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July 25, 2023

Three Democratic members of Congress introduced legislation on Tuesday aimed at ushering in gender blindness in U.S. laws. 


July 25, 2023

Some lawmakers want to change the masculine default in government documents. Reps. Summer Lee, Ayanna Pressley and Robert Garcia are introducing legislation that would replace masculine generics with gender-neutral language in the U.S. legal code. News of the legislation was first exclusively shared with The 19th.


July 23, 2023

How does the saying go? "Superheros, assemble!" Well on Sunday, that call-out goes political lawmakers, too.

"When nerds get together, we can do a lot of good things," said Democratic U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia of California.


July 20, 2023

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Rep. Robert Garcia is making history as the first openly gay immigrant in Congress and has wasted no time in his new role after serving as mayor of Long Beach.

Spectrum News’ Kate Cagle caught up with the member of Congress on “Your Morning” to discuss achieving this milestone during a difficult time in history.


July 20, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) yesterday passed an amendment to expand preservation requirements for “black-box” cockpit voice recorders. This piece of legislation passed as part of a group of amendments into the bipartisan Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) five-year reauthorization bill. This is the Congressman’s first amendment to pass the House.

July 17, 2023
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) and Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) along with Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) today led 63 fellow members of Congress in sending a letter to Secretary Mayorkas of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in requesting an update on actions the Department has taken to address the threat of domestic violent extremism within the DHS.

July 12, 2023

Congressional Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee are investigating Border Patrol’s practice earlier this year of holding migrants between the border walls in San Diego for da


July 11, 2023

"On the heels of Congress returning to Washington, D.C., gay California Rep. Robert Garcia submitted an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act restricting U.S. security assistance to Uganda over that country’s recently enacted anti-LGBTQ+ law.


July 8, 2023

MSNBC’s Alicia Menendez is joined by Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) to discuss the House freedom Caucus vote to oust Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and explains his efforts to loosen the rules around past marijuana use for military recruits, and applicants for security clearances.


June 30, 2023
Long Beach, C.A. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) joined Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell, Mayors for a Guaranteed Income co-chair Michael Tubbs, and Rev. Zach Hoover of LA Voice to discuss the life-changing impact unrestricted cash payments have on low income families.