John In The News
Jan 10, 2017
| Chico Enterprise-Record
Sacramento Valley congressmen sound off on federal water plans for California
Issues: Water
News last week from the nation’s capital could impact water supply throughout the state of California.
Jan 9, 2017
| Lake County News
Federal government to provide additional $4 million for 2015 California wildfire recovery
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – This week the United States Department of Labor reported that it was offering an additional $4 million to help with the cleanup and recovery efforts for the 2015 Valley and Butte fires.
Jan 5, 2017
John Garamendi defends the Affordable Care Act on Cavuto Coast to Coast
Issues: Health Care
Congressman John Garamendi discusses the negative consequences of ACA repeal on Fox Business: January 4, 2017
Dec 16, 2016
| The Hill
Outdated infrastructure poses national security risk
Unfortunately, the modernization of many segments of our infrastructure has been a low priority over the years. As a result, some of it has reached the end of its useful life and is serving on borrowed time.
Dec 9, 2016
| Vacaville Reporter
Garamendi introduces bill to shore up U.S. maritime industry
Rep. John Garamendi, D-Solano, introduced on Thursday a House bill that would strengthen the U.S. maritime industry by requiring up to 30 percent of strategic energy exports be shipped on U.S.-flagged vessels.
Dec 5, 2016
| Davis Enterprise
UCD’s transportation center gets part of $14M DOT grant
Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, announced last week that the National Center for Sustainable Transportation at UC Davis received a substantial grant to continue its research into environmentally friendly transportation solutions.
Dec 5, 2016
| Capital Press
Bill would force schools to seek USDA waiver for imported food
SACRAMENTO — A California congressman wants to tighten controls on school districts purchasing imported foods for lunches.
Dec 3, 2016
| ABC7 News
BAY AREA EXPERTS ANALYZE TRUMP'S TAIWAN CALL
Issues: Foreign Policy
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- President-elect Donald Trump has done something that hasn't been done in 40 years--he spoke with the president of Taiwan. Now all eyes are on China, waiting for what's expected to be a negative reaction.
Nov 29, 2016
| Capital Public Radio
New Proposed Legislation To Help 10,000 State National Guards Repay Reenlistment Bonuses
Issues: Military and Veterans
New legislation is in the works to help 10,000 California National Guard soldiers from having to repay reenlistment bonuses as they marched off to war.
Nov 17, 2016
| Woodland Daily Democrat
Yolo congressman wants schools to ‘Buy American’ food
Congressman John Garamendi has introduced the “American Food for American Schools” Act in an effort to bring more more accountability and transparency to the “Buy American” provisions of the National School Lunch Act.
