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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Rep. Robert Garcia launched an investigation Monday into Los Angeles County’s emergency alert system following a succession of faulty wireless alerts that urged millions of residents to prepare to evacuate and stoked panic as deadly fires engulfed the region.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) and thirteen Members of Congress representing Los Angeles County sent letters seeking answers to why evacuation warnings were accidentally sent to nearly 10 million L.A. County residents during the Los Angeles fires.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) announced the reintroduction of the Fast-Track Logistics for Acquiring Supplies in a Hurry (FLASH) Act and Surveilling Effluent Water for Epidemic Response (SEWER) Act in the 119th Congress.
Democratic lawmakers on the House’s Oversight Committee are asking the Department of Health and Human Services for information about what it’s doing to prevent the spread of bird flu among agricultural workers, who are at highest risk of exposure.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a $413,600 grant to the City of Huntington Park to develop a city-wide comprehensive safety action plan.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) said that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) position was “f‑‑‑ing insane.”
“He’s a vaccine denier and a tin foil hat conspiracy theorist,” Garcia wrote in a Thursday post on social platform X.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging support for adding Exide Technologies, Inc., in Vernon, California, to the National Priorities List (NPL) for a Superfund designation.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) led a letter with 11 colleagues to ask Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Director of Office Management and Budget Shalanda Young to include funding for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (Metro) Southeast Gateway Line Project in the Fiscal Year 2026 President’s Budget Request.
Long Beach, CA – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed listing the former Exide Technologies, Inc.
Officials with Long Beach’s Health and Human Services Department shared what they learned during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, how they are prepared for any future pandemics, and what is missing for the health department to complete this vital work in the community.