Rep. Sam Liccardo

@liccardo.house.gov

Recovering San José Mayor | Jessica’s husband | Cycling 🚲 Geek | Congressman for CA-16 | All sarcastic posts are my own.

America won’t win the 21st century by sending our best & brightest back to their home countries, where they’ll build companies that compete against us. My bipartisan Keep Innovators in America Act would protect OPT and keep American-trained talent innovating, building, & creating jobs here at home.

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Earlier this month, I joined the Bay Area delegation to defend our local ABC7 KGO-TV from the FCC's unprecedented threats of license revocation. ABC argues the FCC launched a politically motivated attack, threatening free speech and an independent press.

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Children at the Dilley Trailer Prison report unsafe water, a lack of basic medical care, moldy food, and months of detention. No child should suffer in ICE custody. I joined more than 110 colleagues demanding the Trump administration shut down Dilley and free these families.

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Thousands of Afghans risked their lives alongside our troops, fighting for freedom from a brutal regime. Abandoning our promise to protect them does not merely stain the Trump administration, but it betrays the honor of every American.

Handing Trump and Hegseth another $1.15 trillion for the bloated and rudderless Defense Department appears about as prudent as giving a bottle of scotch and the car keys to your 17-year-old.

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For 46 years, Larry Stone has served Santa Clara County with distinction. I’m grateful to Larry for his leadership, his mentorship, and friendship.   Please join me in wishing Larry and Carmen a blissful (and boo-free!) retirement

Americans deserve confidence that corporate consolidation won't undermine competition or the independence of our major news outlets. Good on @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov and his fellow attorneys general for demanding the rigorous scrutiny this merger deserves. Congress should step up & match that urgency.

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Disability Pride Month reminds us that our communities grow stronger when everyone can participate fully. This month and every month, we’re grateful for Parents Helping Parents and their tireless work building a more inclusive Bay Area for all.

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Today marks 6 years since we lost Congressman John Lewis. Now more than ever, we need to make good trouble. As an original cosponsor of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, I’ll keep fighting to protect every American’s freedom to vote and carry his legacy forward.

Are you a college student or recent graduate interested in public service? My office is hiring Fall interns in our Washington, D.C., and California offices and we want you to apply! You'll gain hands-on experience serving our community and learning how Congress works.

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I’ve said for months that this is a bad deal for consumers and for the freedom of the press. I’m glad to see California, along with more than 10 other states, step in to challenge it, albeit on different grounds.

The FCC has opened a public comment period regarding the license renewal of KGO-TV, which many of us know as ABC7. The Trump Administration has repeatedly threatened to refuse renewals of licenses to silence voices of dissent and objective news coverage.