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In a recent interview on MSNBC with the news network’s Alex Witt, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) — a member of the House Oversight Committee — insisted that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) shouldn’t be on any of the legislative chamber’s committees.

On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., said that he would be working directly with the State Department to “push back on this direct attack on LGBTQ+ Peruvians,” because the measure “moves Peru backward.” “As a gay Peruvian-American and the first Peruvian American to serve in Congress, it’s clear to me the decision by the Boluarte administration and the right-wing Congress to attack and label trans and intersex Peruvians as ‘mentally ill’ is discriminatory, dangerous and shameful,” he said.

Rep. Robert Garcia joined Alex Witt to discuss the break of decorum in the House Oversight Committee.

Rep. Robert Garcia joined CNN News Central to discuss the break of decorum in the House Oversight Committee.

Rep. Robert Garcia joined Chris Hayes to discuss the break of decorum in the House Oversight Committee.

Reps. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) are demanding an update on the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to quash racism and bigotry within its ranks after HuffPost reporting revealed widespread use of anti-immigrant slurs among Border Patrol agents.

"Jared Kushner is back to brokering major deals with foreign governments per new reports today," Democratic Representative Robert Garcia said in a post to X in March. "We've already exposed his $2 billion investment fund with the Saudis, and we are pushing hard to ensure this grift gets the attention it demands. This is real corruption."

Rep. Robert Garcia, the first Peruvian American elected to Congress, won’t attend a June event with the country’s embassy after Peru classified transgender people as mentally ill.