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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.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) introduced the Protecting Americans from Undue Surveillance Act, which would establish an oversight office within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to review applications under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The FISA Oversight Office would evaluate each application made by the federal government to surveil a U.S. citizen to ensure that the standard of probable cause is met.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after House Republicans voted to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
“This was a stupid, purely partisan impeachment. Republicans still can’t explain what misdemeanors Secretary Mayorkas allegedly committed, let alone any high crimes. This political stunt is a waste of time and it will go nowhere in the Senate.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32) called for the Department of Housing and Urban Development to change its policy on counting service-connected disability benefits as income so that homeless disabled veterans can access housing.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) led a letter with Congressman William R. Keating (D-MA) and Congressman Jared Golden (D-ME) urging the Biden-Harris Administration to provide Ukraine with the weapons it needs to win the war against Russia. In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, the Members urged officials to send Ukraine long-range tactical missiles systems to help Ukraine push back on Russian aggression and end the war.
In the letters, the Members write:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmembers Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Zach Nunn (R-IA), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Marcus Molinaro (R-NY) introduced the Federal Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Act, a bipartisan and bicameral bill to require U.S. federal agencies and vendors to follow the AI risk management guidelines put forth by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that in 2023, organizations and agencies within his district in Los Angeles County received more than $627 million in federal grants. The Office of Congressman Ted Lieu offers grant support services to Congressman Lieu’s constituents by fulfilling grant information requests and writing and submitting letters of support for grant applicants.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu issued the following statement after the House and Senate passed his bill, the Accountability in Assignment Restrictions and Reviews Act, as a part of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act. Congressman Lieu’s bill builds on his previous legislation passed in the FY22 NDAA that focused on creating an independent appeals process and more transparency around State Department employees who are subjected to assignment restrictions.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after voting against opening a MAGA Republican-led impeachment inquiry.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) introduced the Protecting Americans from Unauthorized Surveillance Act, which would require the involvement of third-party technical experts in every court-ordered decision to surveil a U.S. citizen. This bill would require the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Court to appoint a technical expert every time it evaluates a FISA application. Currently, the FISA Court relies on technical experts for cases that the court considers particularly complex. Rep.