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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.
There is one additional factor--I know this is the case in California and also in New York--and that is both New York and California are net contributors to other States. In our State of California, even with this deduction, far more tax…
I thank the gentleman for bringing us the view from New York. He is quite correct about what happened during the great crisis in 2008, 2009. The American public, probably to the tune of about $1 trillion, bailed out Wall Street. And here…
I appreciate the work that the gentleman does there trying to protect the American public from this hasty--Mr. Hastings, thank you so very much. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York.
I thank the gentleman, very, very much. There has been much discussion. We are going to be yielding this floor to our Republican colleagues, and I see them beginning to assemble, all of them who, just 3 weeks ago, were deficit hawks. I am…
Reclaiming my time, as an esteemed member of the Rules Committee, there is an emergency meeting to push this bill to the floor without any public hearings. Is that correct?
A moment ago, you heard from my colleague from California (Ms. Judy Chu) about the tax bill. She put the first page of H.R. 1 up and she added this little percentage, H.R. 1 percent. I thought that was not only accurate, but it really does…
My recollection in the 1986 Reagan tax reform, it took 2 years of public hearings all around the country and some 30 hearings in the House Ways and Means Committee, probably a similar number on the Senate side before the bill came to the…
I thank Mr. Suozzi for his remarks. I appreciate him bringing to my attention the SALT--the State and local tax. What basically happens is the Republicans are putting salt on the wound and causing an enormous amount of pain for…
I thank the gentlewoman very much, Representative Jayapal, for her comments. She brought to our attention the inconsistencies that are in this piece of legislation. Everywhere I go and people talk about this, they say: I don't understand…
February 17, Oroville Dam, California, a 30-foot potential tsunami coming down on the cities of Oroville and further down the river in Marysville and Yuba City. 200,000 people evacuated. Thankfully, the rain did stop and the levee, or the…
We are going to drive this and make sure the American public knows what is coming down.
Yes. Jeff Denham, Mr. McClintock, and the other Republicans from California included.
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