Press Releases
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured nearly $2.5 million in federal funding for landslide and flood mitigation projects throughout Los Angeles County. The Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bill was signed into law by President Biden on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Following historic storms and record rainfall throughout Southern California, several communities in coastal Los Angeles County suffered catastrophic flooding and landslide activity.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured nearly $1 million in federal funding for the City of Beverly Hills Water Resiliency Project. The Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bill was signed into law by President Biden on Saturday, March 9, 2024. The project, requested by the City of Beverly Hills, aims to strengthen local water resilience and secure clean drinking water for residents.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured nearly $1 million for a University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) project to create a Quantum Information Science Hub. The Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bill was signed into law by President Biden on Saturday, March 9, 2024. The new lab will develop and refine qubits, which are the quantum bits that power quantum computers. The creation of the lab will further research in the area to understand which qubit is the best choice for building a quantum computer.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu announced that he secured nearly $2 million in federal funding for three community projects in Santa Monica. The Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills were signed into law by President Biden on Saturday, March 9, 2024. The funding will increase access to affordable housing in Santa Monica and enhance safety along Lincoln Boulevard.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured nearly $6 million in federal funding for various community projects in the South Bay. The Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills were signed into law by President Biden on Saturday, March 9, 2024. These federal resources will support projects to mitigate the risk of landslides, make infrastructure improvements, support individuals with disabilities and more.
This release was updated on March 25, 2024 to include Community Project Funding from the second group of appropriations bills that were signed into law on March 23, 2024.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on the retirement of Congressman Ken Buck (R-CO) from Congress.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (D-NC) introduced the Empowering Mass Participation to Offset the Wealthy's Electoral Role (EMPOWER) Act, legislation to modernize the presidential public financing system to help publicly funded candidates compete. The bill is the House companion to Senate legislation introduced by Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM).
LOS ANGELES, CA — Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) announced the Housing for All Act, a comprehensive approach to address the homelessness and affordable housing crises in California and across the nation.
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced the establishment of a bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to explore how Congress can ensure America continues to lead the world in AI innovation while considering guardrails that may be appropriate to safeguard the nation against current and emerging threats.