Local Issues
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.
WASHINGTON – Today, California Aerospace Caucus Co-Chairs Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), and Ken Calvert (R-CA), along with Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-CA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the Space Infrastructure Act, bipartisan legislation to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate space systems, s
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), joined by 76 of his colleagues, sent a letter to the Chief Executive Officers of major U.S. airlines urging their companies to better inform passengers of eligibility and passport regulations for international travel.
LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) joined Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) and other state and local officials at the groundbreaking of five new buildings at the West Los Angeles VA. Buildings 401A, 402, 404, 156 and 157 will provide supportive housing for 380 unhoused and at-risk veterans and their families.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) re-launched the bipartisan Congressional Songwriters Caucus. The caucus will focus on advancing policies that support independent songwriters and intellectual property protections. Congressmembers Lieu and Cline will serve as co-chairs.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Ted W. Lieu’s office is excited to announce that we will be hosting a Congressional App Challenge (CAC), an app competition for students in middle and high school.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement commemorating Juneteenth. President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law in 2021, making the day a federal holiday. Juneteenth marks the anniversary of the emancipation of the last enslaved Black Americans in the United States.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) will grant nearly $250,000 to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for a project to improve collaboration between the cognitive science and artificial intelligence fields of study.