119th Congress
Washington, D.C. — ICYMI: Today, New Dem Innovation & Technology Working Group Chair Sam Liccardo (CA-16) penned an op-ed in The Mercury News about the need for Democrats to offer a new path forward as an alternative to President Trump’s anti-innovation agenda.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sam Liccardo (CA-16) and Congressman Gil Cisneros (CA-31) have conveyed a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth expressing strong opposition to reported efforts to potentially rename the USNS Cesar Chavez, a Navy cargo ship honoring the civil rights icon and military veteran.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – El Congresista Sam Liccardo (CA-16) y el Congresista Gil Cisneros (CA-31) han enviado una carta al Secretario de Defensa Pete Hegseth expresando su firme oposición a los reportes sobre posibles esfuerzos para cambiar el nombre del USNS César Chávez, un nave de carga de la Marina que honra al ícono de los derechos civiles y veterano militar.
Throughout my campaign for Congress last year, I heard repeated griping from Silicon Valley business and technology leaders about Biden-era barriers to innovation.
Many shared frustrations with blunderbuss antitrust enforcement, foot-dragging on Medicare approvals for life-saving drugs, regulation by litigation, or red tape. Above all, they complained about “tech-bashing,” treating every early stage company like it was Amazon, which they conceded deserved scrutiny. Democratic Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama once led the “party of innovation,” some said, “but no longer.”
July 4, 1776—249 years ago—the Declaration of Independence was adopted. This past Friday, this was celebrated at Oak Meadow Park, Los Gatos. During the annual celebration across the United States, Americans pause and reflect on our nation’s past and consider the freedoms we enjoy today.
The Los Gatos chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) had a booth in the Meadow. They reminded us that next year will be the 250th anniversary of the birth of our nation.
SAN JOSE, CA — Today, Congressman Sam Liccardo (CA-16) proudly announced Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI) will receive a $438,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). AACI, a San Jose-based organization providing primary and behavioral health services to immigrants, will invest the grant funding to train more behavioral health professionals.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representative Sam Liccardo (CA-16) introduced H.R. 4274, the Remittance Expense Minimization and Integrity for Transfers (REMIT) Act, to counter Congressional Republicans’ newly imposed 1% tax on remittances included in the “One Bloated Borrowing Budget.”
Many Americans might understandably believe, amid all of the wailing and teeth-gnashing over devastating cuts to Medicaid, food programs, and student aid spending, the GOP leadership must be proposing a budget that will reduce our monstrous $1.9 trillion deficit.
They would be wrong.