Protecting Public Health
Leading Long Beach during the COVID-19 pandemic taught Congressman Garcia that we must be ready to respond to emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic and protect the health and safety of the American people. Congressman Garcia believes the Federal Government must act to ensure we have the funding and organization to not only respond to these kinds of crises in the future, but to lead the way in research and pandemic prevention.
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- Garcia asserted that Kennedy has a history of spreading HIV/AIDS misinformation, and questioned whether that had played a role in billions of dollars in cuts to prevention, treatment and research funding.
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House Democrats on the Oversight Committee are calling for an urgent briefing with staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), demanding answers over recent moves that have taken place among the agency's vaccine advisory panel, ABC News can exclusively report.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) and Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) reintroduced the Clean Shipping Act. This bill establishes a path to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from large ships that come to U.S.
WASHINGTON — As National Gun Violence Awareness Month winds down, Democrats are reintroducing a bill to restrict the bulk sale of ammunition, Spectrum News has learned.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) reintroduced the “Ammunition Modernization and Monitoring Oversight (AMMO) Act.” The bill would restrict bulk sales of ammunition by requiring businesses to conduct background checks on buyers and would require businesses who sell ammunition to obtain the same federal license as gun dealers.
Evacuation warning messages that were erroneously sent to cell phones across the Southland when a wildfire erupted in Woodland Hills in January, sparking widespread confusion among residents, was caused by a software failure that has since been corrected, but additional funding and oversight of wireless alert systems is needed to prevent future errors, according to a report released Monda
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) released a report with key findings on the causes of false evacuation warnings during the Kenneth Fire on January 9, 2025, and policy recommendations to improve emergency warning alerts.
A pair of congressmembers will soon introduce a piece of federal legislation aimed at accelerating the aviation industry’s transition to unleaded fuel alternatives.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) and Congressman Jay Obernolte (CA-23) announced the introduction of the bipartisan Cutting Lead Exposure and Aviation Relief (CLEAR) Skies Act to protect the health of communities near airports by reducing harmful lead emissions from aviation fuel and accelerating the transition to unleaded alternatives.
Congressman Robert Garcia (D-CA) has introduced the Fair Disaster Assistance Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at preventing premature denials of federal assistance for disaster survivors.