George Whitesides emerged victorious as the top vote-getter in the 2024 congressional race with Congressman Mike Garcia conceding Monday evening. As of Monday, Whitesides  has a 6,983 lead over Congressman Garcia.  On Monday, Garcia conceded to Whitesides.  “Since the age of 18 I have served this beautiful country,” Garcia said. “Representing the people of California’s 27th Congressional District the last ...

On Friday, Congressman Mike Garcia introduced the Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024, a critical bill to full fund the VA’s request for supplemental funding and address a massive funding shortfall at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).  This legislation is a direct response to the Biden-Harris administration’s mismanagement of the VA budget which threatens the ...

Tuesday, Representative Mike Garcia’s R-Santa Clarita, Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts Act passed the House on a bipartisan basis. This bill was included in H.R. 6093, the Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2023, and would improve the forecasting of atmospheric rivers – powerful storms that carry the risk of severe flooding and snowfall that caused substantial damage across California this year, ...

Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita,  and his Congressional allies called on NASA to fully fund the Mars Sample Return Program. In a bipartisan letter to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Representatives Garcia, Judy Chu (CA-28), Adam Schiff (CA-30), and 20 other co-signers urged Nelson to fully fund the Mars Sample Return Program. “The bicameral and bipartisan consensus of Congress is to ...

Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, introduced H.R. 5189, the Voter Integrity and Defense Act. This legislation would improve the integrity and security of our elections by encouraging states to implement common-sense voter ID laws. “Less than half of the American people have confidence that our elections reflect their will,” Garcia said. “And nearly 80 percent of Americans across both political ...

Tuesday, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California laid off more than 500 employees after the White House reprogrammed NASA’s budget. Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, is urging the White House to reverse this misguided decision to move forward with funding cuts to the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission. “This premature, unprecedented decision needs to be reversed,” Garcia said. “The ...

Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, cosponsored H.R. 6671, Alexandra’s Law, which would significantly increase penalties for drug dealers of lethal fentanyl.  This legislation would require convicted fentanyl dealers to sign a sworn statement acknowledging that fentanyl is fatal and they could face murder charges if they deal again and it results in a death, according to Garcia.  The bill would ...

Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, joined nearly 100 of his colleagues in a bipartisan letter to President Biden urging him to take specific actions that would prevent Iran from accessing billions of dollars to further subsidize the horrific Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel.  In the letter, the members expressed concerns over the Iranian regime’s continued support for terrorist groups, including ...

On Thursday, Congressman Mike Garcia’s, R-Santa Clarita, Fire Weather Development Act passed through the Committee on Science, Space and Technology on a bipartisan basis.  “This bill will strengthen our nation’s fire weather capabilities across the board,” said Garcia. “The human-to-wildland interface is growing, especially in North L.A. suburbs such as the ones in CA-27. It’s critical that we invest in ...

Congressman Mike Garcia (R-Santa Clarita) joined Trey Gowdy on “Sunday Night in America ” to discuss the Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act and the highest pay raise for soldiers in history.  The interview premiered on Fox News’s Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy where Garcia discussed the biggest pay raise in history for junior enlisted troops.  “This pay raise ...