Robert Garcia
Role at the time: U.S. representative for California and ranking member of the House Oversight Committee
Statement summary
In a Politico interview about Democratic plans if the party wins the House, Rep. Robert Garcia said Hegseth should not be in office and that impeachment discussions covering other officials were ongoing.
“There’s a lot of conversations about DOD right now.” … “Hegseth should not be in office — a lot of others should be impeached. So those are ongoing conversations.”
Politico reports Democratic plans for Pentagon oversight and possible impeachment if the party wins the House, quoting Rep. Robert Garcia and Rep. Pat Ryan directly. No second outlet carrying these specific quotations was located.
Why we used this label
Relative to whether the House should impeach Hegseth, Garcia says he should not hold office and places that judgment inside an express discussion of impeachment bids. He does not commit to impeaching Hegseth specifically, so the label rests on the impeachment framing of the exchange rather than on an explicit call.