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November 20, 2023
“In a letter to the Army Secretary on Friday, Representative Robert Garcia, a Democrat from California, said that ‘federal subsidies may be artificially increasing the availability of ammunition in the civilian marketplace and contributing to serious violence by private citizens.’ … Mr. Garcia cited The Times’s reporting, as well as a subsequently published Bloomberg article about Lake City … Earlier this month Mr. Garcia, along with Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, introduced a bill aimed at putting more controls on ammunition sales — which are largely unregulated — by requiring sellers to obtain a federal license and to conduct background checks on buyers. It would also limit bulk sales of ammunition and prevent so-called straw purchases, in which a buyer with a clean record turns around and sells to someone else.”

November 8, 2023

THE BUZZ: The old way of thinking for U.S. House members was simple: Try to keep a low profile and avoid hot-button partisan fights as you learn the ropes.

There are, of course, exceptions — and California Rep. Robert Garcia is trying hard to be one.


November 6, 2023

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That seems to be the motto of one Democratic congressman who has spent the past few months repeatedly attempting to prevent the use of federal funds to drug test job applicants for marijuana.


October 26, 2023
Now, other elected officials in both the House and Senate are dabbling in TikTok as part of a larger communications strategy. A recent video from Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., poked fun at Republican infighting over whether to allow then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to keep his job.

October 25, 2023

As the Republican Party in the U.S. House of Representatives prepared for a pivotal vote this Tuesday to nominate their candidate for the Speaker of the House, gay California Rep. Robert Garcia turned to social media to spotlight the contenders’ political ideologies.


October 24, 2023
When the clerk read the roll call three times last week, five California Republicans in swing districts found themselves contemplating either backing House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan — a divisive, far-right hardliner — or voting for someone else.

October 19, 2023

'Allowing him to continue this campaign will have catastrophic national security effects,' Rep. Robert Garcia said of Tuberville's military holds

A House Democrat is clamoring for a committee hearing on the hundreds of military promotions that have been stalled in the Senate by Tommy Tuberville, arguing the Alabama Republican’s actions are “reckless.”


October 16, 2023

"Joining me now is Democratic Congressman Robert Garcia of California, the ranking member on the oversight subcommittee for foreign affairs. Thank you for being with us. >> Happy to be, thank you. >> I will start with your reaction to this move by Schumer pushing funding for Israel. He said the senate package could put pressure on the House.


October 6, 2023