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.