{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://liccardo.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-sam-liccardos-first-term-defined-bipartisanship-and-focus-local-priorities", "Rep. Sam Liccardo\u2019s First Term Defined by Bipartisanship and Focus on Local Priorities", "2025-12-30", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Sam T. Liccardo", "L000607", "liccardo.house.gov", "liccardo", "https://liccardo.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Congressman Sam Liccardo released 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.\n\n\u201cAmid the least productive legislative session in modern history, I came to Congress determined to get things done for our community,\u201d said Liccardo. \u201cNonetheless, I worked to build partnerships on both sides of the aisle \u2013 authoring a bipartisan ACA 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.\u201d Several of these proposals\u2013on housing, health care, and tech innovation \u2013gained the attention of national news outlets. \u201cWe\u2019ll build on this momentum, Liccardo observed, and push more legislation to deliver results, particularly on housing and lowering costs.\u201d\n\nLiccardo also highlighted the groundwork laid this year to advance America\u2019s long-term competitiveness. \u201cI crafted and launched an Innovation Agenda to unleash America\u2019s potential to win the 21st century, and I\u2019m proud that this framework earned the support of the largest caucus in Congress, the 116-member New Democratic Coalition,\u201d 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\u2019s attacks on high-skill immigration.\n\nLiccardo noted the important work of his team within California\u2019s 16th District as well: \u201cBeyond legislation, our hard-working team enabled the restoration of more than $3 million owed to constituents, and we launched two major regional initiatives\u2014the Wildfire Resilience Partnership and the Partnership for the Coastside\u2019s Future\u2014to strengthen federal, state, and local coordination as our region confronts the inevitable impacts of climate change.\u201d Liccardo concluded, \u201cWe\u2019re entering 2026 with real momentum\u2014rare progress for a first-term member of the minority\u2013 and a mandate to keep pushing.\u201d\n\n2025 Highlights Include:\n\nAdvancing two bipartisan housing bills through the House Financial Services Committee, as part of a package awaiting a vote of the full House in January.\n\nIntroducing 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 NBC to CNN and MSNBC.\n\nLeading dozens of colleagues to successfully urge reversal of the Trump Administration\u2019s proposed changes to Continuum of Care funding that would have evicted thousands of extremely low-income families from their homes.\n\nCreating and launching the New Democratic Coalition\u2019s Innovation Agenda, and hosting several bipartisan gatherings of colleagues with AI thought leaders, such as Jensen Huang, Dario Amodei, and Sam Altman.\n\nReturning more than $3 million to constituents and resolving more than 1,400 cases with federal agencies\n\nEstablishing the Wildfire Resilience Partnership and the Partnership for the Coastside\u2019s Future to accelerate and scale infrastructure and risk reduction efforts throughout the district.\n\nAnticipating a future change in leadership, authoring and introducing legislation\u2013and garnering the support of dozens of colleagues as cosponsors\u2013 to combat some of the most severe abuses of the Trump Administration, including efforts to counter:\n\nUnlawful 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)\n\nUnconstitutional executive branch retraction (or \u201cimpoundment\u201d) of federal appropriations for critical federal services and programs, through HR 3454, the Protect Our Constitution and Communities Act (POCCA) (joined by 41 cosponsors)\n\nSelf-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. 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