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National Security and Foreign Affairs

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October 7, 2024

LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the October 7th terrorist attacks in Israel.


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September 10, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), along with House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC), introduced legislation to further strengthen the State Department’s Subnational Diplomacy Unit (SDU), which supports city and state-level international diplomacy.


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August 1, 2024

LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the Biden Administration secured the release of four Americans unjustly held in Russia.


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June 20, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, on World Refugee Day, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were joined by 58 of their House colleagues and 22 of their Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution that reaffirms the United States’ commitment to supporting refugees and displaced persons across the world.


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May 29, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-CA) announced that language to prevent AI from autonomously launching nuclear weapons was included in the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that recently passed through the House Armed Services Committee.


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May 10, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) joined House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and Chinese Communist Party Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) to introduce the Taiwan Allies Fund Act.


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May 3, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA), co-Chairs of the California Aerospace Caucus, issued the following statement in recognition of National Space Day. In April, Reps. Lieu and Calvert introduced a resolution to establish May 3rd as National Space Day.


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May 3, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA), co-Chairs of the California Aerospace Caucus, issued the following statement in recognition of National Space Day. In April, Reps. Lieu and Calvert introduced a resolution to establish May 3rd as National Space Day.


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April 10, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, California Aerospace Caucus Co-Chairs Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Ken Calvert (R-CA) introduced a resolution to establish May 3rd as National Space Day. Their National Space Day Resolution recognizes the significant positive impact of the aerospace community on the United States’ scientific and economic development.


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March 21, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Congressman Andy Kim (D-NJ) introduced legislation to help determine whether the Department of State is denying security clearances solely because of an individual’s racial, cultural or ethnic background.