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June 22, 2023

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) is jamming to “Padam Padam” this June, releasing his inaugural Pride playlist.

“I wanted to mark Pride with a playlist for the summer with songs that I love,” Garcia told ITK about his collection songs that he unveiled on Spotify and Apple Music on Tuesday.


June 22, 2023

Kylie Minogue's "Padam Padam" takeover continues with a spot on Rep. Robert Garcia's inaugural Pride playlist.


June 6, 2023

Rep. Robert Garcia, a freshman Democratic congressman from Long Beach, says he has no interest in working with anti-LGBTQ Republicans.

"If you are a Republican House member and you don't respect my basic humanity as a person, then I really have zero interest in working with you," he says.


June 6, 2023

DOWNEY — Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) today introduced the “Vehicle Rental Order Obligation Mandate (VROOM) Act,” which would require rental car companies who cannot fulfill a confirmed reservation to compensate the customer.

Rental car companies are currently under no obligation to compensate the customer when they cannot fulfill a confirmed reservation, unlike when an airline overbooks.


May 25, 2023

Congressman Robert Garcia joined FOX 11 to talk about a number of topics including Biden's approval rating, run for 2024 as well as calling for the expulsion of Rep. George Santos.


May 12, 2023

Rep. Robert Garcia, a California Democrat and the former mayor of Long Beach, plans to introduce a bill early next week to ban minimum requirements for parking spaces near transit hubs, he said on Wednesday. 

The legislation aims to promote housing density and walkability in urban areas by getting rid of requirements that developers provide a certain amount of off-street parking with every project. 


April 28, 2023

With just over 100 days on the job, Long Beach Rep. Robert Garcia has proven he is the antithesis of his Republican colleagues, and relishes being the proverbial thorn in their side.


April 28, 2023

MOTHER’S DAY IS just around the corner, and Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) would like stepmoms to know that, no, that doesn’t count as motherhood. 

In a hearing for the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Select Coronavirus Crisis on school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Georgia congresswoman attacked the American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten for not being “a biological mother.”