{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://liccardo.house.gov/media/press-releases/liccardos-bipartisan-housing-bills-advance-through-committee", "Liccardo\u2019s Bipartisan Housing Bills Advance Through Committee", "2025-12-19", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Sam T. Liccardo", "L000607", "liccardo.house.gov", "liccardo", "https://liccardo.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 The House Committee on Financial Services advanced the bipartisan Housing for the 21st Century Act, a legislative package designed to streamline development and make housing more affordable. Congressman Sam Liccardo (CA-16) leads two bills included in the package, both focused on cutting red tape that is constraining growth in America\u2019s housing supply.\n\n\u201cWe are twelve million homes short for both buyers and renters in the U.S., and we won\u2019t meet demand unless we increase supply,\u201d said Liccardo. \u201cMeeting our nation\u2019s housing demand will drive down housing costs, and I\u2019m proud to lead legislation that eases the squeeze on families\u2014perhaps nowhere more acutely than in the Bay Area.\u201d\n\nCongressman Mike Flood, Chairman of the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee, co-leads both bills with Liccardo, and those bills have made their way into a bipartisan housing package advancing to the House floor in January.\n\nTogether, the bills\u2014H.R. 4810, the BUILD Housing Act, and H.R. 4660, the Unlocking Housing Supply Through Streamlined and Modernized Reviews Act\u2014reflect growing bipartisan consensus that solving America\u2019s housing shortage requires more nimble federal processes for affordable construction, and stronger partnerships with state and local governments.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://liccardo.house.gov/media/press-releases/liccardos-bipartisan-housing-bills-advance-through-committee"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6646920703351498, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}