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Hurd: FBI should clarify why Apple's help is necessary
By AISHA CHOWDHRY
Feb 26, 2016
Federal Computer Week
One of the leading voices of cybersecurity on Capitol Hill, Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) said he is concerned that FBI officials have not provided clarity on what exactly they need from Apple when it comes to the evolving debate of getting into the San Bernardino, Calif., shooter's iPhone.
How Congress turned on the DEA and embraced weed.
By JAMES HIGDON
July 30, 2015
Politico Magazine Illustration/iStock.
It's not easy being the DEA these days. After an unprecedented losing streak on Capitol Hill, the once-untouchable Drug Enforcement Administration suffered last week what might be considered the ultimate indignity: A Senate panel, for the first time, voted in favor of legal, recreational marijuana.
Lieu, Pelosi advocate for infrastructure investments
By Gregory Cornfield, 7/22/2015
Federal funding used to rebuild and repair system
With the California Incline reconstruction site in Santa Monica as a backdrop, Congressman Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) hosted a press conference on July 17 with House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, Santa Monica Mayor Kevin McKeown, Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, 3rd District, and other county leaders to highlight the need for infrastructure investment.
Steve Corbin, Special to The Desert Sun 10:58 a.m. PDT July 21, 2015
Nationwide polling data clearly indicates that an overwhelming majority of voters support four national strategic policy ideas, known as the No Labels National Strategic Agenda.
State Senator Fran Pavley, who represents the 27th district that includes Malibu, has earned a national reputation for drafting cutting-edge environmental legislation. Her 2002 California Clean Car Standards bill survived a Supreme Court decision and, in 2009, Obama directed that it become the national standard.
Pavley spoke at the Malibu Democratic Club's "First Saturday Speaker Series" where she talked about what she's working on in Sacramento.
Posted Jul. 17, 2015, 9:14 am
Brandon Dupré / Staff Writer
Santa Monica residents made it abundantly clear at Tuesday's City Council meeting that the Santa Monica Airport has overstayed its welcome, but yet it remains – for how long is now the question.
Despite the near 40 members of the public who addressed Council on Tuesday night expressing their opposition to the city's proposed new leases with the Santa Monica Airport and other tenants, some hoping for an immediate shut-down of the Airport, Council agreed to a range of tenant leases.
By Matthew Hall on July 18, 2015 in Transportation
Congressional leaders used Santa Monica's California Incline project as a backdrop while advocating for a long-term reinvestment in American infrastructure last week.
California Democrat Ted Lieu has a degree in computer science from Stanford University.
Ted Lieu is that rara avis on Capitol Hill -- a member of Congress who knows what he's talking about when it comes to technology.
Pelosi and Lieu were joined by local Los Angeles County leaders to discuss ways to grow the economy, create jobs through vital expanded transportation & infrastructure funding
Santa Monica, CA – July 20, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Ted W. Lieu hosted a press conference this morning to discuss the urgent need for expanded, long-term infrastructure investment in Santa Monica, Los Angeles and cities across America.