John Garamendi

This is all part of the unraveling of Donald Trump.

The Constitution is very, very clear that the President cannot receive an emolument from a foreign power, prince or State, or from the United States beyond his salary, or from a State.

But you have not asked for or received specific information on that issue, even though it would be a question of the emoluments and the lease itself?

Is that your view? Is that correct, that he does maintain a financial interest in the property?

They pushed aside the fundamental constitutional issue of emoluments and simply said, that is not relevant. Is that correct?

All of us have taken the oath of office, and it basically says, 'I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and I will bear true faith and allegiance…

Questions from Hon. John Garamendi to Dan Mathews, Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration.

Policy Excerpt, "Trump--Donation of Profits from Foreign Government Patronage," Trump Organization, Submitted for the Record by Hon. John Garamendi

The Cabin Air Safety Act, H.R. 2208, sponsored by Representative John Garamendi, will help ensure that the air we breathe when we fly is healthy and safe.

I want to say thanks to Representatives John Garamendi and Pete Stauber for introducing the Cabin Air Safety Act.

Given the broad bipartisan support of this provision we would ask the Committee to reengage and order its timely implementation.

We also support HR 2208 introduced by Rep. Garamendi which would mandate a much more specific course of action in investigating this problem.

If you are around here long enough, your mind can go in 1-minute sections, and I was right on the 1 minute and 15. I will try to close very quickly on this in the next few seconds. Mr. Chair, this amendment doesn't stop the ground-based…

The flooding across the Nation from the west coast all the way to the east coast and everything in between.

Do we need to go into the various Federal agencies that are involved--Corps of Engineers, EPA, so forth--and require them to coordinate with the local agencies?

We need them and we need them now.

The role of the Federal Government here is critically important. It provides the foundation.

The support of the Federal Government is critical here.

Rebuilding our maritime industry requires specific legislative support for the industry.

This is something that comes to us, and your earlier testimony, once again, I apologize for missing, should be the foundation for an amendment to our current tax law so that we don't double tax so that we eliminate this financial…

A Republican and Democrat talking to each other across the aisle. Mr. Speaker, I really appreciate the gentleman. I have followed him, and he has followed me, and we have had the opportunity to talk. I am just not prepared tonight to go…

What I am making here is an argument that we are spending the money in the wrong place.

If we are going to deal with drugs entering the United States through the land, then it is really the ports of entry that we need to spend the money on.

The President intends to spend some $8 billion building a wall. And the question really revolves how best to spend our taxpayer resources.

What is happening in these counties is you are bringing in national companies, often based 2,000 to 3,000 miles away.