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.
Essentially, building a fleet that is militarily useful, and we can do this.
What I am--what I basically want to get into a deep discussion on is in this year, in this year's NDAA, build upon what we have--what we already have in place and stretch it further so that we can do two things--leading the national…
Why are they doing that? Because they see it as an opportunity to build their merchant fleet, useful for their purposes.
I really would urge you to move in that direction, and provide for these periodic upfront costs.
What I am going to do is my last series of questions indicated that there was a path that we ought to explore
We could do this, and in the process reenergize and build in our shipyards and all the things that we have been talking about here.





