Robert Garcia

Democrats are preparing investigations.

Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia and others have been saying, "Here is what congressional oversight would look like with a Democratic majority.

Here's what we would do.

Here's how we would do it." Pete Hegseth has already faced impeachment efforts over his handling of the Pentagon and the Iran war.

She said, I hope that you can keep an open ear to what we have to say.

All right, our thanks to Gloria Pasmino there and join us now as Democratic Congressman Robert Garcia of California.

He is the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee.

Congressman, if Democrats take back the House and you accept the role of chair of the House Oversight Committee, Democrats already prepared for some investigations into Trump and his administration, but many Republicans.

accused Democrats of targeting the president solely for political retribution.

And as you know, many Democrats say right now that's what Trump is doing as well.

She resigned this week following the allegations that she demanded that $100,000 from a GOP donor in exchange for access to senior Trump officials.

She denies these allegations, she says, and her lawyers say it was payments for consulting and speeches.

That never happened.

A bipartisan group of politicians led by Warren and House Representative Robert Garcia are introducing a bill on Thursday known as the Epstein Wall Street Records Act.

The bill follows a month-long investigation into the financier who died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on child sex trafficking charges.

Well, what you mean is pedophile, not financier, right? Because, really, that's what he was.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Look what's happening here." Uh, Senator Elizabeth Warren filed the Epstein Wall Street Records Act on Thursday in both chambers with three other Senate Democrats, 20 House Democrats led by, uh, Robert Garcia, w- and one Republican, Thomas Massie, on his way out.

Uh, the bill requires the Federal Reserve, the FDIC, the com- tr- the Comptroller of the Currency, and the SEC to hand over their records in Jeffrey Epstein and his banks, compels them to investigate the banks and the executives who served him, and requires in- this industry bans and civil penalties for anyone found to have helped.

The New York Times reported the same, uh, this morning as well that the congressional Democrats are poised to turn their sights to the role that Wall Street played in Epstein's crimes, and that committees are prepared to put bankers under questioning and hold hearings if Democrats take either, um, take either chamber.

How should that Congress respond if this immi- i- administration still won't give a clear account of who made this decision to stab our ally in the back to help a dictator when we have a treaty obligation to help our ally? Like, how can the Democrats do anything about this?

Well, look, uh, one of the things that gives me hope about the Democrats taking over are some of the people who are gonna be in key positions, like Robert Garcia-

Mm-hmm

... from California.

Yes, there are a few representatives in the past, in the last couple of congressional sessions.

I believe Takano and I think Robert Garcia, they have, can't be, I can't, I'm not sure if it's Garcia, but it's one of those type of, one of those representatives.

But they actually were trying to get included on any War Powers resolutions or funding bills for war to also tack in and manage the funding for the VA for future stuff.

Makes perfect sense.

He knows how to deliver that message.

But we should be, I don't wanna say embarrassed as a party that this has happened, because Robert Garcia is so on top of this stuff.

Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie so on top of this.

They are continuing to beat the drum.