John Garamendi Official Bio

John Garamendi

John Raymond Garamendi is an American businessman, politician, and member of the Democratic Party who has represented areas of Northern California between San Francisco and Sacramento, including the cities of Fairfield and Suisun City, in the United States House of Representatives since 2009. Garamendi was the California insurance commissioner from 1991 to 1995 and 2003 to 2007, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior from 1995 to 1998, and the 46th lieutenant governor of California from 2007 until his election to Congress in late 2009. Wikipedia*

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John Garamendi has 540 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1991 House Committee as an Insurance Commissioner for California. The year with the most videos was 2011 with 82 videos as a Democratic Representative for California's 10th district. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2023 with an average of 11,712 views per program. Most appearances with Sheila Jackson Lee (7), Barbara Lee (6), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (6). Most common tags: House of Representatives, Federal Budget, U.S. Economy.

Appearances by Title:January 3, 2023 - Present U.S. Representative, D-CA 8th View Map


Videos: 19

Previously

U.S. Representative, D-CA 3rd January 3, 2013 - January 2, 2023 Videos: 333 U.S. Representative, D-CA 10th November 5, 2009 - January 3, 2013 Videos: 181 Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior c. January 20, 1993 - c. January 20, 2001 Videos: 2 Insurance Commissioner, California c. May 22, 1991 - c. January 2, 2009 Videos: 5

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Past Elections

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Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

Committees

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Floor Activity

    • Days on Floor: 7
    • One Minute Speeches: 2
    • Total Time Speaking: 31 minutes
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