Honorable John Garamendi
United States Representative, California, Democrat
Representative Garamendi, of the Tenth District of California, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008. He served in the California Assembly from 1974 to 1976, in the California Senate from 1976 to 1990; as California Insurance Commissioner from 1991 to 1995 and from 2003 to 2007; as U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior from 1995 to 1998; and as Lieutenant Governor of California from 2007 to 2009. He sits on the Armed Services Committee and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The following is from the July 16, 2015, House floor debate on H.R. 2898, the Western…
