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August 14, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sam Liccardo (CA-16) and Congressman Gil Cisneros (CA-31) announce a victory in the fight to protect the USNS Cesar Chavez’s name.
Issues: Veterans

August 14, 2025

The name of San Jose activist Cesar Chavez will stay on a U.S. Navy ship, after a local lawmaker pushed the federal government to continue honoring his name and legacy.

Issues: Veterans

August 4, 2025

Last week, as President Donald Trump shared his long-awaited AI policy plan, a group of moderate Democrats passed around a counterstrategy hoping to whip their caucus back to the party of the future.

The self-styled “innovation agenda” comes from the New Democratic Coalition and has been in the works for months, first teased by California Rep. Sam Liccardo in an op-ed presenting the case for why his side of the aisle needed such a platform to “win back Silicon Valley tech leaders.”

Issues: Innovation

August 1, 2025

A group of House and Senate Democrats who attended Harvard are threatening their alma mater with a "rigorous" investigation if the school cuts a deal to end hostilities with President Trump, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: The lawmakers' warning follows reports that the elite university is open to spending up to $500 million to settle things with the administration.


August 1, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. —  Today, fourteen members of the House and Senate sent a letter to Harvard President, Dr. Alan M. Garber, cautioning that any settlement made with the Trump administration may warrant rigorous Congressional oversight and inquiry. 

July 28, 2025

Twenty members of California's House delegation are demanding that NOAA investigate the causes behind the rise of gray whale deaths off the state's coast.


July 24, 2025

The New Democrat Coalition on Thursday unveiled an AI platform it says puts middle-class American workers at the center.

Why it matters: The platform, titled "An Innovation Agenda," offers an alternative roadmap for regulation and competition as Republicans dominate Washington right now.

Issues: Innovation

July 24, 2025
Freshman Rep. Sam Liccardo, who represents Silicon Valley on Capitol Hill, is looking to win back a key industry he says Democrats lost.
Issues: Innovation

July 24, 2025

Washington, D.C. — Today, the New Democrat Coalition Innovation & Technology Working Group, led by Working Group Chair Sam Liccardo (CA-16)AI Task Force Chair Valerie Foushee (NC-04), and Digital Assets Task Force Chair Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), unveiled the 

Issues: Innovation