Politico November 14, 2025
With help from Aaron Mak
First-term Democratic Congressman Sam Liccardo, who represents about half of Silicon Valley, has been laser-focused on trying to act as an emissary to get the tech industry and Washington on the same policy wavelength. He’s notably working with Trump ally Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) to urge the White House to embrace H-1B visas popular with tech companies, and is leading the Democratic effort to counter Trump’s AI Action Plan with an open-market alternative to spur innovation and achieve U.S. tech dominance. He speaks to us about how tech can help curb climate change, why large language models are overrated and why tech needs more immigrants.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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