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Sam Liccardo

DemocratRepresentative · CA-16Official site ↗JSONReport an error
3 press releases on AI$108K from AI-industry employees and PACs

Data as of: votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026 · contributions Oct 19, 2026 · super PAC spending Oct 23, 2026. What changed

Said and voted

What they said

toward oversightSep 22, 2026

Liccardo introduces bipartisan legislation to pursue binding, verifiable U.S.-China AI safety standards and coordination to prevent catastrophic risks.

“WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Sam Liccardo (D-CA) and Kevin Kiley (I-CA) will introduce legislation to establish U.S.-China coordination on frontier artificial intelligence safety. The propos…”

toward oversightSep 16, 2026

Over 100 House Democrats demanded Speaker Johnson cancel recess to vote on legislation creating AI safeguards.

“WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, 107 House Democrats demanded Speaker Mike Johnson cancel the upcoming recess to vote on legislation creating AI safeguards. Representatives Sam Liccardo (CA-16), George White…”

toward oversightSep 11, 2026

Liccardo and colleagues urge Speaker Johnson to reconvene the House to advance bipartisan AI safety legislation including transparency mandates and kill-switch requirements.

“WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Silicon Valley Congressman Sam Liccardo (CA-16) shared a letter urging Speaker Mike Johnson to immediately reconvene the House of Representatives and advance meaningful, bipa…”

Summaries and stance tags are written by a model; the release is the record.

How they voted

YEASep 16, 2026
Ratepayer Protection Act

passage under suspension · H.R. 9340 · Passed 417-3

YEAJul 22, 2026
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

motion to recommit · H.R. 8800 · Failed 213-216

NAYJul 22, 2026
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

passage · H.R. 8800 · Passed 216-212

YEAJun 29, 2026
KIDS Act

passage under suspension · H.R. 7757 · Passed 267-117

YEAJan 20, 2026
AI for Main Street Act

passage under suspension · H.R. 5764 · Passed 395-14

YEADec 10, 2025
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

procedural · S. 1071 · Failed 209-216

NAYDec 10, 2025
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

passage · S. 1071 · Passed 312-112

Contributions from AI-industry employees and PACs

Itemized receipts to this member's campaign committee where the contributor's employer or the contributing PAC is on the alias list. An employee's personal gift is not the company's.

$97K

From employees and investors, personally

$11K

From company PACs

By employer

Company PACs in teal; employees' personal gifts in black. Spellings are unified through the alias list.

Largest gifts

DateContributorEmployer, as filedAmountFiling
Jun 14, 2026Maria ShimGOOGLE$4K↗
Jun 14, 2026Prabhakar RaghavanGOOGLE$4K↗
May 6, 2026Steven BillsANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗
May 6, 2026Steven BillsANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗
May 6, 2026Daniel ZieglerANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗
May 6, 2026Daniel ZieglerANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗
Sep 30, 2025Ned FinkleNVIDIA$4K↗
Sep 28, 2025Anurag AcharyaGOOGLE$4K↗
Sep 28, 2025Anurag AcharyaGOOGLE$4K↗
Sep 25, 2025Rajkumar SenDATABRICKS$4K↗
Jul 2, 2025Donald HarrisonGOOGLE$4K↗
Mar 31, 2025Krishna BharatGOOGLE$4K↗
Mar 30, 2025Krishna BharatGOOGLE$4K↗
Mar 30, 2025David OrrGOOGLE$4K↗
Mar 30, 2025Krishna BharatGOOGLE$4K↗

Source: OpenFEC Schedule A, itemized receipts only, 2026 cycle, read Oct 19, 2026. The FEC itemizes a contributor once their gifts to a committee pass $200 in aggregate.