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November 4, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after being re-elected to serve California’s 36th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for the 120th Congress.

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October 28, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on the passing of American labor leader and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta. 


October 23, 2026

The Hermosa Beach Police Department gave a demonstration on the city’s future drone program at a community meeting on Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Clark Building.

Manufacturer Skydio joined the demonstration on the city’s future Drone as First Responder program.

The goal is to bring the program to the Hermosa Beach City Council for approval before the end of the year, Capt. Eric Cahalan said during Thursday’s event.

“I would hope,” he said, “sometime at the beginning of 2027 that the drone would be operational.”

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October 23, 2026

An artificial intelligence “kill switch” is an easy sell on the campaign trail: a simple promise to require tech companies to build an emergency off switch that can power down AI models gone rogue.

But as lawmakers eyeing reelection and early 2028 presidential contenders respond to growing anxieties over AI, critics warn these proposals are more political theater than workable policy, which in some cases may face significant technical challenges and leave liability concerns unresolved.


October 12, 2026

Whether it’s the rising cost of living, lack of affordable housing, severely restricted healthcare options, voting, or increased concerns about federal immigration enforcement, many Asian Americans, Native Hawai’ians, and Pacific Islanders have a lot on their minds in the leadup to November’s midterm elections.

The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) and AAPI Data held a briefing featuring a suite of experts who addressed these different areas of concern.


October 10, 2026

OpenAI has halted some internal activities involving an unreleased artificial intelligence model after preliminary testing raised concerns that the system may be capable of carrying out sophisticated cyberattacks autonomously.

The announcement comes as the AI industry faces growing scrutiny over whether increasingly powerful models are developing cybersecurity capabilities faster than companies and governments can build safeguards around them.


October 8, 2026

Members of the Los Angeles congressional delegation joined entertainment industry unions in Glendale on Oct. 6 to push for a federal tax credit aimed at bringing film and television production jobs back to the United States.

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October 7, 2026

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on the three-year anniversary of the October 7th terrorist attacks in Israel.


October 7, 2026

GLENDALE, CA — Rep. Laura Friedman, D-Glendale, joined other Los Angeles-area members of Congress and entertainment industry unions Tuesday in calling for passage of legislation that would create a federal tax credit for film and television productions made in the United States.

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Above: Rep. Lieu and entertainment union members rally for the national film tax credit. 

October 6, 2026

GLENDALE, CA – Today, October 6, 2026, Congressman Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) joined U.S. Congresswoman Laura Friedman (D-Los Angeles County), Members of the Los Angeles congressional delegation, and the major unions representing film and television workers at the Alex Theatre in a new push for the Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act.

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