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February 13, 2023

Rep. Robert Garcia is doubling down on his disappointment with CBS for its handling of captioning Bad Bunny’s Grammys performance.

On Wednesday, the California Democrat called out CBS for not offering Spanish-language closed captions during Bad Bunny’s performances and speech during the broadcast. 


February 13, 2023

Washington D.C. - El congresista demócrata Robert García (California) envió una carta a la cadena CBS para cuestionar que no se utilizaran subtítulos para la traducción de la presentación musical de Bad Bunny y el mensaje con el cual aceptó el premio por el mejor álbum de música urbana durante la transmisión de la pasada entrega de los premios Grammy.


February 13, 2023

When Bad Bunny opened the Grammys on Sunday with a mash-up of his songs, fans and other singers stood and danced at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

But at many homes worldwide, viewers didn’t understand what the Puerto Rican artist was singing. While Bad Bunny performed in Spanish, CBS displayed captions stating he was speaking and singing in “NON-ENGLISH.”


February 13, 2023

Several House Democrats who identify as LGBTQ introduced a resolution Thursday to expel embattled Republican George Santos, pointing to his false statements about the victims of the 2016 Pulse night club shooting.

Santos, who is openly gay, told New York Public Radio that four of his employees were among the 49 victims at the 2016 shooting at the Orlando gay club. A New York Times investigation found that none of the victims appear to have worked at the various firms named in the New York Republican’s biography.


February 13, 2023

Washington D.C.- Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) announced his introduction of a resolution to expel George Santos from Congress along with LGBTQ+ freshmen Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and Congresswoman Becca Balint (VT-AL). The resolution can be found here.


February 13, 2023

What happened: A group of House Democrats on Thursday offered a resolution to expel serial liar Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from Congress.

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Those speaking in favor of the resolution included Reps. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), Becca Balint (D-Vt.), Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.), Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) and Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.).


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February 13, 2023

Washington D.C.- Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) announced today he joins Congressman Randy Weber (TX-14) as a co-chair of the bipartisan House Ports Opportunity, Renewal, Trade, and Security (PORTS) Caucus.


February 9, 2023

Washington D.C.- Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) announced his introduction of a resolution to expel George Santos from Congress along with LGBTQ+ freshmen Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and Congresswoman Becca Balint (


February 8, 2023

Washington D.C.- Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) sent a letter to CBS CEO George Cheeks following the network’s failure to properly caption musical phenomenon Bad Bunny’s Spanish language performance at the 2023 Grammy Awards. The network’s East Coast broadcast featured closed captioning that read “[SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH]” and “[SINGING IN NON-ENGLISH]”. The letter can be found here, excerpt below: