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John Garamendi

John Garamendi

DEMOCRATIC
California · CA-8 · 9th Term · Age 81
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House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
CA-8 · View on map
B+
#60 of 428
86.5%
Attendance
119th Cong.
14
Bills Intro'd
119th Cong.
28%
Corp PACs
Share of PAC $ · tenure to date
$5,732,245
PAC Total
Tenure to date · per FEC filings
14
Stock Trades
All filings
119th Congress (2025–2026) · Last updated September 17, 2026 · 158 entries
119th Congress (2025–2026) · Last updated September 17, 2026 · 158 entries

John Garamendi's Grades Across 12 Issue Areas

Palestine / Israel
C+
12 items
#66/428
▾

Votes on military aid, weapons transfers, and ceasefire resolutions. And whether representatives have recognized the genocide in Gaza as documented by the ICJ, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch.

Scored Actions
  • ✓ Cosponsored the Block the Bombs Act to stop the transfer of U.S. weapons used in Gaza (H.R.3565)
  • × Failed to cosponsor recognizing genocide in Gaza, blocking weapons transfers, and imposing sanctions (H.Res.876)
  • ✓ Opposed imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) judges investigating Israeli officials for war crimes (H.R.23)
  • ✓ Cosponsored demanding unimpeded humanitarian aid delivery to Gaza, where famine conditions exist (H.Res.473)
  • × Failed to cosponsor recognizing the Nakba (1948 mass displacement of Palestinians) and affirming refugee rights (H.Res.409)
  • × Did not sign letter opposing Israel's use of food as a weapon and starvation tactics in Gaza (Food Weaponization Letter)
  • × Failed to cosponsor blocking $12B in U.S. weapons transfers to Israel, in violation of U.S. and international law (H.J.Res.68)
  • – Did not vote on barring colleges from federal student aid over boycotts of Israeli businesses, and requiring equal access to Israel study programs (H.R.4795)
  • ✓ Opposed NDAA FY2027 final passage — bill retains Section 219, a permanent US-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative (H.R.8800)
  • ✓ Voted YES on the Massie amendment barring Israel from FY2027 State Department appropriations and eliminating its $3.3 billion Foreign Military Financing (H.Amdt.235 to H.R.8595)
  • ✓ Cosponsored restoring U.S. funding for UNRWA, the UN agency serving Palestinian refugees (H.R.2411)
  • ✓ Signed letters demanding the release of detained Palestinian students including Khalil, Ozturk, and Mahdawi (Student Letter)
Context
$3.8 billion per yearper year in U.S. military aid to Israel ⓘ
Under 10-year MOU + supplemental
73,821+killed in Gaza ⓘ
20,179+children killed
4,000+child amputees: largest child amputee crisis in modern conflict
174,897+people injured
262 journalists killed · 1,701+ medical workers killed
Figures as of September 17, 2026
Sources: Congressional Research Service · UN OCHA / Gaza Ministry of Health
Money & Influence
Pro-Israel PACs
$65,100
Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date
JSTREETPAC ($64,100), NORTHWEST PAC ($1,000)

12 tracked items: 4 fail, 1 mixed, 7 pass · $65,100 from related PACs.

Methodology partially informed by IMEU View scorecard
Immigration
A
11 items
#102/425
▾

Border and asylum policy, DACA, deportation practices, ICE enforcement, and the treatment of immigrants and refugees.

Scored Actions
  • ✓ Opposed the SAVE Act requiring citizenship proof to vote — a voter suppression measure (H.R.22)
  • ✓ Opposed the Laken Riley Act expanding mandatory ICE detention for immigrants (H.R.29)
  • ✓ Opposed $10B in ICE funding expansion in the DHS Appropriations bill (H.R.7147)
  • ✓ Opposed a resolution thanking ICE for enforcement operations (H.Res.488)
  • ✓ Opposed Kayla Hamilton Act — expands detention and enforcement for unaccompanied minors and immigration violations (H.R.4371)
  • ✓ Cosponsored a pathway to citizenship for DREAMers and TPS holders (H.R.1589)
  • ✓ Voted YES on Requires the Department of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status through three months after January 20, 2029. (H.R.1689)
  • ✓ Opposed a bill criminalizing illegal entry as a federal felony (H.R.3486)
  • – Did not vote on Requires Washington, D.C. to comply with federal immigration enforcement, overriding the city's sanctuary policies (H.R.2056)
  • ✓ Opposed Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act — creates criminal penalties for fleeing federal officers near the border; signed into law (H.R.35)
  • ✓ Opposed Standalone FY26 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act funding ICE detention and CBP enforcement. (H.R.7744)
The District Reality
29.1%
Residents born in another country
National avg: 14.1%
86.9%
Residents who are U.S. citizens
National avg: 93.2%
$8.5B / year in state & local taxes paid by undocumented immigrants in California
2024
Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B05002) · U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B05001) · ITEP (Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy)
Money & Influence
No tracked funding for this issue area.

11 tracked items: 0 fail, 1 mixed, 10 pass.

11 tracked items See methodology
War & Foreign Policy
B+
17 items
#39/428
▾

Military authorizations, arms sales, sanctions, foreign aid, and US engagement in conflicts abroad (excluding Palestine/Israel, which is scored in its own dedicated category).

Scored Actions
  • ✓ Voted YES on War Powers resolution to remove U.S. forces from unauthorized military operations against Iran (H.Con.Res.38)
  • × Failed to cosponsor prohibits export licenses for defense articles to the UAE until the president certifies the UAE is not arming the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan (H.R.2059)
  • × Failed to cosponsor repeals the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba by dismantling the statutory pillars of 60+ years of economic sanctions (H.R.7521)
  • ✓ Cosponsored urges the U.S. to adopt a no-first-use policy, end sole presidential nuclear launch authority, and halt the nuclear arms race (H.Res.317)
  • ✓ Opposed Department of Defense Appropriations FY2026 — funds $831 billion in military spending (H.R.4016)
  • × Voted NO on War Powers resolution directing the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in Lebanon (H.Con.Res.84)
  • × Failed to cosponsor prohibits the use of federal funds for military force in or against Cuba (H.R.8103)
  • × Failed to cosponsor War Powers resolution directing the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in Cuba (H.J.Res.153)
  • ✓ Opposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, House passage (H.R.8800)
  • – Voted Present on reaffirms Iran as the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism — whereas clauses invoke AUMF trigger language and Article II authority, designed to legally counter the Iran War Powers Resolution (H.Res.1099)
  • ✓ Opposed Rescissions Act — cuts $7.9 billion in foreign aid including USAID, development assistance, and global health programs (H.R.4)
  • ✓ Voted YES on War Powers concurrent resolution directing removal of U.S. forces from unauthorized hostilities in Lebanon, with added carve-outs for security cooperation with the Lebanese Armed Forces and diplomatic-facility protection (H.Con.Res.108)
  • ✓ Voted YES on War Powers concurrent resolution directing removal of U.S. forces from unauthorized hostilities with Iran. Second Iran War Powers Resolution to receive a House floor vote in the 119th Congress. (H.Con.Res.40)
  • ✓ Cosponsored prohibits the use of federal funds for military force in or against Venezuela without congressional authorization (H.R.6915)
  • ✓ Voted YES on War Powers resolution to remove U.S. forces from military operations in the Western Hemisphere, including Venezuela (H.Con.Res.61)
  • ✓ Voted YES on War Powers resolution to end unauthorized U.S. military involvement in Venezuela (H.Con.Res.64)
  • ✓ Cosponsored prohibits first-use nuclear strikes unless Congress expressly authorizes them through a declaration of war (H.R.669)
Context
$8 trillion+total U.S. spending on post-9/11 wars
940,000+ killed directly · 4.5–4.7M including indirect deaths
Sources: Brown University Costs of War Project
Money & Influence
Defense Contractor PACs
$321,000
Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. TECHNOLOGIES PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL (HONPAC) ($53,000), LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($51,500), EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC ($47,500), EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($40,500), GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC) ($30,000)
Travel Disclosures
$1,166
2 trips · House Travel Disclosures
Former Members of Congress and Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA · Charlottesville, VA · 2024-10-02 Filing $821
Partnership for a Secure America and Carnegie Corporation of New York · Warrenton, VA · 2022-05-14 Filing $345

17 tracked items: 5 fail, 1 mixed, 11 pass · $321,000 from related PACs.

Methodology partially informed by Peace Action View scorecard
Healthcare
B
12 items
#59/428
▾

Affordable care access, Medicare expansion, drug pricing, insurance regulation, and public health funding.

Scored Actions
  • ✓ Opposed a budget resolution enabling $880B in Medicaid cuts (H.Con.Res.14)
  • ✓ Voted YES on extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits, keeping insurance affordable for millions (H.R.1834)
  • ✓ Cosponsored Medicare for All — a single government-run health plan covering all Americans (H.R.3069)
  • ✓ Cosponsored restoring healthcare services eliminated by DOGE cuts and executive actions (H.R.4796)
  • ✓ Cosponsored repeals OBBBA Medicaid cuts and permanently extends enhanced ACA premium tax credits — the core Democratic healthcare counter-bill (H.R.4849)
  • × Failed to cosponsor Medicare Advantage reform package — curbs prior authorization abuse and increases insurer accountability for denied claims (H.R.6109)
  • × Failed to cosponsor opposes the WISPR model that restricts Medicare Advantage beneficiary access to healthcare providers (H.Res.704)
  • × Failed to cosponsor allows states to create their own single-payer universal healthcare systems using federal waivers (H.R.4406)
  • × Failed to cosponsor setting minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in hospitals (H.R.3415)
  • × Failed to cosponsor protects Social Security and Medicare from privatization and benefit cuts (H.R.1950)
  • ✓ Cosponsored expanding Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing services for seniors (H.R.2045)
  • ✓ Opposed Medicaid work requirements projected to strip coverage from 10.9 million people (H.R.1)
The District Reality
79 years
Average life expectancy
People here live 0.3 years longer than the national average
6.4%
People without health insurance
24% less than national avg (8.4%)
4%
Children without health insurance
22% less than national avg (5.14%)
166.6
Heart disease deaths per 100K
17% less than national avg (201.05)
0%
In doctor shortage areas
100% less than national avg (7.81%)
Sources: Congressional District Health Dashboard (CDHD), NYU Langone Health · U.S. Census ACS 2023 · Congressional District Health Dashboard (CDHD), NYU Langone Health / HRSA
Money & Influence
Pharma & Insurance PACs
$68,988
Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date
PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($18,000), FARMERS GROUP, INC., FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE, FIRE INSURANCE EXCHANGE AND TRUCK INSURANCE EXCHANGE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE AKA FARMERS INSURANCE PAC ($14,500), LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY - PAC ($12,000), THE MICRA FEDERAL PAC OF NORCAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY ($9,488), NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($6,000)
Healthcare Providers
$89,750
Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($29,000), AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC ($24,000), AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ($20,500), NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS ($7,500), AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY PAC (HEARTPAC) ($2,500)
Corporate Financing Connections
$7,000
1 employer · FEC Schedule A
Kaiser Permanente $7,000

12 tracked items: 5 fail, 0 mixed, 7 pass · $158,738 from related PACs · 1 corporate financing connection.

12 tracked items See methodology
Housing & Affordability
C+
6 items
#40/428
▾

Rent costs, public housing, homelessness, housing discrimination, and the right to stable shelter.

Scored Actions
  • × Failed to cosponsor Housing Is a Human Right Act — addresses root causes of homelessness and transitions toward guaranteed housing for all (H.R.4457)
  • × Failed to cosponsor $5B in McKinney-Vento grants to build 410K homes and end homelessness (H.R.4872)
  • ✓ Voted YES on the bipartisan Housing for the 21st Century Act (H.R.6644)
  • × Failed to cosponsor expanding Low-Income Housing Tax Credits to build more affordable rental housing (H.R.2725)
  • ✓ Cosponsored reauthorizes and increases HOME program funding for affordable housing construction and rehabilitation (H.R.2031)
  • ✓ Cosponsored comprehensive housing: homebuyer credits, LIHTC expansion, and renter credits (H.R.6390)
The District Reality
29.8%
Renters paying more than half their income on rent
24% more than national avg (24.1%)
11%
People living in poverty
12% less than national avg (12.5%)
13.8%
Children living in poverty
11% less than national avg (15.58%)
0.4413
Income inequality
9% less than national avg (0.4832)
60.3%
People who own their home
8% less than national avg (65.2%)
13.3%
Households on SNAP
10% more than national avg (12.1%)
Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B25070) · U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B17001) · Congressional District Health Dashboard (CDHD), NYU Langone Health · U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B19083) · U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B25003) · U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B22003)

6 tracked items: 3 fail, 0 mixed, 3 pass · $153,000 from related PACs.

6 tracked items See methodology
Labor
A
10 items
#22/428
▾

Workers' rights, union protections, minimum wage, workplace safety, and corporate accountability to employees.

Scored Actions
  • ✓ Cosponsored raising the federal minimum wage to a living wage (H.R.2743)
  • ✓ Cosponsored the Paycheck Fairness Act strengthening equal pay protections (H.R.17)
  • ✓ Voted YES on protecting federal workers' collective bargaining rights from Trump's executive order (H.R.2550)
  • ✓ Cosponsored removes tax deductions for companies that spend money on union-busting consultants and anti-union campaigns (H.R.2692)
  • ✓ Cosponsored a nationwide right to unionize, preventing anti-union state laws (H.R.5159)
  • × Failed to cosponsor protects public sector workers from retaliation and ensures fair treatment for government employees (H.R.3139)
  • ✓ Cosponsored establishes a national paid sick days standard so workers don't lose pay when they're ill (H.R.7531)
  • ✓ Cosponsored national paid family and medical leave for all workers (H.R.5390)
  • ✓ Cosponsored extends minimum wage, overtime, and workplace safety protections to domestic workers like nannies and home care aides (H.R.3971)
  • ✓ Cosponsored the PRO Act strengthening the right to unionize and bargain collectively (H.R.20)
The District Reality
8.7%
Working-age adults without health insurance
26% less than national avg (11.7%)
7.2%
Unemployed
38% more than national avg (5.2%)
Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B27010 working-age) · U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B23025)

10 tracked items: 1 fail, 0 mixed, 9 pass · $1,628,490 from related PACs.

Methodology partially informed by AFL-CIO View scorecard
Reproductive Rights
A
10 items
#84/428
▾

Abortion access, contraception coverage, maternal healthcare, and reproductive autonomy legislation.

Scored Actions
  • ✓ Cosponsored the Women's Health Protection Act codifying the right to abortion nationwide (H.R.12)
  • ✓ Cosponsored the Right to Contraception Act protecting access to birth control (H.R.999)
  • ✓ Cosponsored ensures access to birth control by requiring insurance coverage and preventing pharmacies from refusing to fill prescriptions (H.R.4084)
  • ✓ Opposed restrictions on abortion coverage in ACA insurance plans (H.R.6703)
  • – Did not vote on the Born-Alive Act — an anti-abortion messaging bill (H.R.21)
  • ✓ Opposed Requires schools to distribute anti-abortion materials rather than comprehensive reproductive health information to pregnant students (H.R.6359)
  • ✓ Opposed directs federal funds to anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers that do not provide comprehensive reproductive healthcare (H.R.6945)
  • ✓ Cosponsored repealing the Hyde Amendment to allow federal Medicaid funding for abortion care (H.R.4611)
  • ✓ Cosponsored protecting IVF and assisted reproductive technology from state bans (H.R.2049)
  • ✓ Opposed Planned Parenthood defunding in the One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R.1)
State Context
23.8
Maternal deaths per 100K births
7.7
Teen births per 1K
43% less than national avg (13.49)
4.62
Infant deaths per 1K births
21% less than national avg (5.85)
Sources: CDC NVSS / Kaiser Family Foundation · Congressional District Health Dashboard (CDHD), NYU Langone Health · CDC WONDER
Money & Influence
Reproductive Rights (pro-choice)
$1,000
Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC ($1,000)

10 tracked items: 0 fail, 1 mixed, 9 pass · $1,000 from related PACs.

Methodology partially informed by Planned Parenthood Action View scorecard
LGBTQ+ Rights
A-
18 items
#67/428
▾

Anti-discrimination protections, trans rights, marriage equality, and legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ communities.

Scored Actions
  • ✓ Opposed a ban on Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care (H.R.498)
  • ✓ Cosponsored the Equality Act — comprehensive LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination protections (H.R.15)
  • × Failed to cosponsor strengthens hate crime protections specifically for LGBTQ+ individuals (H.R.3708)
  • ✓ Cosponsored banning conversion therapy as consumer fraud (H.R.3243)
  • ✓ Opposed a bill criminalizing gender-affirming healthcare for minors (H.R.3492)
  • × Failed to cosponsor protecting access to gender-affirming healthcare (H.R.2487)
  • × Failed to cosponsor Do No Harm Act — prevents the Religious Freedom Restoration Act from being used to discriminate against LGBTQ+ individuals (H.R.1954)
  • ✓ Opposed Requires public elementary and middle schools, as a condition of receiving funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, to obtain parental consent before changing a minor student's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form, or changing the student's sex-based accommodations (locker rooms, bathrooms). (H.R.2616)
  • ✓ Opposed a ban on transgender athletes competing in women's sports (H.R.28)
  • ✓ Cosponsored Resolution affirming a Transgender Bill of Rights — legal recognition, healthcare access, and anti-discrimination protections (H.Res.1058)
  • ✓ Cosponsored prohibits discrimination in foster care and adoption based on sexual orientation or gender identity (H.R.6181)
  • ✓ Cosponsored appoints a special envoy for LGBTQ+ human rights to combat persecution of LGBTQ+ individuals worldwide (H.R.6056)
  • ✓ Opposed NDAA amendment banning gender-affirming healthcare for military families in the Exceptional Family Member Program (H.Amdt.85 to H.R.3838)
  • ✓ Opposed NDAA amendment banning TRICARE from covering gender-affirming healthcare for service members (H.Amdt.86 to H.R.3838)
  • ✓ Cosponsored Safe Schools Improvement Act — requires schools to adopt anti-bullying policies that specifically protect LGBTQ+ students (H.R.1810)
  • ✓ Opposed NDAA FY2027 amendment prohibiting TRICARE coverage of gender-affirming medical care (H.Amdt.255 to H.R.8800)
  • ✓ Opposed NDAA FY2027 amendment restricting transgender students from women's/girls' sports teams at DoD-run (DoDEA) schools (H.Amdt.256 to H.R.8800)
  • ✓ Opposed NDAA FY2027 amendment to codify Executive Order 14183, banning transgender individuals from military service (H.Amdt.254 to H.R.8800)
Context
4xmore likely: LGBTQ+ youth attempt suicide at 4 times the rate of their peers
National statistic
0
Anti-LGBTQ+ bills passed into law in California (2025)
Sources: CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) · ACLU — Legislative Attacks on LGBTQ Rights
Money & Influence
LGBTQ Rights
$16,012
Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PAC ($16,012)

18 tracked items: 3 fail, 0 mixed, 15 pass · $16,012 from related PACs.

Methodology partially informed by HRC View scorecard
Justice & Civil Liberties
C+
12 items
#118/428
▾

Policing accountability, mass incarceration, surveillance, due process, and civil liberties protections.

Scored Actions
  • × Failed to cosponsor ends qualified immunity for police officers, allowing victims of misconduct to sue for civil rights violations (H.R.3602)
  • ✓ Cosponsored the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act — ending qualified immunity and police accountability (H.R.5361)
  • × Failed to cosponsor ending solitary confinement in federal prisons (H.R.4682)
  • × Failed to cosponsor FAIR Act — reforms civil asset forfeiture so police can't seize property from people who haven't been convicted of a crime (H.R.5350)
  • × Failed to cosponsor descheduling marijuana at the federal level (MORE Act) (H.R.5068)
  • × Voted YES on permanent fentanyl scheduling imposing mandatory minimum sentences (S.331)
  • × Failed to cosponsor automatic sealing of criminal records (Clean Slate Act) (H.R.3114)
  • ✓ Opposed treats organizations that post bail for defendants — including charitable bail funds — as insurance businesses under federal law, subjecting them to federal insurance-fraud prosecution and state insurance-commission regulation (H.R.6260)
  • ✓ Opposed Three-year reauthorization of Section 702 of FISA without a warrant requirement for queries of Americans' communications (S.1318)
  • ✓ Opposed No Rogue Rulings Act — prohibits federal district courts from issuing nationwide injunctive relief beyond named parties, with a narrow exception for multi-state cases via three-judge panels. (H.R.1526)
  • ✓ Opposed CLEAN DC Act — repeals D.C. police transparency requirements, use-of-force limits, and civilian oversight protections (H.R.5107)
  • ✓ Opposed imposes mandatory pretrial detention and cash bail requirements in Washington, D.C. — overriding local criminal justice reforms (H.R.5214)
The District Reality
465.3
Incarcerated per 100K
47% less than national avg (872.3)
15.7
Opioid deaths per 100K
38% less than national avg (25.3)
0.8
Killed by police per 100K
National avg: 1.9 per 100K · (2021-2026) · Mapping Police Violence
District racial composition
Black 13.4% Hispanic 36.4% White 23.8% Asian 18.1% Other 8.2%
11.7
Segregation index
33% less than national avg (17.55)
Sources: Vera Institute of Justice — Incarceration Trends (2019) · Congressional District Health Dashboard (CDHD), NYU Langone Health · Mapping Police Violence · U.S. Census ACS 2023 (B03002)
Money & Influence
No tracked funding for this issue area.

12 tracked items: 6 fail, 0 mixed, 6 pass.

Methodology partially informed by ACLU View scorecard
Climate
A-
33 items
#145/426
▾

Climate legislation, fossil fuel subsidies, environmental regulation, and the transition to clean energy.

Scored Actions
  • ✓ Opposed the methane emissions charge on oil and gas producers by voting against repeal (H.J.Res.35)
  • ✓ Opposed streamlines natural gas pipeline permitting and reduces environmental review requirements (H.R.3668)
  • ✓ Opposed GRID Power Act — undermines electric grid modernization toward renewable energy sources (H.R.1047)
  • ✓ Opposed the SPEED Act weakening environmental review for energy projects (H.R.4776)
  • ✓ Opposed delays EPA power plant emission rules under the guise of grid reliability (H.R.3632)
  • × Failed to cosponsor End Polluter Welfare Act — eliminates approximately $190 billion in fossil fuel subsidies, tax loopholes, and federal giveaways over 10 years, including provisions for enhanced oil recovery, fossil fuel R&D, and below-market royalty rates on federal lands (H.R.4714)
  • × Failed to cosponsor House Concurrent Resolution declaring a health and safety emergency disproportionately affecting the fundamental rights of children due to executive-branch directives that unleash fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions while suppressing climate change science (H.Con.Res.44)
  • × Failed to cosponsor Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act — imposes a $1 trillion total assessment ($100 billion per year over 10 years) on the largest fossil-fuel companies, allocated by each company's share of covered historical greenhouse-gas emissions, with proceeds funding climate adaptation and damage mitigation (H.R.1135)
  • ✓ Opposed Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events (FIRE) Act — amends the Clean Air Act to exclude air-quality monitoring data influenced by wildfires from compliance determinations, allowing states to discount real exposure when measured against federal standards (H.R.6387)
  • ✓ Opposed Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act — amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal federal building energy efficiency performance standards (Section 305(a)(3)(D)(i)), removing fossil-fuel-reduction targets for new and majorly-renovated federal buildings (H.R.4690)
  • ✓ Opposed Foreign Emissions and Nonattainment Clarification for Economic Stability (FENCES) Act — amends the Clean Air Act to exclude foreign-origin emissions from nonattainment-area determinations, softening EPA enforcement against communities with high cross-border pollution (H.R.6409)
  • ✓ Opposed reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations (RED Tape) Act — amends Section 309 of the Clean Air Act to strike EPA's authority to review and comment on (a) federal construction projects, (b) major federal agency actions affecting the environment, and (c) proposed federal regulations (H.R.6398)
  • ✓ Opposed Homeowner Energy Freedom Act — repeals three IRA building-energy provisions: §50122 home electrification and efficiency rebates (heat pumps, electric stoves, weatherization for low- and moderate-income households), §50123 contractor training grants, and §50131 state energy-code adoption assistance, while rescinding unobligated balances (H.R.4758)
  • ✓ Opposed Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act — bars DOE from prescribing new or amended energy conservation standards unless "technologically feasible and economically justified" (H.R.4626)
  • ✓ Opposed saving Homeowners from Overregulation With Exceptional Rinsing Act — amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise the definition of showerhead, rolling back DOE water-efficiency standards (H.R.4593)
  • ✓ Opposed PERMIT Act — Clean Water Act amendment package weakening NPDES permitting, fast-tracking pipeline reviews, and limiting judicial review. (H.R.3898)
  • – Did not vote on fast-tracking of LNG export terminal approvals bypassing environmental review (H.R.1949)
  • ✓ Opposed FY26 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act cutting Department of Energy clean energy programs and including policy riders against renewable energy deployment. (H.R.4553)
  • ✓ Opposed Budget resolution enabling rollback of clean energy tax credits and environmental regulations (H.Con.Res.14)
  • ✓ Opposed amends the Congressional Review Act to allow a single joint resolution to disapprove multiple regulations submitted during the final year of a President's term. (H.R.77)
  • – Did not vote on the Fix Our Forests Act reducing NEPA environmental review requirements (H.R.471)
  • ✓ Signed Bicameral letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin opposing the March 12, 2025 announcement of 31 environmental rule rollbacks (EPA Assault Letter)
  • ✓ Opposed overturns protections against oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (H.J.Res.131)
  • ✓ Opposed overturns BLM limits on coal leasing on federal lands in Wyoming (H.J.Res.130)
  • ✓ Opposed overturns protections against oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Western Arctic (S.J.Res.80)
  • ✓ Opposed the One Big Beautiful Bill repealing IRA clean energy credits and expanding drilling (H.R.1)
  • ✓ Opposed rolling back California's clean car emission standards (H.J.Res.88)
  • ✓ Opposed blocks California's waiver requiring manufacturers to sell increasing percentages of zero-emission trucks (H.J.Res.87)
  • ✓ Opposed blocks California's waiver setting stricter nitrogen oxide emission limits for heavy-duty trucks (H.J.Res.89)
  • ✓ Opposed rescinds U.S. international climate funding commitments, withdrawing from global climate cooperation (H.Res.590)
  • ✓ Opposed overturns EPA rule allowing major hazardous air pollutant sources to reclassify as area sources, reducing the scope of Clean Air Act protections (S.J.Res.31)
  • ✓ Opposed Joint resolution of disapproval repealing BOEM's rule requiring oil and gas operators to report potential harms to marine archaeological sites before drilling approval. (S.J.Res.11)
  • ✓ Opposed overturns Department of Energy efficiency standards for water heaters, blocking energy savings and emissions reductions (H.J.Res.20)
The District Reality
76.2 / 100
Natural disaster risk score ⓘ
40% more than national avg (54.3) — lower is better
9.21%
Adults with asthma
5% less than national avg (9.7%)
34
Water safety violations
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index · CDC PLACES · EPA SDWIS
Money & Influence
Fossil Fuel PACs
$1,000
Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date
CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. PAC ($1,000)
Environment & Climate
$18,072
Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND ($18,072)
Travel Disclosures
$17,387
2 trips · House Travel Disclosures
Aspen Institute, Democracy Fund, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund · Reykjavik, Iceland · 2022-08-29 Filing $10,320
International Conservation Caucus Foundation and Conservation Council of Nations · Nairobi, Kenya · 2022-04-18 Filing $7,067

