Rep. Sam Liccardo’s First Term Defined by Bipartisanship and Focus on Local Priorities

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, Congressman Sam Liccardoreleased his end-of-year report highlighting a first term that balanced a focus on bipartisan problem-solving on housing and other cost-of-living issues with the imperative of responding to lawless, reckless, and harmful actions of the Trump Administration.

"Amid the least productive legislative session in modern history, I came to Congress determined to get things done for our community," said Liccardo. "Nonetheless, I worked to build partnerships on both sides of the aisle - authoring a bipartisan ADA tax extension to resolve a historic stalemate over health care, garnering committee approval for two bills to accelerate affordable housing, and becoming an original cosponsor of stablecoin legislation that passed the House and ultimately (through the Senate bill) got signed into law." Several of these proposals-on housing,health care, and tech innovation-gained the attention of national news outlets. "We'll build on this momentum, Liccardo observed, and push more legislation to deliver results, particularly on housing and lowering costs."

Liccardo also highlighted the groundwork laid this year to advance America's long-term competitiveness. "I crafted and launched an Innovation Agendato unleash America's potential to win the 21st century, and I'm proud that this framework earned the support of the largest caucus in Congress, the 116-member New Democratic Coalition," he added. Liccardo and the NDC are now working to get aligned behind a slate of pro-innovation bills, and he has forged bipartisan support for efforts to counter the Trump Administration's attacks on high-skill immigration.

Liccardo noted the important work of his team within California's 16th District as well: "Beyond legislation, our hard-working team enabled the restoration of more than $3 million owed to constituents, and we launched two major regional initiatives-the Wildfire Resilience Partnership and the Partnership for the Coastside's Future-to strengthen federal, state, and local coordination as our region confronts the inevitable impacts of climate change." Liccardo concluded, "We're entering 2026 with real momentum-rare progress for a first-term member of the minority- and a mandate to keep pushing."

2025 Highlights Include:

• Advancing two bipartisan housing billsthrough the House Financial Services Committee, as part of a package awaiting a vote of the full House in January.
• Introducing the only bipartisan ACA tax credit extension to save taxpayers money, which gained national attention in interviews with cable outlets across the ideological spectrum, from FOX and NewsNation to NBCto CNNandMSNBC.
• Leading dozens of colleagues to successfully urge reversalof the Trump Administration's proposed changes to Continuum of Care funding that would have evicted thousands of extremely low-income families from their homes.
• Creating and launching the New Democratic Coalition's Innovation Agenda, and hosting several bipartisan gatherings of colleagues with AI thought leaders, such as Jensen Huang, Dario Amodei, and Sam Altman.
• Returning more than $3 million to constituents and resolving more than 1,400 cases with federal agencies
• Establishing the Wildfire Resilience Partnershipand the Partnership for the Coastside's Future to accelerate and scale infrastructure and risk reduction efforts throughout the district.
• Anticipating a future change in leadership, authoring and introducing legislation-and garnering the support of dozens of colleagues as cosponsors- to combat some of the most severe abuses of the Trump Administration, including efforts to counter:
  • Unlawful deployment of the military in U.S. cities, through HR 4998, the SUN Act(joined by 56 cosponsors) and HR 6533, The Military in Law Enforcement Accountability Act.(joined by 31 cosponsors)
  • Unconstitutional executive branch retraction (or "impoundment") of federal appropriations for critical federal services and programs, through HR 3454, the Protect Our Constitution and Communities Act (POCCA) (joined by 41 cosponsors)
  • Self-enriching actions of elected officials violative of the emoluments clause and longstanding ethic prohibitions, to issue cryptocurrency, securities, and other investment instruments, through HR1712, The MEME Act. (joined by 33 cosponsors)

The full 2025 snapshot is available here.