Congress

Washington, D.C. — Today, a spokesperson for the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued a statement on the public release of the Oversight Committee’s closed-door interview with former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Trump Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta, who oversaw a generous plea deal that allowed Epstein to continue his criminal activity in 2008.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after Governor Gavin Newsom called on the House Oversight Committee to investigate the racist, Anti-Semitic, and hateful texts leaked from a Young Republicans’ group chat.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement as Speaker Mike Johnson continues to refuse to swear in Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva, blocking her from being the 218th signature on the Epstein files discharge petition.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, wrote to Chairman James Comer seeking to immediately schedule a date for Ghislaine Maxwell to testify in front of the Oversight Committee, after the Supreme Court formally denied her latest attempt to evade responsibility for her crimes.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. James Comer, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, introduced the bipartisan Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act.