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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the House passed the Inspector General Protection Act, a bipartisan bill re-introduced by Rep. Lieu to enhance the independence and integrity of the federal government's inspectors general.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congresswoman Kathleen Rice (D-NY) sent a criminal referral to the FBI after a recording of President Trump was made public where he solicits election fraud during a call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger .
In the letter, the Members write:
Dear Director Wray,
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after being sworn into Congress for his fourth term representing California's 33rd Congressional District.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after Croatia was hit by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake.
WASHINGTON -Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the House and Senate passed the Oversight.gov Authorization Act as a part of a larger omnibus bill. The bill establishes and authorizes funds for a central website where inspectors general can upload reports to be read by the public. Rep. Lieu introduced the House version of this bill with Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA).
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he will be appointing Secretary of State Alex Padilla to fill the Senate vacancy left by Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on President-Elect Joe Biden's nominees for his Administration.
"I am thrilled that in a little over a month, we will swear in Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as President and Vice President. So far, the slate of nominees President elect Biden has announced gives me hope and confidence that our government and our country will be in extremely capable hands once again.
"The scope of this hacking operation is alarming and demonstrates what we already know: Russia is not our ally and Vladimir Putin is not our friend. Cybersecurity is a national security imperative. The U.S. Government needs to be more proactive in fending off cyberattacks and protecting sensitive information from foreign actors.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) issued the following statements after the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act, which he introduced along with Rep. Fitzpatrick this Congress. The bill, which shares identical language with the Senate-passed companion measure, S.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu issued the following statement after Congress held a virtual ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Chinese American veterans of World War II. The ceremony recognized the contributions made by more than 18,000 Chinese American World War II veterans. Congressman Lieu, along with Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Congressmen Ed Royce (R-CA) led the passage of the Chinese American World War II Veterans Congressional Gold Medal Act, which ensured these heroes could be honored.