33 tracked items: 3 fail, 2 mixed, 28 pass · $19,072 from related PACs.

Methodology partially informed by LCV View scorecard
Democracy & Voting Rights
A-
10 items
#67/426
▾

Voting access, election integrity, gerrymandering, and the defense of democratic institutions.

Scored Actions
  • ✓ Opposed the SAVE Act requiring citizenship proof to vote — a voter suppression measure (H.R.22)
  • ✓ Cosponsored D.C. statehood giving 700,000 residents full voting representation in Congress (H.R.51)
  • ✓ Cosponsored independent redistricting commissions to end partisan gerrymandering (H.R.5449)
  • × Failed to cosponsor strengthens protections against voter intimidation at polling places and during the registration process (H.R.4894)
  • ✓ Opposed D.C. local election autonomy by voting against federal override of noncitizen voting rules (H.R.884)
  • – Did not vote on Non-binding resolution denouncing socialism in all forms — a political messaging vote (H.Con.Res.58)
  • – Voted Present on Resolution honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, after his assassination (H.Res.719)
  • ✓ Voted YES on censures Representative Ilhan Omar and strips her committee assignments over public statements (H.Res.713)
  • ✓ Opposed censuring Rep. Al Green for protesting Trump's Medicaid cuts on the House floor (H.Res.189)
  • ✓ Cosponsored the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act restoring federal preclearance (H.R.14)
State Context
49,000
Denied voting rights (felony convictions) in California
47.8%
Voter turnout
19% less than national avg (59%)
Sources: Sentencing Project — Locked Out 2024 · MIT Election Data + Science Lab
Money & Influence
No tracked funding for this issue area.

10 tracked items: 1 fail, 2 mixed, 7 pass.

10 tracked items See methodology
Money in Politics
D
7 items
#106/428
▾

Campaign finance, lobbying disclosure, corporate political influence, and the integrity of the legislative process.

Scored Actions
  • × Failed to cosponsor banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks while in office (H.R.1908)
  • × Failed to cosponsor requiring disclosure of dark money donors in elections (H.R.2498)
  • × Failed to cosponsor Constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United by clarifying that constitutional rights apply to people, not corporations (H.J.Res.54)
  • × Failed to cosponsor abolishing Super PACs that allow unlimited political spending (H.R.2352)
  • × Failed to cosponsor closes the revolving door between Congress and lobbying by extending cooling-off periods and restricting lobbying by former officials (H.R.3554)
  • × Failed to cosponsor eliminating corporate PACs from making campaign contributions (H.R.4799)
  • ✓ Opposed CFPB consumer protections for digital payment apps by voting against repeal (S.J.Res.28)
Context
$17K
Outside spending (dark money)
$0 supporting · $17K opposing · tenure to date
Sources: FEC Schedule E Independent Expenditures
Money & Influence
Wall Street PACs
$10,000
Direct PAC contributions · tenure to date
WELLS FARGO AND COMPANY EMPLOYEE PAC (AKA WELLS FARGO EMPLOYEE PAC) ($8,000), AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) ($2,000)

7 tracked items: 6 fail, 0 mixed, 1 pass · $10,000 from related PACs.

7 tracked items See methodology

Where John Stands

#60 of 428 House members
B+
John's Grade
—
Group Average
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John Garamendi's Activity in Congress

Every action we track: 268 events across votes, cosponsorships, letters, floor speeches, sponsored travel, and stock disclosures.

Filters
  1. Vote

    MIXED Rep. John Garamendi Voted NOT VOTING on Student Aid Ban for Israel Boycotts

    H.R.4795 Congress.gov
  2. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on NDAA FY2027: Section 219 US-Israel Defense Merger

    H.R.8800 Congress.gov
  3. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on NDAA FY2027 (House passage)

    H.R.8800 Congress.gov
  4. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on FY27 NDAA: TRICARE Trans Care Ban (Mace)

    H.Amdt.255 to H.R.8800 Congress.gov
  5. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on FY27 NDAA: DoDEA Trans Athletics Ban (Mace)

    H.Amdt.256 to H.R.8800 Congress.gov
  6. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on NDAA Amendment: Codify Transgender Military Service Ban (Boebert)

    H.Amdt.254 to H.R.8800 Congress.gov
  7. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on Massie Amendment — Bar Israel Funding / Cut $3.3B FMF

    H.Amdt.235 to H.R.8595 Congress.gov
  8. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on Lebanon War Powers Resolution — Remove Forces

    H.Con.Res.108 Congress.gov
  9. Vote

    FAIL Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Lebanon War Powers Resolution — Remove Forces

    H.Con.Res.84 Congress.gov
  10. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on School Gender-Recognition Consent Mandate

    H.R.2616 Congress.gov
  11. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act — Subjects Charitable Bail Funds to Insurance Regulation

    H.R.6260 Congress.gov
  12. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on FISA Section 702 Reauthorization (3-Year Extension)

    S.1318 Congress.gov
  13. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on FIRE Act

    H.R.6387 Congress.gov
  14. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act

    H.R.4690 Congress.gov
  15. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on Haiti TPS Designation Act

    H.R.1689 Congress.gov
  16. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on Iran War Powers Resolution — Remove Forces

    H.Con.Res.40 Congress.gov
  17. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on FENCES Act

    H.R.6409 Congress.gov
  18. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on RED Tape Act

    H.R.6398 Congress.gov
  19. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on DHS Appropriations Act, 2026 (Standalone)

    H.R.7744 Congress.gov
  20. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on Iran War Powers Resolution — Remove Forces

    H.Con.Res.38 Congress.gov
  21. Vote

    MIXED Rep. John Garamendi Voted PRESENT on Reaffirming Iran as Largest State Sponsor of Terrorism

    H.Res.1099 Congress.gov
  22. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Homeowner Energy Freedom Act

    H.R.4758 Congress.gov
  23. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act

    H.R.4626 Congress.gov
  24. Travel

    Rep. John Garamendi Sponsored travel to Palo Alto, CA — sponsored by Stanford University

    Palo Alto, CA Travel disclosure
  25. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Healthy Families Act

    H.R.7531 Congress.gov
  26. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Transgender Bill of Rights

    H.Res.1058 Congress.gov
  27. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on Housing for the 21st Century Act

    H.R.6644 Congress.gov
  28. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on DHS Appropriations Act (ICE Funding)

    H.R.7147 Congress.gov
  29. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Pregnant Students' Rights Act

    H.R.6359 Congress.gov
  30. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women Act

    H.R.6945 Congress.gov
  31. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Make Housing Affordable and Defend Democracy Act

    H.R.6390 Congress.gov
  32. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on SHOWER Act

    H.R.4593 Congress.gov
  33. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on ACA Premium Tax Credit Extension

    H.R.1834 Congress.gov
  34. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Prohibit Funds for Military Force in Venezuela

    H.R.6915 Congress.gov
  35. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Do No Harm in Medicaid Act

    H.R.498 Congress.gov
  36. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on SPEED Act (Permitting Reform)

    H.R.4776 Congress.gov
  37. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on Western Hemisphere War Powers Resolution

    H.Con.Res.61 Congress.gov
  38. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on Venezuela War Powers Resolution

    H.Con.Res.64 Congress.gov
  39. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Lower Health Care Premiums Act — Abortion Insurance CSR Restriction

    H.R.6703 Congress.gov
  40. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Protect Childrens Innocence Act

    H.R.3492 Congress.gov
  41. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Kayla Hamilton Act

    H.R.4371 Congress.gov
  42. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Power Plant Reliability Act

    H.R.3632 Congress.gov
  43. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Pipeline Reviews Act

    H.R.3668 Congress.gov
  44. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on Protect Americas Workforce Act

    H.R.2550 Congress.gov
  45. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on PERMIT Act — Clean Water Act Permitting Rollback

    H.R.3898 Congress.gov
  46. Vote

    MIXED Rep. John Garamendi Voted NOT VOTING on Denouncing the Horrors of Socialism

    H.Con.Res.58 Clerk of the House
  47. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act

    H.R.6181 Congress.gov
  48. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on CLEAN DC Act

    H.R.5107 Congress.gov
  49. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on DC Cash Bail Reform Act

    H.R.5214 Congress.gov
  50. Vote

    MIXED Rep. John Garamendi Voted NOT VOTING on Unlocking Domestic LNG Potential Act

    H.R.1949 Congress.gov
  51. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on CRA: Arctic Refuge Oil/Gas Protections

    H.J.Res.131 Congress.gov
  52. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on CRA: Wyoming Coal BLM Rule

    H.J.Res.130 Congress.gov
  53. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on CRA: Alaska Western Arctic Drilling

    S.J.Res.80 Congress.gov
  54. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored International Human Rights Defense Act

    H.R.6056 Congress.gov
  55. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act of 2025

    H.R.4849 Congress.gov
  56. Vote

    MIXED Rep. John Garamendi Voted PRESENT on Honoring the Life and Legacy of Charlie Kirk

    H.Res.719 Clerk of the House
  57. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on GRID Power Act

    H.R.1047 Congress.gov
  58. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Redistricting Reform Act of 2025

    H.R.5449 Congress.gov
  59. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on Censuring Representative Ilhan Omar

    H.Res.713 Congress.gov
  60. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored FAMILY Act of 2025

    H.R.5390 Congress.gov
  61. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025

    H.R.5361 Congress.gov
  62. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Stop Illegal Entry Act

    H.R.3486 Congress.gov
  63. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on FY26 NDAA: EFMP Trans Care Ban (Norman)

    H.Amdt.85 to H.R.3838 Congress.gov
  64. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on FY26 NDAA: TRICARE Trans Care Ban (Mace)

    H.Amdt.86 to H.R.3838 Congress.gov
  65. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Nationwide Right to Unionize Act

    H.R.5159 Congress.gov
  66. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Energy and Water Appropriations Act, 2026

    H.R.4553 Congress.gov
  67. Speech

    Rep. John Garamendi Garamendi (D) opposes energy and water funding cuts, warning they threaten clean energy programs, water infrastructure, and national laboratories.

    ENERGY AND WATER CUTS Congressional Record
  68. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Weapons Embargo (bombs, JDAMs, tank shells)

    H.R.3565 Congress.gov
  69. Travel

    Rep. John Garamendi Sponsored travel to Zambia — sponsored by Aspen Institute, Inc., Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and CARE

    Zambia Travel disclosure
  70. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Restoring Essential Healthcare Act

    H.R.4796 Congress.gov
  71. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored EACH Act of 2025

    H.R.4611 Congress.gov
  72. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on DoD Appropriations FY2026

    H.R.4016 Congress.gov
  73. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on International Climate Funding Rescission

    H.Res.590 Congress.gov
  74. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Womens Health Protection Act of 2025

    H.R.12 Congress.gov
  75. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Access to Birth Control Act

    H.R.4084 Congress.gov
  76. Vote

    MIXED Rep. John Garamendi Voted NOT VOTING on D.C. Federal Immigration Compliance Act

    H.R.2056 Congress.gov
  77. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Rescissions Act — Foreign Aid Cuts

    H.R.4 Congress.gov
  78. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act

    H.R.3971 Congress.gov
  79. Vote

    FAIL Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on HALT Fentanyl Act

    S.331 Congress.gov
  80. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Prohibit Noncitizen Voting in D.C. Elections

    H.R.884 Congress.gov
  81. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Resolution Thanking ICE

    H.Res.488 Congress.gov
  82. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

    H.Res.473 Congress.gov
  83. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on One Big Beautiful Bill Act — Medicaid Work Requirements

    H.R.1 Congress.gov
  84. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on One Big Beautiful Bill — PP Defunding Provision

    H.R.1 Congress.gov
  85. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on One Big Beautiful Bill (IRA Repeal, Drilling Expansion)

    H.R.1 Congress.gov
  86. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on CRA: EPA HAP Source Reclassification

    S.J.Res.31 Congress.gov
  87. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Back from the Brink — Halt Nuclear Arms Race

    H.Res.317 Congress.gov
  88. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2025

    H.R.3243 Congress.gov
  89. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on CRA: CA Clean Cars II Waiver Disapproval

    H.J.Res.88 Congress.gov
  90. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on CRA: CA Clean Trucks Waiver Disapproval

    H.J.Res.87 Congress.gov
  91. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on CRA: CA Low-NOx Waiver Disapproval

    H.J.Res.89 Congress.gov
  92. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Medicare for All Act

    H.R.3069 Congress.gov
  93. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Equality Act

    H.R.15 Congress.gov
  94. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on SAVE Act (119th)

    H.R.22 Congress.gov
  95. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on No Rogue Rulings Act — Limit Nationwide Injunctions

    H.R.1526 Congress.gov
  96. Letter

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Signed Letter: Bicameral Letter Opposing EPA's Wholesale Assault on Environmental Protections (Apr 2025)

    EPA Assault Letter democrats-energycommerce.house.gov
  97. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on CRA: CFPB Digital Payment Apps Rule

    S.J.Res.28 Congress.gov
  98. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Raise the Wage Act of 2025

    H.R.2743 Congress.gov
  99. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act

    H.R.2692 Congress.gov
  100. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Restore UNRWA Funding

    H.R.2411 Congress.gov
  101. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Paycheck Fairness Act

    H.R.17 Congress.gov
  102. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Access to Family Building Act (IVF)

    H.R.2049 Congress.gov
  103. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2025

    H.R.2031 Congress.gov
  104. Letter

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Signed Letter: Letters Demanding Release of Detained Palestinian Students (Khalil, Ozturk, Mahdawi)

    Student Letter jayapal.house.gov
  105. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Medicare Dental, Vision and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025

    H.R.2045 Congress.gov
  106. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on CRA: BOEM Marine Archaeological Resources Rule Disapproval

    S.J.Res.11 Congress.gov
  107. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Censuring Representative Al Green

    H.Res.189 Clerk of the House
  108. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025

    H.R.20 Congress.gov
  109. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025

    H.R.14 Congress.gov
  110. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Safe Schools Improvement Act

    H.R.1810 Congress.gov
  111. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on CRA: Water Heater Efficiency Standards

    H.J.Res.20 Congress.gov
  112. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored American Dream and Promise Act of 2025

    H.R.1589 Congress.gov
  113. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on FY2025 Budget Resolution (Medicaid Cuts)

    H.Con.Res.14 Congress.gov
  114. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Budget Resolution FY2025

    H.Con.Res.14 Congress.gov
  115. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on CRA: Methane Emissions Charge Disapproval

    H.J.Res.35 Congress.gov
  116. Speech

    Rep. John Garamendi Rep. Garamendi leads extended session on Democratic proposals for lowering costs, protecting healthcare, and defending government institutions.

    DEMOCRATIC PROPOSALS Congressional Record
  117. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act (119th)

    H.R.35 Congress.gov
  118. Speech

    Rep. John Garamendi Rep. Garamendi condemns the destruction of USAID, detailing how the $280 million agency shutdown undermines global health, food security, and U.S. influence.

    THE DESTRUCTION OF USAID Congressional Record
  119. Speech

    Rep. John Garamendi Rep. Garamendi leads extended floor speech on the Trump administration's dismantling of the federal government, detailing agency closures and firings.

    TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S DISMANTLING OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Congressional Record
  120. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Midnight Rules Relief Act — En Bloc CRA Disapproval

    H.R.77 Congress.gov
  121. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Right to Contraception Act

    H.R.999 Congress.gov
  122. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025

    H.R.669 Congress.gov
  123. Vote

    MIXED Rep. John Garamendi Voted NOT VOTING on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

    H.R.21 Congress.gov
  124. Vote

    MIXED Rep. John Garamendi Voted NOT VOTING on Fix Our Forests Act

    H.R.471 Congress.gov
  125. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act

    H.R.28 Congress.gov
  126. Speech

    Rep. John Garamendi Rep. Garamendi demands unconditional federal aid for Los Angeles wildfire victims, criticizing the House Speaker for suggesting conditions on disaster assistance.

    UNCONDITIONAL AID FOR LOS ANGELES Congressional Record
  127. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on ICC Sanctions Bill

    H.R.23 Congress.gov
  128. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Laken Riley Act

    H.R.29 Congress.gov
  129. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Washington, D.C. Admission Act

    H.R.51 Congress.gov
  130. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on NDAA FY2025 (enacted conference report)

    H.R.5009 Congress.gov
  131. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Prove It Act of 2024

    H.R.7198 Congress.gov
  132. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Nonprofit Status Stripping Act

    H.R.9495 Clerk of the House
  133. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act

    H.R.9495 Congress.gov
  134. Vote

    MIXED Rep. John Garamendi Voted NOT VOTING on Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act

    H.R.5342 Congress.gov
  135. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on Social Security Fairness Act

    H.R.82 Congress.gov
  136. Travel

    Rep. John Garamendi Sponsored travel to New York, NY — sponsored by American Maritime Congress and New York Council Navy League of the United States

    New York, NY Travel disclosure
  137. Travel

    Rep. John Garamendi Sponsored travel to Charlottesville, VA — sponsored by Former Members of Congress and Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

    Charlottesville, VA Travel disclosure
  138. Letter

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Signed Letter: Aysenur Eygi Investigation Letter

    Aysenur Eygi Letter adamsmith.house.gov
  139. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on GUARDRAIL Act (SEC Climate Disclosures)

    H.R.4790 Congress.gov
  140. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Restore UNRWA Funding (118th)

    H.R.9649 Congress.gov
  141. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

    H.R.7909 Congress.gov
  142. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Fiduciary and Retirement Fund Rules Act

    H.R.5339 Congress.gov
  143. Vote

    MIXED Rep. John Garamendi Voted NOT VOTING on Federal Contractor Hiring Standards Act

    H.R.7887 Congress.gov
  144. Vote

    MIXED Rep. John Garamendi Voted NOT VOTING on SAVE Act

    H.R.8281 Congress.gov
  145. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Access to Family Building Act

    H.R.7056 Congress.gov
  146. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act

    H.R.4340 Congress.gov
  147. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on DoD Appropriations FY2025

    H.R.8774 Congress.gov
  148. Vote

    FAIL Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on FY25 DoD Approps Amendment — Prohibit Cluster Munition Acquire/Use/Transfer/Sell

    H.Amdt.1081 to H.R.8774 Congress.gov
  149. Vote

    FAIL Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on FY25 DoD Approps Amendment — Defund Pentagon Unfunded Priorities List

    H.Amdt.1075 to H.R.8774 Congress.gov
  150. Letter

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Signed Letter: P-2 Designation Letter — Refugee Status for Gaza Palestinians

    P-2 Designation Letter casar.house.gov
  151. Vote

    MIXED Rep. John Garamendi Voted NOT VOTING on FY25 NDAA Amendment — Prohibit Cluster Munition Transfer

    H.Amdt.974 to H.R.8070 Congress.gov
  152. Vote

    MIXED Rep. John Garamendi Voted NOT VOTING on DOD Approp Amendment: Ban Abortion Travel Reimbursement

    H.Amdt.989 to H.R.8070 Congress.gov
  153. Vote

    MIXED Rep. John Garamendi Voted NOT VOTING on FY25 NDAA: EFMP Trans Care Ban (Norman)

    H.Amdt.987 to H.R.8070 Congress.gov
  154. Vote

    MIXED Rep. John Garamendi Voted NOT VOTING on FY25 NDAA: TRICARE Trans Care Ban

    H.Amdt.986 to H.R.8070 Congress.gov
  155. Vote

    MIXED Rep. John Garamendi Voted NOT VOTING on FY25 NDAA: DODEA Book Ban (Steube)

    H.Amdt.980 to H.R.8070 Congress.gov
  156. Travel

    Rep. John Garamendi Sponsored travel to Australia — sponsored by Aspen Institute, Breakthrough Energy Foundation, and Climate Imperative Foundation

    Australia Travel disclosure
  157. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2024

    H.R.8525 Congress.gov
  158. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on Federal Prison Oversight Act

    H.R.3019 Congress.gov
  159. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Detain and Deport Aliens Who Assault Cops Act

    H.R.7343 Congress.gov
  160. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Equal Representation Act

    H.R.7109 Congress.gov
  161. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Disapproval of NLRB Joint Employer Rule

    H.J.Res.98 Congress.gov
  162. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Antisemitism Awareness Act

    H.R.6090 Clerk of the House
  163. Letter

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Signed Letter: Rafah Letter — Withhold Weapons if Invasion

    Rafah Letter jayapal.house.gov
  164. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Condemns Biden Weapons Pause to Israel

    H.R.8034 Clerk of the House
  165. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act

    H.R.6046 Congress.gov
  166. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act

    H.R.4691 Congress.gov
  167. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Iran Counterterrorism Act

    H.R.6323 Congress.gov
  168. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Rescission of Iran Waivers and Licenses

    H.R.5947 Congress.gov
  169. Vote

    FAIL Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on Condemns 'From the River to the Sea' Slogan

    H.Res.883 Clerk of the House
  170. Vote

    FAIL Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on FISA Section 702 Reauthorization

    H.R.7888 Congress.gov
  171. Vote

    FAIL Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on FISA Warrant Amendment (Biggs)

    H.Amdt.876 to H.R.7888 Congress.gov
  172. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on A Stronger Workforce for America Act

    H.R.6655 Congress.gov
  173. Letter

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Signed Letter: Stop Weapons Letter — Withhold After WCK Strike

    Stop Weapons Letter pocan.house.gov
  174. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on USE IT Act

    H.R.6276 Congress.gov
  175. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Laken Riley Act (118th)

    H.R.7511 Congress.gov
  176. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Do No Harm Act

    H.R.2725 Congress.gov
  177. Travel

    Rep. John Garamendi Sponsored travel to Cape Town, South Africa — sponsored by Aspen Institute and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

    Cape Town, South Africa Travel disclosure
  178. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act

    H.R.6976 Congress.gov
  179. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act (LIHTC Expansion)

    H.R.7024 Congress.gov
  180. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Consequences for Social Security Fraud Act

    H.R.6678 Congress.gov
  181. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act

    H.R.5585 Congress.gov
  182. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Protecting Our Democracy Act

    H.R.5048 Congress.gov
  183. Letter

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Signed Letter: Forced Displacement Letter — Oppose Gaza Displacement

    Forced Displacement Letter pressley.house.gov
  184. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women Act

    H.R.6918 Congress.gov
  185. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Pregnant Students' Rights Act

    H.R.6914 Congress.gov
  186. Vote

    FAIL Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on NDAA FY2024 (enacted conference report)

    H.R.2670 Congress.gov
  187. Vote

    FAIL Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on NDAA FY2024 Final Passage (with anti-abortion provisions)

    H.R.2670 Congress.gov
  188. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2023

    H.R.4468 Congress.gov
  189. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on Santos Expulsion Resolution

    H.Res.878 Clerk of the House
  190. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Protecting Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act

    H.R.5283 Congress.gov
  191. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on LHHS Approp Amendment: Defund Title X / Office of Population Affairs

    H.Amdt.788 to H.R.5894 Congress.gov
  192. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Defund HOPWA (Housing for People with AIDS)

    H.Amdt.625 to H.R.4820 Congress.gov
  193. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored International Human Rights Defense Act

    H.R.1833 Congress.gov
  194. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Safe Schools Improvement Act

    H.R.6031 Congress.gov
  195. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored FAMILY Act

    H.R.3481 Congress.gov
  196. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Healthy Families Act

