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July 19, 2022

WASHINGTON – Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) are calling for the Department of Defense Inspector General to investigate whether U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice in his recent political advertisement. The Members, who are both veterans, note that Mr.


July 7, 2022

SANTA MONICA, CA — Santa Monica is about to receive a hefty injection of funds following Gov. Gavin Newsom's signing of a historic $308 billion state budget. The city has secured $16 million for three local projects.

The money will fund new city crosswalks, medians, landscaping, lighting access to safe temporary housing and more through projects led by Assemblymember Richard Bloom.


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June 22, 2022

WASHINGTON – Congressmen Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) introduced a resolution expressing the House of Representatives' expectation of the Government of Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, to comply with the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocol.


April 25, 2022

Torrance has received $1 million in federal funding to aid the city's homeless response, officials announced Monday, April 25.


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April 7, 2022

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Air Force veterans Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), and Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin urging the Department of Defense to provide much-needed aircraft, air defense systems, and drones to Ukraine.


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April 4, 2022

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that a number of his priorities to help veterans in Los Angeles and around the country were included in the 2022 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which was signed into law by President Biden last week.


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April 1, 2022

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) introduced legislation to allow the West LA VA to collect $25 million from the Purple Line easement on campus. The money, which is lease revenue generated from the Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016, is not presently directed to go directly to the West LA VA.


March 16, 2022

On Tuesday, President Biden signed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package that includes $2 million to support the City's project to build a mixed-use affordable housing project on the current site of Parking Structure 3.


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March 15, 2022

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured nearly $750,000 for a community funding project at the West Los Angeles VA in the Fiscal Year 2022 government spending package signed into law by President Biden.