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Ranking Member, House Oversight Committee
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Robert Julio Garcia is the U.S. Representative for California's 42nd congressional district and the newly elevated Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (having succeeded Jamie Raskin in mid-2025). A rising star in the Democratic Party, Garcia was born in Peru and immigrated to the U.S. as a child, eventually becoming the first openly LGBTQ+ immigrant to serve in Congress. Before Washington, he was the highly successful, two-term Mayor of Long Beach. As the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee during the second Trump administration, Garcia has taken on a fierce, highly combative role. He leads the charge against Chairman James Comer's investigations and has specifically targeted Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), releasing scathing reports accusing the initiative of devastating the federal workforce and enriching billionaires. He is a prominent voice for immigrant rights, vehemently opposing the administration's efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2026 Census and investigating ICE abuses.
Elevated to Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee in 2025, becoming one of the youngest and most prominent committee leaders in the Democratic caucus
First openly LGBTQ+ foreign-born member of the United States Congress
Served as the highly acclaimed Mayor of Long Beach, California (2014–2022), leading a nationally recognized response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Constantly clashes with Chairman James Comer in highly viral, explosive committee hearings, with Republicans accusing him of grandstanding for social media clips rather than engaging in serious oversight
Faced intense pushback from the Trump administration and conservative media for his relentless, high-profile attacks on Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
President of the Democratic Freshman Class during the 118th Congress