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119th Congress

May 22, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representatives Sam Liccardo (D-CA), ) Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) urged Secretary Mullin and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought to preserve the current Duration of Status framework for international students, scholars, and exchange visitors on F-1 and J-1 visas.

Issues: Innovation

May 21, 2026
Washington, DC — Today, Rep. Sam Liccardo (CA-16) led a coalition of Bay Area Members of Congress, including Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA-11), Reps. Jared Huffman (CA-02), Kevin Mullin (CA-15), Lateefah Simon (CA-12), Ro Khanna (CA-17), John Garamendi (CA-08), Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Mike Thompson (CA-04), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), in formally demanding answers from the U.S.

May 20, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the House passed an amended bipartisan housing package, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which includes four bills authored by Congressman Sam Liccardo (CA-16)–the most by any Democratic freshman member.

The package includes Liccardo’s BUILD Housing Act, the Unlocking Housing Supply Through Streamlined and Modernized Reviews Act, the RESIDE Act, and the Property Improvement and Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act. 


May 14, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Sam Liccardo (CA-16) and Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) led an international coalition including members of the European Parliament in warning Paramount Skydance of its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery faces extensive regulatory review in the United States and European Union.

May 13, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Sam Liccardo (CA-16) led a coalition of Bay Area Members of Congress, including Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA-11), Reps.

May 1, 2026

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April 29, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, in a devastating 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court rolled back critical Voting Rights Act protections.

April 23, 2026

A Bay Area congressman rolled out a new plan that aims to make Bay Area waters safer for migrating whales.

This comes after a dead whale was spotted this week near Alcatraz, marking the ninth dead whale reported in Northern California waters in a matter of weeks.

“Just over a month, we have seen a total of nine whales, dead in either San Francisco Bay seven of them, or in the outer waters along the coast bringing us up to nine,” said Dr. Jeff Boehm with the Marine Mammal Center.


April 22, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Today, on Earth Day, Congressman Sam Liccardo (CA-16), along with cosponsors Representatives Panetta (CA-19), Garamendi (CA-8), Lofgren (CA-18), Khanna (CA-17), Mullin (CA15), Garcia (CA-42), Hernández (PR-At Large), Levin (CA-49), Lieu (CA-36), introduced the Save Willy Act to prevent whale deaths in the San Francisco Bay.
 
The bill establishes a “Whale Desk” in the U.S.