119th Congress
Blocks away from Palo Alto’s Rinconada park, tree-shaded streets echoed with the shouts of protestors, car-honks and live music as part of a day full of demonstrations against the Trump administration on Saturday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to the developing conflict between Israel and Iran, Rep. Sam Liccardo (CA-16) released the following statement:
"A nuclear Iran is a nonstarter. I support Israeli efforts to dismantle Iran's nuclear capabilities before that regime can pose a much more lethal regional–and global–threat.
Reps. Sam Liccardo (CA-16), Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA-11), Kevin Mullin (CA-15), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Lateefah Simon (CA-12), Mike Thomspon (CA-04), John Garamendi (CA-08), Jared Huffman (CA-02), Eric Swalwell (CA-14), and Ro Khanna, (CA-17), issued the following joint statement in response to Customs and Border Protection inexplicably detaining travelers at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
If this is how a sitting U.S. Senator is treated, how are they treating our neighbors?
California Democrats are calling for committee hearings and an investigation into how Sen. Alex Padilla was treated by federal agents when he was forcibly removed from a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Northern California’s representatives are keeping a close eye on the swell of militarized law enforcement sent to Los Angeles this week, predicting that President Donald Trump may expand his use of the tactics in the coming days.
In brief
- House Democrats convened a "minority day" hearing Friday to express concerns about the CLARITY Act.
- The crypto market structure bill would establish a framework for regulating most of the digital assets industry.
- Experts said Friday the bill contains loopholes that could allow traditional finance firms to evade regulation.
PALO ALTO, CA — Today, Representative Sam Liccardo (CA-16) proudly recognized Magnefy (formerly known as Infinion Technology), a cutting-edge energy startup headquartered in Palo Alto, for winning first place and a $50,000 award at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Spring 2025 EPIC Pitch Competition.
President Trump is using crypto and $TRUMP to supercharge his grift—over 760,000 Americans have lost more than $2 billion collectively on his meme coin scam. We must make corruption criminal again.

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