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WASHINGTON - On Saturday, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) hosted his congressional district's seventh-annual reception for the Congressional Art Competition virtually. Students from 23 different high schools submitted 129 pieces of art for this year's competition. These submissions included 30 photographs, 38 paintings, 25 drawings, 16 mixed-media pieces, and 20 other pieces that included computer-generated art.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) voted for a spending package that includes close to $11 million in Community Project Funding that he requested for 10 projects in California's 33rd Congressional District. This funding, included in the appropriations government funding package, responds directly to critical needs in Los Angeles County.
LOS ANGELES – On February 19th, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D - Los Angeles County) hosted the Seventh Annual Multi-District Service Academy Day virtually. Attendees heard speakers from the United States Air Force Academy, United States Military Academy, United States Naval Academy, United States Coast Guard Academy and the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that his virtual guest for President Joe Biden's State of the Union address will be Elizabeth Benson Forer, the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Venice Family Clinic. Founded in 1970 as a free health clinic, the Venice Family Clinic provides quality primary health care to people in need regardless of their income, insurance or immigration status.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Alex Padilla unveiled a housing and homelessness bill on Friday, legislation that would massively increase federal investments in both traditional and experimental approaches to one of California's most intractable problems.
LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA) announced the introduction of the House companion bill to Senator Alex Padilla's (D-CA) Housing for All Act of 2022, comprehensive legislation that would invest in proven solutions to address critical affordable housing shortages in California and across the country.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) shared a letter he sent with 39 bipartisan Members of Congress last week urging the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education to take concrete measures to address antisemitism on college campuses and universities. In the letter, the Members pushed the Department of Education to offer more support Jewish students and address the growing threat of antisemitism on American campuses.
In the letter, the Members wrote:
Dear Assistant Secretary Lhamon:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) highlighted the news that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award nearly $5.8 million in Emergency Relief grant funding to repair damages caused by the 2018 Woolsey Fire. The funding is part of a larger $45.1 million grant awarded to the California Department of Transportation for various project sites requiring repair as a result of the Camp, Woolsey and Hill Wildfires in 2018.
LOS ANGELES - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after fliers containing antisemitic vitriol were found around elementary and middle schools in Santa Monica.
LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced that the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) would be receiving a $1.24 billion grant award from funds allocated in the American Rescue Plan (ARP). This ARP transit grant program assists transit agencies around the country by enabling them to operate and employ critical transit workers as communities manage the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.