000 This chart begins in 1979, and it shows the basic growth in…
I notice that our time is nearly over. If you'd like a few closing comments, I'm going to end in just a few moments, too.
So share with us your thoughts about how we can grow the economy, and maybe share some of your own experiences, because you've employed many, many people during your tenure in business.
From Washington, D.C., your leadership in this community has been known for some time. I thank you very much for joining us tonight. I want to do two things before I end. First of all, Medicare is back on the table. The Ryan budget takes…
So we're talking about American-made steel for those bridges, or concrete or other kinds of equipment. And so if we do that, we'd create jobs in the United States. The manufacturing sector lost 9 million jobs between 1990 and last year…
Mr. Higgins, you've raised, and Mr. Ryan, you've also raised the very same issue about the infrastructure. We can do this. We can really do it. I couldn't believe that Paul Ryan's going to introduce a budget in the next couple of days…
Mr. Delaney, I know you have to leave, but thank you so very much for joining us.
I'm going to pick up another chart. The issue you raised is one that we really ought to chart. Let me go get another chart. Just keep going there.
Well, thank you very much, Representative Norton, and for your years of service here. You were just moving to the Ryan budget, which I suspect he'll introduce maybe in the next day or two. This is the same old, same old, but this time it's…
When are we going to do it? We can do these things. We can do the wind turbines for the clean energy, as Mr. Delaney was talking about, solar panels, and, of course, the transportation systems, which we're discussing here.
Thank you very much. I am John Garamendi from California, and I am joined by several of my colleagues here tonight. We want to go through a couple of things that are of the utmost importance to Americans. I had three townhalls on Saturday…





