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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) released the following statement on the ongoing situation in Gaza.
“The growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the famine unleashed upon children and families is horrific. People are being shot who are trying to get food. We need a full flow of aid and a ceasefire immediately. The war must end so we can save lives and return hostages home,” said Congressman Robert Garcia.
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One month into his role as the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee, Rep. Robert Garcia on Thursday, July 24, signaled his intention to keep up the pressure to ensure that all federal files related to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation are fully released.
Rep. Robert Garcia (Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, urged lawmakers to keep pushing for the release of the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files as the White House has attempted to tamp down on the issue.
“Donald Trump is in the Epstein files. We know that,” Garcia asserted on MSNBC Friday. “It’s time for the whole truth to come out.”
A top oversight Democrat sent a letter on Thursday to Fox Corp chairman Lachlan Murdoch and Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott demanding answers about Fox’s editing of a Donald Trump interview from June 2024 concerning Jeffrey Epstein — an edit they say both misled the public and distorted his position.
- Garcia asserted that Kennedy has a history of spreading HIV/AIDS misinformation, and questioned whether that had played a role in billions of dollars in cuts to prevention, treatment and research funding.
- The demand for information came just after Senate Republicans excluded a White House-backed cut of $400 million in funding for HIV/AIDS programs abroad from their latest spending measure.
Democrats are starting to make big moves amidst President Donald Trump's mass deportations and Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'; one of which is Representative Robert Garcia, who was recently elected as the democratic ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. He joins Alex to break down what's next for the democratic party and what could lie ahead for the Trump family.
House Democrats on the Oversight Committee are calling for an urgent briefing with staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), demanding answers over recent moves that have taken place among the agency's vaccine advisory panel, ABC News can exclusively report.
U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia and U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla reintroduced the Clean Shipping Act on Thursday, July 10, setting a path to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from large ships doing business in the U.S. by 2050.
Garcia, D-Long Beach, first introduced the Clean Shipping Act alongside Padilla in 2023 but it failed to pass.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) and Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) reintroduced the Clean Shipping Act. This bill establishes a path to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from large ships that come to U.S. ports, protecting the health of port communities and addressing the environmental and climate impacts of shipping pollution. Specifically, the bill would mandate that by 2050, ships must cut all greenhouse gas pollution, and by 2035, they must emit zero emissions while parked at ports.
- Garcia was the youngest, first openly gay and first Latino mayor of Long Beach, before being elected to Congress in 2022.
- He has the same kind of energy and confidence that propelled upstart Zohran Mamdani to victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary.