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A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is urging President Trump to work with Congress on fixing the high-skilled immigration system instead of imposing a fee on new applicants.
Why it matters: The Trump administration's $100,000 fee for every new H1-B visa applicant is poised to hit small tech companies and startups hard, stifling competition and innovation in the U.S.
Washington, DC – United States Representatives Sam Liccardo (CA-16), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), today led 33 Democratic colleagues in opposition to illegal federalization of state national guards.
New legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-San Jose, would establish a federally-funded grant program to assist local communities in turning vacant commercial buildings into housing.
The bill — named the Revitalizing Empty Structures Into Desirable Environments, or RESIDE, Act, also introduced by a bipartisan group of Liccardo’s colleagues — would establish a pilot program for repurposing unused, large-scale buildings into affordable housing, serving households making less than the median income.
It’s been a busy nine months for Democratic Congressman Sam Liccardo — Silicon Valley’s newest lawmaker in the House of Representatives.
Potential federal funding cuts being discussed in Washington could result in significant local ramifications on health and social services in Santa Clara County, Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-San Jose, said Monday.
Standing in front of the nonprofit Community Services Agency (CSA) in Mountain View, Liccardo laid out how recent and proposed funding cuts in the most recent continuing resolution that passed in the U.S. House of Representatives but stalled in the Senate last week, will increase health insurance costs and hurt local organizations like CSA.
Rep. Sam Liccardo (CA-16) released the following statement: