Initiate or intervene in a federal court proceeding to seek a declaratory judgment that Pamela J. Bondi must comply with the Oversight Committee subpoena.

Robert Garcia · California · Democratic

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the chair of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform ... shall initiate or intervene in a judicial proceeding ... to seek declaratory judgment affirming the duty of Pamela J. Bondi to comply with the subpoena duly issued to her by the chair of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 17, 2026

The resolution directs the Oversight Committee chair to go to federal court within 30 days to enforce the subpoena against Pamela Bondi.

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Evidence

Bondi appeared before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on May 29 after Democrats filed a civil contempt resolution when she missed an earlier deposition; Robert Garcia said the committee was holding her accountable.

The latest concrete action in the window was congressional oversight and contempt process, not a federal court filing for declaratory relief. This supports a 'never' assessment for the claimed court proceeding.

never same_term A for effort

The Guardian
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House Democrats led by Robert Garcia planned to call Vice President JD Vance to testify before the House Oversight Committee over the Epstein files.

Garcia was still pursuing committee testimony rather than litigation, reinforcing that the matter remained in congressional oversight channels rather than a federal declaratory-judgment case.

never same_term A for effort

Democrats to call on Vance to testify to House committee over Epstein files | JD Vance | The Guardian
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Assessments

never same_term A for effort

The promise was specifically to initiate or intervene in a federal court action seeking declaratory relief to force Pamela J. Bondi to comply with an Oversight Committee subpoena. The evidence shows Garcia pursued congressional oversight tools instead, including a civil contempt resolution and continued committee pressure, and Bondi ultimately appeared before the committee without any shown federal declaratory-judgment case brought or advanced by Garcia. That means the promised court proceeding was not delivered, though Garcia did make a serious enforcement effort through other official channels in the same term.

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