    H.R.3409 Congress.gov
  197. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Ag-FDA Appropriations (Mifepristone Riders)

    H.R.4368 Congress.gov
  198. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on DHS Appropriations (anti-LGBTQ riders)

    H.R.4367 Congress.gov
  199. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on FY24 DoD Approps Amendment — Defund Pentagon Unfunded Priorities List

    H.Amdt.373 to H.R.4365 Congress.gov
  200. Vote

    FAIL Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on FY24 DoD Approps Amendment — Prohibit Cluster Munition Transfer

    H.Amdt.370 to H.R.4365 Congress.gov
  201. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety Act

    H.R.2530 Congress.gov
  202. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Boebert USDA LGBTQ Materials Ban

    H.Amdt.341 to H.R.4368 Congress.gov
  203. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

    H.R.14 Congress.gov
  204. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act

    H.R.1435 Congress.gov
  205. Travel

    Rep. John Garamendi Sponsored travel to Kenya — sponsored by Aspen Institute and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

    Kenya Travel disclosure
  206. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Raise the Wage Act

    H.R.4889 Congress.gov
  207. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Schools Not Shelters Act

    H.R.3941 Congress.gov
  208. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024

    H.R.3935 Congress.gov
  209. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Freedom to Vote Act (successor to For the People Act)

    H.R.11 Congress.gov
  210. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Freedom to Vote Act (Campaign Finance Provisions)

    H.R.11 Congress.gov
  211. Vote

    FAIL Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on FY24 NDAA Amendment — Halt Cluster Munition Transfer to Ukraine

    H.Amdt.243 to H.R.2670 Congress.gov
  212. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on NDAA Amendment: Ban Pride Flags at DOD Facilities

    H.Amdt.236 to H.R.2670 Congress.gov
  213. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on FY24 NDAA: Boebert DODEA Book Ban

    H.Amdt.237 to H.R.2670 Congress.gov
  214. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on FY24 NDAA Amendment — Expand Section 1033 Police Transfer Program

    H.Amdt.239 to H.R.2670 Congress.gov
  215. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on FY24 NDAA Amendment — Reduce Deployed ICBMs

    H.Amdt.231 to H.R.2670 Congress.gov
  216. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on FY24 NDAA Amendment — Defund B83-1 Nuclear Gravity Bomb

    H.Amdt.230 to H.R.2670 Congress.gov
  217. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on NDAA Amendment: Ban DOD Abortion Travel Funding

    H.Amdt.222 to H.R.2670 Congress.gov
  218. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on NDAA Amendment: Ban Transgender Healthcare for Military

    H.Amdt.223 to H.R.2670 Congress.gov
  219. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act

    H.R.926 Congress.gov
  220. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Equality Act

    H.R.15 Congress.gov
  221. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Right to Contraception Act

    H.R.4121 Congress.gov
  222. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on REINS Act of 2023

    H.R.277 Congress.gov
  223. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act

    H.R.1615 Congress.gov
  224. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Medicare for All Act of 2023

    H.R.3421 Congress.gov
  225. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2023

    H.R.3305 Congress.gov
  226. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Secure the Border Act

    H.R.2 Congress.gov
  227. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act

    H.R.1163 Congress.gov
  228. Vote

    FAIL Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Somalia War Powers Resolution

    H.Con.Res.30 Congress.gov
  229. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023

    H.R.2811 Congress.gov
  230. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023

    H.R.734 Congress.gov
  231. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Disapproval of WOTUS Rule

    H.J.Res.27 Congress.gov
  232. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Women's Health Protection Act

    H.R.12 Congress.gov
  233. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Transgender Bill of Rights

    H.Res.269 Congress.gov
  234. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Lower Energy Costs Act

    H.R.1 Congress.gov
  235. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on School Gender-Recognition Consent and Notification Mandate

    H.R.5 Congress.gov
  236. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Disapproval of DOL ESG Rule

    H.J.Res.30 Congress.gov
  237. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Paycheck Fairness Act

    H.R.17 Congress.gov
  238. Vote

    FAIL Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Syria Withdrawal War Powers Resolution

    H.Con.Res.21 Congress.gov
  239. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Protecting the Right to Organize Act

    H.R.20 Congress.gov
  240. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored DISCLOSE Act

    H.R.1118 Congress.gov
  241. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored DISCLOSE Act

    H.R.1118 Congress.gov
  242. Vote

    FAIL Rep. John Garamendi Voted YES on Disapproval of D.C. Noncitizen Voting

    H.J.Res.24 Congress.gov
  243. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Disapproval of DC Criminal Code Reform

    H.J.Res.26 Congress.gov
  244. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Strategic Production Response Act

    H.R.21 Congress.gov
  245. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored EACH Act

    H.R.561 Congress.gov
  246. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

    H.R.26 Congress.gov
  247. Vote

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Voted NO on Condemning attacks on pro-life facilities

    H.Con.Res.3 Congress.gov
  248. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Democracy for All Amendment

    H.J.Res.13 Congress.gov
  249. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored Medicare Dental, Vision and Hearing Benefit Act of 2023

    H.R.33 Congress.gov
  250. Cosponsor

    PASS Rep. John Garamendi Cosponsored D.C. Statehood

    H.R.51 Congress.gov
  251. Travel

    Rep. John Garamendi Sponsored travel to Japan — sponsored by United States Association of Former Members of Congress and Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

    Japan Travel disclosure
  252. Travel

    Rep. John Garamendi Sponsored travel to Reykjavik, Iceland — sponsored by Aspen Institute, Democracy Fund, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund

    Reykjavik, Iceland Travel disclosure
  253. Travel

    Rep. John Garamendi Sponsored travel to Warrenton, VA — sponsored by Partnership for a Secure America and Carnegie Corporation of New York

    Warrenton, VA Travel disclosure
  254. Travel

    Rep. John Garamendi Sponsored travel to Nairobi, Kenya — sponsored by International Conservation Caucus Foundation and Conservation Council of Nations

    Nairobi, Kenya Travel disclosure
  255. Trade

    Rep. John Garamendi Sale $1,001 - $15,000 of Block, Inc. Class A Common Stock,

    Block, Inc. Class A Common Stock, PTR filing
  256. Trade

    Rep. John Garamendi Sale $1,001 - $15,000 of Granite Construction Incorporated

    Granite Construction Incorporated PTR filing
  257. Trade

    Rep. John Garamendi Sale $1,001 - $15,000 of Twitter, Inc. (TWTR)

    TWTR — Twitter, Inc. (TWTR) PTR filing
  258. Trade

    Rep. John Garamendi Sale $15,001 - $50,000 of Health Fusion

    Health Fusion PTR filing
  259. Trade

    Rep. John Garamendi Sale $1,001 - $15,000 of solazyme, Inc. (sZYM)

    SZYM — solazyme, Inc. (sZYM) PTR filing
  260. Trade

    Rep. John Garamendi Sale $15,001 - $50,000 of HealthFusion

    HealthFusion PTR filing
  261. Trade

    Rep. John Garamendi Purchase $1,001 - $15,000 of solazyme, Inc. (sZYM)

    SZYM — solazyme, Inc. (sZYM) PTR filing
  262. Trade

    Rep. John Garamendi Sale $250,001 - $500,000 of HealthFusion

    HealthFusion PTR filing
  263. Trade

    Rep. John Garamendi Sale $1,001 - $15,000 of Solazyme

    Solazyme PTR filing
  264. Trade

    Rep. John Garamendi Sale $1,001 - $15,000 of Sale of Cattle

    Sale of Cattle PTR filing
  265. Trade

    Rep. John Garamendi Sale $1,001 - $15,000 of Cattle Sale

    Cattle Sale PTR filing
  266. Trade

    Rep. John Garamendi Exchange $15,001 - $50,000 of WornuMedia note

    WornuMedia note PTR filing
  267. Trade

    Rep. John Garamendi Purchase $15,001 - $50,000 of Twitter Stock

    Twitter Stock PTR filing
  268. Trade

    Rep. John Garamendi Purchase $1,001 - $15,000 of Granite Construction Inc

    Granite Construction Inc PTR filing

PACs and Donors Funding John Garamendi's Campaign

Money raised (to the campaign) vs outside money (spent for or against) · per FEC filings.

Where the money comes from

Money raised, by source

Individual PAC

Composition

Area = share of money raised · source → type / size

Raised by cycle

PAC vs individual money over time

PAC by interest categoryDirect PAC contributions plus individual donations earmarked through PACs, for the tracked interest groups. Source: FEC filings.

