John GaramendiVerified account

@RepGaramendi

Congressman for California's 3rd Congressional District, former Lieutenant Governor, Insurance Commissioner, Deputy Interior Secretary, state legislator

Walnut Grove, CA
Joined November 2009

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  1. Over the weekend I joined on to discuss the fight for Mosul:

  2. Going on Fox Business very soon to discuss the latest from the fight against Isis. Tune in now!

  3. Met with the 49th Military Police Brigade yesterday to see how the CA Natl Guard clawback issue was affecting them. We have to fix this.

  4. Rep. John Garamendi honors Prof. Jean VanderGheynst at Congressional 2016 Women of the Year,

    , , and 4 others
  5. Was great to convene my Manufacturing Advisory Committee at in today. Much of the convo focused on workforce training.

  6. . great mfg meeting today. I very much appreciate you highlighting the women in the room. Great compliment. Thanks!!!!

  7. The , likely to be voted on in Nov or Dec, remains a powerful vehicle to protect National Guardsmen impacted by bonus claw back.

  8. Men & women in National Guard who answered call to service & accepted retention bonuses in good faith should not have to return bonuses.

  9. Thousands of CA National Guardsmen on hook for bonus recoupments. Congress must act to forgive these repayment obligations.

  10. The DOD announcement of a temporary halt in bonus recoupments is a step in the right direction. Congressional action still essential.

  11. Happy to hear that is stopping demand for repayments from CA Natl Guard vets. I will continue to fight for a permanent fix.

  12. I'll be on Tuesday at 7 am pt to talk about our strategy to protect the bonuses of National Guardsmen.

  13. I'll be on Tuesday at 7 am pt to talk about our strategy to protect the bonuses of National Guardsmen.

  14. Thank you for highlighting our efforts to allow vets to keep the bonuses they were promised.

  15. I was live with John McGinness on KFBK to discuss my efforts to protect National Guard vets from bonus clawbacks

  16. Going on right now to discuss National Guard bonus issue.

  17. The bottom line is this: our veterans should not pay the price for failures in accounting and oversight by the bureaucracy.

  18. 2 tracks necessary. Short term: block National Guard bonus repayment through . Once madness paused, pass a full and permanent waiver.

  19. I sit on Conference Committee merging 2 versions of . I've proposed language to prohibit recouping National Guard bonuses in question

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