John Garamendi
@RepGaramendi
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Californian and Congressman for California's 8th Congressional District. Senior member on @hascdemocrats and @transportdems. Ranking Member of Readiness.
Solano & Contra Costa Counties
Joined November 2009
Republicans are trying to hand Trump and Hegseth a $150 billion slush fund with no plan. "Have we lost our minds? $150 billion out of the mouths of children who are not going to get a school lunch. That's what's happening here."
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🚨EXPLOSIVE: Rep. John Garamendi, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, warns Republicans are knowingly abandoning Congress’ war powers - clearing the way for Trump to start an illegal war with Venezuela. This comes after U.S. F-18 fighter jets were ordered to
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🚨BOOM. Rep. John Garamendi - a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee with direct oversight of the Pentagon is officially over Pete Hegseth’s bullshit. His message to Hegseth is blunt: Get out. Leave before you’re fired or impeached. Garamendi says Hegseth was
🚨EXPLOSIVE: Rep. John Garamendi, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, warns Republicans are knowingly abandoning Congress’ war powers - clearing the way for Trump to start an illegal war with Venezuela. This comes after U.S. F-18 fighter jets were ordered to
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The Trump administration moved $2 billion from the Department of Defense to Homeland Security for immigration enforcement. This is an insult to service members. Stripping military resources for a wasteful political agenda doesn’t make our nation stronger or Americans safer.
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America must rebuild its maritime industrial base — it’s a national security imperative. The SHIPS for America Act does exactly that: investing in domestic shipyards, training new merchant mariners, and creating thousands of good-paying jobs. https://t.co/qqwB35ezFZ
nytimes.com
The U.S. defense industry has lost the ability to build quickly and effectively.
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.@SenWarren and I released a new report showing Trump diverted $2 B from the DoD for his immigration agenda—hurting readiness, morale, and military families. Using troops for political stunts and raiding funds for barracks & training is dangerous. Congress must act.
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A new investigation, led by Bay Area Rep. John Garamendi and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, says the President’s immigration agenda may come at the cost of military readiness and morale.
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BREAKING: The Trump administration took $2 BILLION+ from our military to use on political stunts. This is an insult to our troops. It won’t make our military stronger or Americans safer. Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem owe taxpayers answers.
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Congress failed again to extend the ACA tax credits, jacking up health care costs for 1.7 million Californians. Stop with the games. Lower the cost of healthcare now.
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Secretary Noem tried to tell me that she hasn’t deported any veterans. I introduced her to one.
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Trump and Congressional Republican policies are jacking up the price of electricity, groceries, health care, and housing. Come to the table and work with Congressional Democrats to lower costs and raise wages.
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BREAKING🚨: Kristi Noem just RAN OUT of our hearing early, without notice. Never has there been a Cabinet Secretary so terrified of accountability.  She needs to go.
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Why is Trump's "concepts of a plan" now the guiding ideology of the Republican party?
Status update on House Republicans and a health care plan, after this morning’s conference meeting: “The consensus is we need to come up with something,” Rep. Ralph Norman tells @KyleAlexStewart.
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"The investigation into the Pentagon's double-tap strike during their Caribbean boat strike campaign is far from over." - @HASCDemocrats Ranking Member @RepAdamSmith
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While I'm proud of the provisions I secured for Travis Air Force Base, this NDAA falls short. Trump and Hegseth are deploying troops to our streets, carrying out extrajudicial killings, and undermining our military readiness. Congress must reassert its oversight. We need
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A new report from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, @RepGaramendi and other lawmakers claims the Trump administration took more than $2 billion earmarked for the U.S. military and diverted it to immigration-related initiatives. PDF: https://t.co/SVaxNfOABE
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Remember when @briantylercohen asked me about Trump's recent comment that children will have two toys instead of 30? My answer remains the same: "He's a blazing idiot."
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing
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At what point do Republicans say that the means don't justify the ends? Hundreds of children locked up "accidentally" and "fed worms" is no accident. It's the result of draconian measures taken by a draconian president. https://t.co/dJTjnxjLt5
apnews.com
Legal advocates concerned over the prolonged detention of immigrant children in federal custody are sounding the alarm before the federal court. U.S.
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REMINDER: ACA tax credits expire on January 1st. Yet Senate Republicans’ big health care vote tomorrow won’t even extend the very subsidies that lower families’ costs. @HouseDemocrats are fighting to lower health care costs, not raise them. https://t.co/oY6jPxRtbE
cnn.com
Majority Leader John Thune announced that the Senate will vote Thursday on a Republican-led alternative to Democrats’ three-year extension of soon-to-expire enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits.
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