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June 18, 2024
Out gay Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif) has sent a letter to federal officials asking them to help protect LGBTQ+ people from violence during Pride month. In a letter sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and Director of the FBI Christopher Wray, Garcia expressed “grave concern” in light of FBI and DHS warnings of “foreign terrorist organizations’’ posing a risk to queer people during June.

June 18, 2024
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., joins José Díaz-Balart to discuss President Biden unveiling a new policy giving legal status to eligible undocumented spouses of American citizens, calling it “transformational.”

June 18, 2024
U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) on June 12 sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray to work to ensure LGBTQ people during Pride events.

June 14, 2024
The California Democrat passionately defended the art form during a debate in the House of Representatives over the National Defense Authorization Act. Republicans sneaked a number of culture war issues into the annual defense funding legislation, including amendments preventing funds from covering service members' abortion travel costs and gender-affirming care, as well as preventing funds from being used to host drag shows on military bases.

June 13, 2024
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) on Thursday protested an amendment added to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that bars funding for drag performances with a blown-up photo of former President Trump and Rudy Giuliani, a former New York City mayor and Trump attorney, dressed in drag. 

June 5, 2024
California Rep. Robert Garcia is opening up about his now-viral exchange with Georgia's Marjorie Taylor Greene on June 3, after she made a point to address Dr. Anthony Fauci informally during a House hearing.

June 3, 2024
Garcia said his mother was a health care worker and she and his step-father both died from Covid-19. “I lost both of my parents during the pandemic, so I take this very personally,” he said, condemning other lawmakers “who are tasked to be responsible and actually help the American people” attack medical professionals, Garcia said.

May 27, 2024
Rep. Robert Garcia joins José Díaz-Balart to discuss the need for sweeping immigration reform and Garcia's own immigrant experience.