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September 10, 2025

Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement prior to an Oversight full-committee markup, where House Republicans will bring forth a series of bills that infringe on Washington, D.C.’s autonomy and undermine local governance for the District.

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September 8, 2025

Washington, D.C. — Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the Committee received a copy of the “Birthday Book” prepared by Ghislaine Maxwell for Jeffrey Epstein. After weeks of pressure from Committee Democrats, Chairman Comer was forced to issue a subpoena that ultimately produced the documents.

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September 5, 2025

Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a statement following the Department of Justice’s Acting Deputy Chief Joseph Schnitt discussing plans to redact every Republican mention in the Epstein files documents, while leaving in Democratic mentions. 

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September 2, 2025

Washington, D.C. — Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after Chairman James Comer released to the public the partial batch of Epstein files from the Department of Justice, consisting largely of already public information. The original partial release failed to meet the Department’s legal obligation to provide the full, unredacted documents to the Committee while protecting victims and censoring child sexual abuse materials. 

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August 29, 2025
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent letters to President Trump’s son-in-law, Michael Boulos, businessman and Boulos associate, James Frangi, and Saudi businessman, Abdulelah Allam. The letters respond to public reporting that Mr. Boulos received $100,000 for leveraging his ties to President Trump to help Mr. Allam retrieve assets seized by the Saudi government in a corruption crackdown. According to public reports, Mr. Frangi, who is also Mr. Boulos’s cousin, served as a middleman in Boulos’s shady dealings with the Saudi businessman. Ranking Member Garcia is seeking details of the deal and demanding to know whether Boulos is continuing to profit from marrying into the Trump family.
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August 25, 2025

Washington, D.C. — Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the Committee subpoenaed the Epstein Estate for the complete “Birthday Book” prepared by Ghislaine Maxwell for Jeffrey Epstein. In addition to issuing this subpoena, the Committee has called former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Trump Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta to testify before Congress.

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