Tracked interest groups · the accountability lens

Largest PAC donors · all-time · click for FEC filing

Individual donor ties

Itemized individual donors · $200+ contributions reported to the FEC

Where donors live
Top employers of donorsThe employer that itemized donors ($200+) report on their own FEC filing, a proxy for which industries a member’s donors come from. This is not the member’s employer, and not PAC or corporate money.

Outside money — spent for / against

Not raised by the campaign · independent expenditures (FEC Schedule E)

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Data: Federal Election Commission. Tenure to date. Updated 2026-09-09.

John Garamendi's Stock Trades, Travel, and Disclosures

Stock Trades

14
disclosed trades
Based on STOCK Act filings from the House Clerk. Shows transaction type, amount range, and filing date.
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Travel Disclosures

11
sponsored trips
Based on Clerk of the House travel disclosures. Includes sponsor, destination, and cost.
Sponsor sectors: War & Foreign Policy (2) · Climate (2)
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Floor Speeches

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speeches
Analyzed floor speeches · 119th Congress
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Community Projects ⓘ

$38,748,150
requested (15 projects) · FY2026
Community project funding requests directed to local projects through the appropriations process.
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Legislative Effectiveness

0/14
enacted
Bills introduced vs enacted · 119th Congress. Compared to chamber average for bill advancement rates.
Introduced
14
Passed Cmte
0
Passed Chamber
0
Enacted
0
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Attendance

86.5%
119th Congress
119th Congress avg & ranking. Session-by-session breakdown shown below for reference.
119th-2 (2026)
86.9%
273/314
119th-1 (2025)
86.2%
312/362
118th-2 (2024)
76.2%
394/517
118th-1 (2023)
97.4%
705/724
119th avg: 96.4% · Rank: #428 of 445
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Their District: California · CA-8

752,539
residents
$97,897 median household income · 11% poverty rate · 6.4% uninsured
Racial Composition
Hispanic/Latino 36.4% White (non-Hisp.) 23.8% Black (non-Hisp.) 13.4% Asian (non-Hisp.) 18.1% Other (non-Hisp.) 8.2%
38.9Median Age
$2,157Median Rent
7.2%Unemployment
30.3%Bachelor's+
60.3%Homeownership
29.1%Foreign-born
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS 2024)

Financial Disclosure

5
recent filings · 2021–2025
Annual Form A disclosures filed with the House Clerk under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
Disclosed net worth 2025 Annual $1.1M – $6.3M
By filing year select a year
2025 Annual — $1.1M–$6.3M · 14 holdings · 1 liability · filed Jul 22, 2026
View this filing on the Clerk portal (PDF)
2024 Annual — $1.7M–$7.5M · 19 holdings · 1 liability · filed Aug 1, 2025
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2023 Annual — $1.8M–$7.5M · 13 holdings · 1 liability · filed May 13, 2024
View this filing on the Clerk portal (PDF)
2022 Annual — $1.8M–$7.7M · 20 holdings · 1 liability · filed Jul 21, 2023
View this filing on the Clerk portal (PDF)
2021 Annual — $1.8M–$7.6M · 20 holdings · 1 liability · filed May 7, 2022
View this filing on the Clerk portal (PDF)

The line inside each bar marks the middle of the reported range.

2025 filing contains
14 assets 1 liability $124K outside income
Form A reports values in statutory bands, for example $100,001–$250,000, and its top band is open-ended. Assets held by a spouse or dependent child appear here because the form requires it. Figures are shown rounded.
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Source: disclosures-clerk.house.gov · 2025 Annual, filed Jul 22, 2026
Disclosure data last pulled from the Clerk on Sep 5, 2026.

John Garamendi's recent press releases

10 tracked press releases from https://garamendi.house.gov. Most recent: May 2026. · Checked Jul 2026

  1. Congressional Bay Area Delegation Calls for Federal Investments in Local Trails for Cyclists and Pedestrians

    WASHINGTON, DC — Representative John Garamendi (CA-08) joined Rep. Sam Liccardo’s (CA-16) effort in leading a coalition of Bay Area Members of Congress, including Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA-11), Reps. Jared Huffman (CA-02), Kevin…

  2. Rep. Garamendi Joins Rep. Magaziner in Demanding Hegseth to End DoD’s Block on Wind Energy Projects

    WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) joined Congressman Seth Magaziner (RI-02) in leading 54 of their colleagues in demanding answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the Department of Defense’s halt of its…

  3. Rep. Garamendi Statement on “Astronomical” $1.2 Trillion Golden Dome CBO Score

    WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee, released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office’s new $1.2 Trillion price tag for…

  4. ICYMI: Hegseth Reveals Cost of Detaining Immigrants at Guantanamo Bay Nearly $20M More than Initially Reported

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and the Department of Defense (DoD) revealed that the Pentagon’s financial support for the Trump administration’s cruel immigration agenda is far higher than initially reported by…

  5. Reps. Garamendi, Simon and Garcia Call for Strong Federal Investments in Public Transportation

    WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08), Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) and Congressman Chuy Garcia (D-IL-04) led a coalition of 30+ Members of Congress in urging the Chair and Ranking Member of the House…

  6. Reps. Garamendi Joins Bonamici, Underwood, & Sens. Merkley, Alsobrooks in Effort to Overturn Student Loan Rule

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) joined Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), and Rep. John Mannion (D-NY), in introducing a…

  7. Rep. Garamendi, Sen. Schiff, Bay Area Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin to Release Funding for SF Bay Wildlife Refuge Complex

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08), Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) and five Bay Area lawmakers urged the Trump administration to release millions of dollars of Congressionally approved funds for the San Francisco Bay…

  8. Rep. Garamendi Joins Rep. Friedman, 32 CA Reps in Supporting AG Bonta’s Review of Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) joined Congresswoman Laura Friedman (CA-30) and 32 California U.S. Representatives in expressing support for California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s review of the proposed…

  9. Garamendi Announces 2026 Nominations to Military Service Academies

    VALLEJO, CA – Today, Congressman Garamendi honored four students from the 8th Congressional District whom he nominated and have been accepted into one of the nation's military service academies including the Army’s West Point, the Merchant…

  10. Garamendi Announces Winners of 2026 Congressional High School Art Competition

    VALLEJO, CA—Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) announced the winners of this year’s Congressional High School Art Competition at a ceremony in Vallejo.You can find images of winning art from the event HERE

Rest of the California delegation

53 other representatives, same scorecard, same 119th Congress.

CA-1 Doug LaMalfa F CA-1 James Gallagher — CA-2 Jared Huffman B+ CA-3 Kevin Kiley F CA-4 Mike Thompson B CA-5 Tom McClintock F CA-6 Ami Bera B CA-7 Doris O. Matsui B+ CA-9 Josh Harder C+ CA-10 Mark DeSaulnier B+ CA-11 Nancy Pelosi C+ CA-12 Lateefah Simon A- CA-13 Adam Gray C- CA-14 Eric Swalwell C+ CA-14 Aisha Wahab — CA-15 Kevin Mullin B+ CA-16 Sam T. Liccardo B CA-17 Ro Khanna A- CA-18 Zoe Lofgren B CA-19 Jimmy Panetta B CA-20 Vince Fong F CA-21 Jim Costa C+ CA-22 David G. Valadao F CA-23 Jay Obernolte F CA-24 Salud O. Carbajal B+ CA-25 Raul Ruiz B CA-26 Julia Brownley B+ CA-27 George Whitesides C CA-28 Judy Chu A- CA-29 Luz M. Rivas B CA-30 Laura Friedman B CA-31 Gilbert Ray Cisneros B CA-32 Brad Sherman B CA-33 Pete Aguilar C+ CA-34 Jimmy Gomez B+ CA-35 Norma J. Torres C+ CA-36 Ted Lieu B+ CA-37 Sydney Kamlager-Dove B CA-38 Linda T. Sánchez B+ CA-39 Mark Takano B+ CA-40 Young Kim F CA-41 Ken Calvert F CA-42 Robert Garcia B+ CA-43 Maxine Waters B+ CA-44 Nanette Diaz Barragán B+ CA-45 Derek Tran C+ CA-46 J. Luis Correa C+ CA-47 Dave Min C+ CA-48 Darrell Issa F CA-49 Mike Levin B CA-50 Scott H. Peters B CA-51 Sara Jacobs B+ CA-52 Juan Vargas B

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Grades are computed from tracked House votes, cosponsorships, and congressional letters across the 119th Congress. PAC funding, independent expenditures, employer donations, and donor profiles sourced from FEC bulk data files. Stock trades from Clerk of the House PTR filings. Travel disclosures from the Clerk of the House. Floor speeches from the Congressional Record via GovInfo. Attendance from House roll call records. Legislative effectiveness from Congress.gov bill tracking. Earmarks from the House Appropriations Committee. Demographics from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
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