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U.S. Representative — California's 8th District

John Garamendi

Democrat · California

Democrat U.S. Representative for California's 8th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.9980 — To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require a school food authority to make publicly available any waiver of the Buy American requirement, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
  • H.R.8653 — ADAPT Assets Act (Introduced, May 4, 2026)
  • H.R.4847 — Transportation Emergency Relief Extension Act (Introduced, Aug 1, 2025)
  • H.R.4372 — To amend title 10 to shorten breach reporting timelines, increase program transparency, and improve congressional oversight of Department of Defense cost overruns with respect to the cost growth for major systems, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 14, 2025)
  • H.R.4170 — Bridge Corrosion Prevention and Repair Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jun 26, 2025)
    Bridge Corrosion Prevention and Repair Act of 2025 This bill establishes certain requirements to address corrosion control in bridge and railroad-bridge projects that receive federal assistance. Specifically, certified contractors must employ a substantial number of individuals who are certified by…
  • H.R.3963 — Public Inspectors for Safe Infrastructure Act (Introduced, Jun 12, 2025)
  • H.R.2771 — Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act (Introduced, Apr 9, 2025)
  • H.R.2629 — Impact Aid Infrastructure Partnership Act (Introduced, Apr 3, 2025)

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

  • Voted Nay on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted No on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • H.R.9941 — Right to IVF Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9902 — Federal Naming Standards Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.8592 — No WAR Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.9835 — Congressional Oversight and Agency Access Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.8730 — Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
  • H.R.9817 — To end the shackling of pregnant individuals, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
  • H.R.2094 — HELPER Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
  • H.R.4456 — Stop ICE from Kidnapping U.S. Citizens Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)

Voting analysis

John Garamendi is ranking member on readiness at Armed Services, and one of his filings would shorten the deadlines for reporting cost breaches on major defence systems, increase programme transparency, and widen congressional oversight of overruns. Readiness is largely a question of whether the money bought what it was supposed to buy, and that bill is the oversight version of the same question.

240
Bills sponsored
3742
Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 50 currently sit at Introduced.

The other four

A requirement that schools publish any waiver of the buy-American rule for lunch food. A commemorative coin for the women who built aircraft and ships during the war. An assets measure, and an extension of transportation emergency relief. The coin and the school lunch bill both concern who made a thing and where it came from, which is a thinner thread than it sounds but a real one.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. John Garamendi's cluster into: Transportation and Public Works (15), Armed Forces and National Security (9), Education (4), Public Lands and Natural Resources (4), Environmental Protection (3), Social Welfare (3).

Where he broke ranks

Six departures, on the low side for these pages. Three amendment votes on the same measure, all failed. A fuel retailing bill he supported that failed. A federal infrastructure act he opposed that also failed, carrying the same title a New York Republican elsewhere on this site has filed. And one further act he supported that passed.

2.8%
Votes against the Democrat majority
211
Roll calls where a party majority formed
116 of 212
Rank among House Democrats, most defections first
All 6 roll calls where John Garamendi voted against the House Democrat majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Motion to Recommit · roll call 163		May 13, 2026FailedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.7567
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 151		Apr 30, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.7567
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 149		Apr 30, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.7567
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 144		Apr 30, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.4690
Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act
On Motion to Recommit · roll call 133		Apr 22, 2026FailedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.4638
BOWOW Act
On Passage · roll call 96		Mar 19, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)

Below the California Democrats

Weighed against the California Democratic group in the House, his rate is the lesser figure.

Among the 42 Democrats in the California delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 3.7%. John Garamendi is below that average at 2.8%.

Tenure and attendance

Nine terms beginning at the close of the two-thousands. He is away from the floor somewhat more than the typical member counted here.

First elected in 2009, now serving across 9 terms. John Garamendi falls in the veteran cohort.

3.2%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
7
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, John Garamendi has 240 bills sponsored, 3742 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Armed Services
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • House Committee on Armed Services: Readiness (Ranking Member)
  • House Committee on Armed Services: Strategic Forces
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Highways and Transit
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Water Resources and Environment

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