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Beyoncé didn’t take home an Album of the Year Grammy this year, but she is still getting plenty of accolades from high places.
In honor of the end of Black History Month and the start of Women's History Month, gay Democratic lawmaker Rep. Robert Garcia paid tribute to none other than Beyoncé on the House floor Wednesday morning.
Congress is getting “Heated” over Beyoncé, with a California Democrat offering a tribute to the “undisputed queen of pop and R&B” on the House floor Wednesday.
“I rise today to commemorate the end of Black History Month and the beginning of Women’s History Month by honoring an individual who represents both so well,” Rep. Robert Garcia said.
“She’s an icon, she’s a legend, and she’s now and forever the moment,” Garcia said as he stood next to a black-and-white image of the 41-year-old performer.
Washington D.C.- Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $12,449,240 million in funding including affordable housing, community development, and homeless assistance to 4 communities across the district.
Washington D.C.- Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) today released the following statement following the announcement that he will be serving as the Ranking Democratic Member on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee’s Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs.
Robert Garcia only recently arrived in Washington. But he’s already playing tour guide, social director and provocative message maker – even lobbing the occasional drag queen meme – as he seeks to rally a large and diverse House Democratic freshman class.
First-term Democrats elected Garcia as their class president, a role that granted the former Long Beach, Calif. mayor a coveted seat at caucus leadership conversations.
Long Beach residents can expect to see some construction with the new Shoreline Drive Gateway project. Congressman Robert Garcia announced on Tuesday that the U.S.
Members of Congress asked the federal government to help clean up toxic lead contamination from a former battery recycling plant outside Los Angeles.
Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla joined Long Beach Rep. Robert Garcia in appealing Thursday to the Environmental Protection Agency for help with the former Exide Technologies plant cleanup, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Amid California’s long struggle to hold an industrial polluter accountable and remove lead contamination from neighborhoods southeast of downtown Los Angeles, members of Congress are now calling on the federal Environmental Protection Agency to assist in the troubled cleanup of areas surrounding the closed Exide battery recycling plant — the largest and most costly effort in California history.