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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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Dec 14, 2011

We should work together. Excuse me for interrupting, but in my district, we have a ravioli company. We're talking out of this world. Now, maybe your sauce on top of their raviolis we could actually get on the shelf.

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Dec 14, 2011

It really does, if I might take a moment here. You raised one of the very important points. I know later in this discussion you're going to take this up in much more detail. But it's very, very clear that the financial sector, in their…

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Dec 14, 2011

Before we go back to Make It in America, which is our principal policy, at least among those of us who are talking about the Make It in America agenda, I want to just make it very clear that this debate over the payroll tax reduction and…

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Dec 14, 2011

I see it in my own district in California. One of the things that we've been trying to do is to take up the President's call on this matter. The President, back in September, put forth the American Jobs Act. Many pieces of it. We'll talk…

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Dec 6, 2011

If I might, Ms. Kaptur, a fascinating piece of information came across my desk today, and it had to do with the Affordable Care Act, which our Republicans like to call ObamaCare. Hey guys, it's working. It's working. You just talked about…

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Dec 6, 2011

I thank you so very much. Marcy Kaptur, thank you for grabbing the microphone early on. I was down with that Christmas tree and the lighting ceremony from California. I got here just in time to pick up a couple of these issues. We know we…

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Dec 6, 2011

We also know that there are--I don't know the exact number--I think it's about 20-some million young men and women, age 21 to 26, are now back on to health insurance, their parents health insurance as a result of this law. We'll pick up…

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Dec 6, 2011

Yes. 1,962,809 seniors in California were able to get free medical services and 139,396 were able to take advantage of the 50 percent drug discount. $569 average savings for seniors. It's working. The Affordable Care program is working for…

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Dec 6, 2011

Excuse me for getting back into this, but Mr. Tonko gave me that look that says what about New York? 1,410,533 New York seniors were able to get free medical services, and 127,691 were able to take advantage of the 50 percent drug…

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Dec 6, 2011

If I might just interrupt you, Mr. Tonko. You mentioned sound progressive policies. We've all been back home over Thanksgiving. I've talked to a couple of those people that are on that blue line way up there, and they're willing to pay a…

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Dec 6, 2011

I thank my colleague from the great State of New York, picking up the east-west program once again.

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Dec 6, 2011

Ms. Kaptur, you've gone too far. Thank you so very, very much for picking up. Tonight is a very special night for California. We lit the holiday tree in front of the Capitol. It was a tree that came from a community very close to where I…

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