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Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) called on New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) to resign on Wednesday following the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) move to drop federal corruption charges against him.
“I personally agree with the majority of New Yorkers and think Mr. Mayor that you should resign,” Garcia told Adams, who was testifying along with other Democratic mayors before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
It’s been nearly two weeks since the Department of Justice demanded Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., explain what he meant by saying fellow Democrats should “bring actual weapons to this bar fight” in an interview on CNN.
And according to Garcia, U.S. Attorney Ed Martin is going to be waiting a while longer for a response – if Garcia sends any at all. The Long Beach congressman says his office never even received the letter from Martin, and only became aware of it when a Washington Post reporter reached out for comment.
Today, after Congress closed its weeklong work session, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) released the following statement after Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace failed to bring a censure to the floor for his push-back on Elon Musk.
No Republicans joined her effort or cosponsored her resolution and she chose not to force a vote on the floor.
Rep. Robert Garcia, a Democratic darling from Long Beach, is facing scrutiny from President Trump’s Department of Justice for his recent comments about Elon Musk.
Garcia has skewered Musk on several occasions since the billionaire began his mission to gut the federal government using his newly created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. In several media interviews, Garcia has called for increasing oversight of DOGE, including issuing a subpoena to Musk.
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., brought out a photo of Elon Musk, that he joked about being a "d--- pick," and a chart of government agencies being targeted by DOGE to use as props for his arguments during the House DOGE subcommittee's first hearing.
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.
The legislation, co-sponsored by Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) and Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA), seeks to ensure the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) does not reject aid applications before a final decision has been made on insurance claims for disaster-related losses.
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.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) tells MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin that Donald Trump imposed tariffs on top U.S. trading partners Mexico, Canada and China tariffs will be "incredibly destructive" for U.S. residents and the economy and shares concerns about a purge of top FBI officials and federal prosecutors.
Gay California U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, a Democrat who serves as the vice chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus and sits on the House Homeland Security and Oversight and Accountability Committees, has become the latest out Democrat calling out President Donald Trump over comments following Wednesday’s catastrophic plane crash near Washington, D.C. Trump used his first major crisis to rail against diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, attack his political opponents, and shift blame away from his administration.
With nerves shaken after this week’s brief, abrupt halt on federal grants, more than 200 representatives of nonprofits and municipalities attended a virtual gathering Thursday to learn more about actions by the White House that could endanger programs across Long Beach and the region.
The Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday rescinded its order two days after funding for an array of social and government programs — from homeless services to meals to aid for policing — was suddenly cut off.