Environment
Congressman Garamendi has made a career out of protecting our public lands and natural resources. He is a conservationist and outdoorsman who supports preserving public lands, and he works closely with hunters and fishermen. He believes clean air and clean water help create healthy communities. He is a consistent advocate for clean energy production and efficiency projects, because he understands that environmental stewardship and long term economic growth go hand-in-hand.
As a longtime resident of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Garamendi understands the economic, recreational and aesthetic benefits that it provides. He is fiercely opposed to an attempts to degrade this national treasure.
For more information concerning Congressman Garamendi's work and views on the issue of Environment, please contact his Washington, DC office.
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WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) led members of California’s Congressional delegation in a letter calling on President Biden to use his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to expand the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument to include adjacent federally owned land known as the “Walker Ridge” tract.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior who represents the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in Congress, led a letter to the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) voted to pass the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” (H.R. 5376) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation already passed the U.S. Senate and passed the House today by a vote of 220 to 207.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) commended the Senate passage of the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” (H.R. 5376). The legislation provides the single largest investment to combat climate change ever, saves Americans an average of $220 in home energy costs each year, reduces inflation, lowers healthcare costs, and closes tax loopholes that giant corporations exploit to pay a lower tax rate than the middle-class.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA-03), Josh Harder (D-CA-10), Jerry McNerney (D-CA-09), and Mike Thompson (D-CA-05) issued the following statement urging Governor Newsom to cancel the planned construction of the tunnel under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in response to the release of a Draft Environmental Impact Report by the State Department of Water Resources (DWR) for the Delta Conveyance Project:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) issued the following statement in support of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) bill, the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022,” which will be considered under Budget Reconciliation in the U.S. Senate and therefore will not be subject to the filibuster rule:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein (both D-Calif.) announced the introduction of legislation to expand the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument to include approximately 3,925 acres of adjacent Bureau of Land Management-administered public lands in Lake County, California. It would also require the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service to improve tribal engagement and co-management of the National Monument, including for historic preservation, archaeological sites, and forest health.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA03), former Deputy Secretary of the Interior during the Clinton Administration, introduced the “Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Expansion Act” (H.R.6366) with Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA05) as the bill’s original cosponsor.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressmen John Garamendi (D-CA) and Don Young (R-AK) reintroduced the “Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act” (H.R.6059). Congressman Garamendi is a former Deputy Secretary of the Interior under President Bill Clinton, and Congressman Young is the Dean of the U.S. House Representatives.