Sworn in for the 119th Congress on Source
Their stated policy positions and commitments, with quotes and links to the original sources.
Sam Liccardo calls for federal laws that facilitate innovation to address climate change, global disease and pandemics, and cybersecurity threats while competing globally. He frames this as a need to empower innovators without bolstering oligarchs.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Liccardo supports funding the American Climate Corps, which he says remains largely unfunded by Congress. He points to projects such as tree planting, water conservation and wildfire preparation as ways a climate service corps could support communities and provide paid work and career pathways for young adults. He says he has suggested ways to fund the corps elsewhere in his policy proposals.
Context: The passage does not give the funding amount or describe the funding methods he has suggested.
Liccardo says he will push to require the petrochemical industry to take responsibility for managing its products after consumers use them. He also wants to ensure plastics remain safe for people, wildlife and the environment. The proposal is aimed at addressing plastic waste and the risks from chemicals in plastics.
Context: The passage does not specify the proposed rules, enforcement measures or safety standards.
Liccardo supports legislation like the BIG WIRES Act, which would require power grids in different regions of the country to share electricity. He says this would help move energy from where it is generated to where it is needed. He also calls for permitting reform to help expand interstate transmission lines, which must pass through multiple regions and states.
Context: The passage does not specify the permitting reforms he would support.
Liccardo supports the 30×30 conservation effort to protect 30% of the Earth’s land, inland waters and oceans by 2030. He calls for federal partnerships with local conservation efforts to preserve open spaces, shorelines and hillsides, and for incentives that encourage private landowners to conserve their land permanently.
Context: The passage does not specify the form or amount of the proposed landowner incentives.
Liccardo supports putting a price on carbon through a carbon dividend. The proposal would collect fees from major fossil-fuel companies and provide the revenue directly to taxpayers, with the goal of encouraging consumers to shift to renewable energy. He describes this as a market-based way to hold fossil-fuel companies accountable without increasing overall costs for consumers or taxpayers.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Liccardo supports opposing new offshore drilling and fracking, while imposing strict limits on existing sites and enforcing the expiration of their leases. He also supports President Biden’s effort to eliminate $35 billion in federal subsidies for oil and gas production, which Congress rejected. These steps are intended to reduce the fossil-fuel industry’s influence and support the shift away from fossil fuels.
Context: The passage does not specify what the limits on existing sites would entail. The subsidy proposal was rejected by Congress.
Liccardo calls for Congress to pass a bipartisan measure equivalent to the Right to IVF Act, protecting nationwide access to IVF and fertility treatment and including rights to insurance coverage. He presents this as a next-Congress priority.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.
Liccardo supports a federal approach to expanding telehealth that does not displace state regulatory authority. He points to easing licensing restrictions for providers at military hospitals and the VA, offering federal funding to states and professional bodies to improve telemedicine access, conditioning ACA funding on reforms, and stronger FTC antitrust enforcement against licensing boards engaged in anticompetitive conduct.
Context: These are examples of possible approaches, rather than a single specified legislative plan.
Liccardo calls for congressional support for the Women’s Health Protection Act, the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH) Act, and the Right to Contraception Act. He presents these bills as measures that would provide protections for reproductive rights.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 12, 2026.