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Mike Garcia Calls for Action on Drought Crisis 

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Representative Mike Garcia (R-CA), House Committee on Natural Resources Republican Leader Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (R-WA), and fellow lawmakers sent a letter to Secretary of the Department of Interior (DOI) Deb Haaland and Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Tom Vilsack about the need for action to address the current drought crisis in California and across the West.

Mike Garcia, GOP Lawmakers Raise Concerns Over Continued Closure of Federal Offices

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Representative Mike Garcia (CA-25) sent a letter along with Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) and 13 other lawmakers to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Acting Director Kathleen McGettigan, and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Acting Administrator Katy Kale raising concerns over the continued closure of Federal offices and the negative impact it is having on everyday Americans, specifically elderly and low-income individuals.

Mike Garcia Introduces the PROTECT Act

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Representative Mike Garcia (R-CA) introduced the Protecting and Restoring Our Trees by Enhancing Conservation and Treatments (PROTECT) Act, which would help improve forest management by allowing for more flexibility for federal land managers to utilize active forest management methods, like prescribed burns, to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire.