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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.


November 2, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (FL-25) introduced the “Ammunition Modernization and Monitoring Oversight (AMMO) Act,” which would restrict bulk sales of ammunition, would require businesses who sell ammunition to obtain the same federal license as gun dealers, and would require businesses to conduct a background check on buyers.

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 19, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, sent a letter to Subcommittee Chairman Glenn Grothman urging him to convene a hearing to examine the damaging effects of Senator Tuberville’s decision to stall all military nominations in the Senate, which has prompted national security concerns from military leaders, bipartisan members of Congress, and other experts. Read the exclusive Messenger article here or below. 

October 17, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) released the following statement after House Republicans failed to elect a new House Speaker: