CA-42Representative profile

Robert Garcia Voting Record and Issue Profile

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U.S. House Representative

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Robert Garcia
CA-42 · In office since 2023Democrat
99%
party alignment
Issue Profile
Climate70 votes
Mixed

Mixed. Across 70 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including backing Homeowner Energy Freedom Act and opposing Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act.

Energy5 votes
More clean-energy supportive

Based on 5 tracked votes, this profile is more clean-energy supportive, including backing Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act and opposing Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision"..

Healthcare2 votes
Mixed

Mixed. Across 2 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including backing Do No Harm in Medicaid Act and opposing Protect Children’s Innocence Act.

Abortion / Reproductive Rights1 votes
Not enough tracked votes yet

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including backing Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.

Official Position

On his official issue page, Garcia says abortion access is a critical part of health care and supports defending the right to abortion.

Source: Garcia House - Defending the Right to Abortion
Jobs / Labor2 votes
More labor-supportive

Based on 2 tracked votes, this profile is more labor-supportive, including opposing Flexibility for Workers Education Act and backing Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act.

Education1 votes
Not enough tracked votes yet

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including opposing Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4312) to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair competition with respect to intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1005) to prohibit elementary and secondary schools from accepting funds from or entering into contracts with the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1049) to ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in their child's public school, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1069) to prohibit the availability of Federal education funds for elementary and secondary schools that receive direct or indirect support from the Government of the People's Republic of China; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a small business concern in a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4305) to direct the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to establish a Red Tape Hotline to receive notifications of burdensome agency rules, and for other purposes..

Official Position

Garcia secured federal funding for Long Beach City College to update engineering and aerospace programs, saying the investment would train the local Space Beach workforce and expand student career pathways.

Source: Garcia House - Long Beach City College Workforce Funding
Housing0 votes
Not enough tracked votes yet

Not enough tracked votes yet. Scroll for an official source summary of the representative's stated position.

Official Position

In an official press release, Garcia says he launched the pro-housing YIMBY Caucus to promote affordable housing development nationwide, remove barriers to new home construction, and invest in infrastructure to address the affordable housing crisis.

Source: Garcia House - YIMBY Caucus Launch
Criminal Justice / Policing1 votes
Not enough tracked votes yet

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including opposing District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025.

Official Position

Garcia says ICE should be restructured to improve oversight and accountability, separating Homeland Security Investigations so it can focus on public-safety, law-enforcement, and national-security missions.

Source: Garcia House - ICE Security Reform Act
Civil Rights / LGBTQ+ Rights2 votes
Mixed

Mixed. Across 2 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including backing Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act and opposing this bill prohibits a non-U.S.

Government Reform / Democracy9 votes
More reform-focused

Based on 9 tracked votes, this profile is more reform-focused, including backing ROTOR Act and opposing An amendment numbered 1 printed in Part B of House Report 119-399 to strike section 307 relating to enhancing multi-class share disclosures..

Immigration31 votes
Mixed

Mixed. Across 31 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including backing Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 and backing Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025.

Trade2 votes
Mixed

Mixed. Across 2 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including backing Remote Access Security Act and backing Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act.

Foreign Policy15 votes
Mixed

Mixed. Across 15 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including backing Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with presidentially designated terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere. and backing this concurrent resolution directs the President to remove U.S.