Civil Rights and Social Justice
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in honor of Labor Day, a federal holiday dedicated to honoring the American labor movement and workers across America.
U.S. Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles) and Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-New Mexico) re-introduced the 21st Century Federal Writers’ Project Act on Aug. 24 to create a new grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor to hire America’s unemployed and underemployed journalists and writers to document the American experience. Between late 2019 and May 2022, more than 360 newspapers closed and the country is on track to lose more than one-third of its total newspapers by 2025.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) introduced the 21st Century Federal Writers’ Project Act, legislation to create a new grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor to hire America’s unemployed and underemployed journalists and writers to document the American experience.
LOS ANGELES - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after former President Donald Trump was indicted for his role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
LOS ANGELES – On Saturday, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced a new $5,000 per student basic needs scholarship to 50 college-going foster youth at Camp Ready, an event to welcome a new class of students to the Ready to Succeed program. Ready to Succeed is an innovative college and career accelerator organization with 200 foster youth and first-generation college student participants.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Science Space and Technology Committee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Subcommittee on Research and Technology Ranking Member Haley Stevens (D-MI) sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young urging the Biden Administration to require federal agencies and vendors to follow the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) AI Risk Management Framework.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) spoke at a White House event announcing the launch of the U.S. Cybersecurity Labeling Program for Consumer Technology. Through this program, consumer products that meet specific cybersecurity requirements will be labeled with the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark shield, helping Americans easily identify household products that are safer and less vulnerable to cyber attacks.
California Representative Ted Lieu thoroughly debunked the Republican talking point that the FBI has been weaponized against them by pointing out the obvious: The Trump administration was already packed with “criminals.”
Two leading congressional AI proponents, Rep. Ted Lieu, a California Democrat, and Rep. Ken Buck, a Colorado Republican, are working to boost the federal government’s ability to foster AI innovation through increased funding and competition while also reducing major risks associated with the technology.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision severely restricting the use of race-conscious admissions policies by colleges and universities.