# Robert Garcia

Robert Garcia is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for California’s 42nd district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, California’s 42nd district
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: G000598
- FEC candidate IDs: H2CA47188

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/G000598 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

17% of Garcia’s statements contain a personal attack, 2.6 times the House Democrat average of 6.6%.

## What Garcia says (119th Congress (2025–27))

1,508 classified statements: 1,301 posts on X, 100 Congressional Record speeches, 56 press releases, 51 newsletters. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Garcia | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 17.2% | 6.6% | 10 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 24.9% | 27.5% | 144 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 60.7% | 73.2% | 203 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.8% | 9.8% | 183 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 12.7% | 22.7% | 196 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 1.9% | 1.9% | 73 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 36% (House Democrats 20%); Crime and Law Enforcement 20% (House Democrats 8.9%); Health 17% (House Democrats 26%); Economics and Public Finance 16% (House Democrats 20%); Immigration 15% (House Democrats 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.26 (standard error 0.01), from 2,542 donors and 2,099 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 14% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 94.0% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 99.5% (96.4%). 10 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 22 bills: 22 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 429. 9.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 33 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10820: Epstein Wall Street Records Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10820
- H.R. 9741: To name the District of Columbia tuition assistance grant program the "Eleanor Holmes Norton District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant Program". (in committee, 2026-07-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9741
- H.Res. 1228: Directing the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings. (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1228
- H.R. 8508: Piers Reinvestment Act (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8508
- H.R. 7827: Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7827
- H.R. 6085: Stop Ballroom Bribery Act (in committee, 2025-11-18) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6085
- H.R. 6056: International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025 (in committee, 2025-11-17) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6056
- H.R. 5799: FALCON Act of 2025 (in committee, 2025-10-21) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5799
- H.R. 5578: Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2026 (passed one chamber, 2026-07-21) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5578
- H.R. 5231: Safe Airspace for Americans Act (in committee, 2025-09-10) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5231

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $3.4M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 57% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 61% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRobertGarcia/status/2114768436752740486
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRobertGarcia/status/2114810579886235654
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepRobertGarcia/status/2114421825962746032
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRobertGarcia/status/2113991113417924645
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepRobertGarcia/status/2113672956807446776
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRobertGarcia/status/2113688722093068767
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRobertGarcia/status/2113262377583923605
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRobertGarcia/status/2113338869630357598
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRobertGarcia/status/2113384070285504999
- 2026-10-22 · Newsletter · All Around Long Beach and SoCal · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming

## Links

- Official site: https://robertgarcia.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepRobertGarcia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reprobertgarcia
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RepRobertGarcia
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000598

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/G000598