Environment & Animal Welfare
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Leaders in Washington continue to deal with the federal response to the wildfires, as well as continuing talks about how much cost the federal government should bear.
Some in Congress are questioning the president’s commitment to cover 100% of the cost for the time being, saying some responsibility should fall on California.
Democrats are rejecting a tentative pitch by House Republicans to attach wildfire aid to a federal debt limit increase.
A deadly combination of drier-than-average conditions and extreme Santa Ana wind gusts has caused at least three life-threatening wildfires across the Los Angeles area as of press time on Jan. 8.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), along with Reps.
LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W.
It's been four years since scientists rediscovered hundreds of tons of DDT—a pesticide banned for its toxicity and risk to humans—dumped into the ocean just off the coast of Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in the wake of Hurricane Helene’s landfall across of the southeastern United States.
LOS ANGELES - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the City of Los Angeles agreed to pay $20 million to help clean the Santa Monica Bay after the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant spill in 2021.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he submitted 15 requests for Community Project Funding to the House Committee on Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2025.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-CA) and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) introduced H.R.