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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congressman Dan Goldman (D-NY) sent a letter to Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael Horowitz calling for an investigation into possible misconduct by Special Counsel John Durham and then-Attorney General Bill Barr during their tenure in the Trump Administration. The Members request Inspector General Horowitz look into allegations that Mr. Barr and Mr.
Washington, DC - Congressman Ted W. Lieu is proud to announce his appointment to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. In his new role, he will work to address the complex and rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence (AI) and to ensure that it is regulated in a responsible and ethical manner.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) introduced the first ever piece of federal legislation written by artificial intelligence. Using the artificial language model ChatGPT, Congressman Lieu offered the following prompt: "You are Congressman Ted Lieu.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that coastal Los Angeles County will receive $22,601,025 in Community Project Funding as part of the annual spending bill that passed today. In addition to the funding for community projects, Rep. Lieu also had two bills he authored signed into law: The Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act and the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Study Act.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) sent a letter to the Department of Defense (DoD) expressing concern over reports that some high school students were forced into Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corp (JROTC) programs at their schools.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) was elected Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, the number four position in House Democratic Leadership. Congressman Lieu is the first Asian American elected as Vice Chair. He issued the following statement after his colleagues elected him:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) led a bipartisan letter of 14 Members urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to change its billing practices for certain heart tests administered in hospitals and medical practices. Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA), which is a non-invasive diagnostic test that uses 3D imagery of the heart to diagnose blood flow abnormalities, is growing in its use as a frontline diagnostic tool for patients with stable chest pain.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) issued the following statement after Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that Ambassador Nina Hachigian would serve as the first Special Representative for Subnational Diplomacy. In the role, Ambassador Hachigian will also lead a newly established Unit for Subnational Diplomacy.
Last year, the House Judiciary Subcommittee heard a harrowing, but increasingly common, story of injustice. Robert Williams, a Black man, was arrested in 2020 for stealing watches from a store in Detroit.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY), and Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) introduced the Facial Recognition Act of 2022 to place strong limits and prohibitions on law enforcement use of facial recognition technology (FRT). FRT is a powerful surveillance tool used by law enforcement agencies, but a lack of greater transparency and reasonable limits on its use threatens Americans' civil liberties.