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February 3, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) released the following statement condemning Elon Musk’s takeover of the Treasury Department payment system, a non-political system that disperses trillions of dollars each year.


February 3, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) and thirteen Members of Congress representing Los Angeles County sent letters seeking answers to why evacuation warnings were accidentally sent to nearly 10 million L.A. County residents during the Los Angeles fires.


February 1, 2025

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.


January 31, 2025

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.


January 30, 2025

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.


January 29, 2025

Rep. Robert Garcia, a member of House Democratic leadership, is urging Speaker Mike Johnson to increase security after Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes visited Capitol Hill last week, according to a letter obtained by NOTUS.


January 29, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) announced the reintroduction of the Fast-Track Logistics for Acquiring Supplies in a Hurry (FLASH) Act and Surveilling Effluent Water for Epidemic Response (SEWER) Act in the 119th Congress.


January 28, 2025

Congressman Robert Garcia hosted a press conference Tuesday to condemn President Trump’s “reckless” federal funding freeze imposed through the Office of Management and Budget, which may impact billions of dollars in grant money for programs like school lunch programs, education funding, rental assistance, and housing grants.


January 28, 2025

THE BUZZ: BARKING BACK — Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia says Democrats trying to play nice with Elon Musk on his crusade to slash federal government spending are kidding themselves.


January 24, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) announced the reintroduction of the ICE Security Reform Act in the 119th Congress, a bill to restructure Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by elevating Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), currently a directorate within ICE, to the status of an independent law enforcement agency within the Department of Homel