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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.
As you were talking so enthusiastically, I was thinking of some of Carl Sandburg's incredible poetry on the power of America and all that was done there. Mr. Higgins, you brought this to how we can finance our infrastructure, how we can…
How correct you are to look back to those heroes of the past that laid down the infrastructure. You can actually go back a little bit further. George Washington, in his first year as President of the United States, instructed Alexander…
There's a critical moment now. Right now. That moment is seen in the deliberations that are going on here in this Hall, in the Capitol, about the fiscal cliff, about the deficit. And there are those who would suggest that the only way to…
I thought he was associated with Ohio as much as he is with New York. Isn't he on the border out there somewhere?
It is all about jobs. Thank you very much, Mr. Tonko. Your personal experience in the New York Legislature and in your own community brings this issue into focus here on the floor of this House. {time} 2040 As we build this infrastructure…
Well, we saw what collapse can do with the Minnesota bridge and the loss of life. We saw what inadequate infrastructure protecting New Jersey and New York can do with extraordinary loss of public investment as well as private…
Now, it does run up the debt; but we are using that money to create infrastructure, a necessary investment for the economy to grow and to protect ourselves.
Now, the borrowing rate for the Federal Government on a 10-year note is a little over 1 percent or hovering around 1 percent now?
If the gentleman from Texas would like to finish his statement, I would be happy to yield him 5 minutes.
The same way we build and own our homes. We borrow the money to build that personal infrastructure, our home.
Mr. Higgins, thank you so very, very much for bringing this issue in very stark terms to our attention. You caught my attention earlier when we were talking about this; but here on the floor, this is a $1.2 trillion program that could…
Thank you, Mr. Hall. Apparently, a lot of people would agree given your extraordinary career and the work that you've done here in Congress over these many, many years and decades. Part of what you've spent a good deal of your career…
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