Just seven months into office, U.S. Rep. Sam Liccardo is focusing on what he can get done in Washington, D.C., with a Republican-controlled Congress and identifying legislative actions that can be used as an effective tool for Democrats still reeling from the November election.

“Part of our legislative mission has to be around messaging,” Liccardo said in an interview this week with the Mercury News. “We can put out bills that will communicate across the aisle in meaningful ways to an awful lot of voters who are not watching CNN or reading The New York Times, but getting their news from social media or Fox about what exactly this administration is really doing and the impacts.”

Liccardo, the former San Jose mayor who replaced Anna Eshoo in the House of Representatives following her retir

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