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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in support of the U.S. State Department's recent announcement introducing initiatives to support subnational diplomacy.
Tatiana Vorozhko
U.S. lawmakers of both major political parties are ramping up pressure on the Biden administration to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism.
A resolution urging the secretary of state to make the designation has been introduced in the House of Representatives at a time when Congress is eager to punish Moscow for its war on Ukraine.
Alex Kekauoha
With nuclear tensions rising around the world, particularly in Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, and nuclear-weapon states coming closer to direct military conflict, Congressman Ted Lieu, '91, believes it's time for America to reevaluate its nuclear launch approval process.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on the U.S. Navy's successful test of the Lockheed Martin Layered Laser Defense (LLD) system at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W.
Cristiano Lima
While the federal government needs a warrant to seize your laptop, it can access revealing details through what lawmakers say is a glaring back door: cloud-stored metadata, the information tucked within files that offers clues about who created them, when and how.
LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after visiting the Vandenberg Space Force Base with Vice President Kamala Harris and other elected and military leaders on Monday.
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.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Ted W. Lieu (D-CA-33) and Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34) sent a criminal referral to Attorney General Merrick Garland alleging that former President Donald Trump violated the Federal Election Campaign Act and Federal Election Commission regulations.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA), who sit on the House Judiciary Committee, urged the Department of Justice to investigate potential war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine.