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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) was re-elected to be Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, the number four position in House Democratic Leadership. Congressman Lieu is the highest-ranking Asian American serving in Congress.
Congressman Lieu issued the following statement after his colleagues elected him:
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congressman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase the maximum penalties for various kinds of fraud committed with the assistance of artificial intelligence. The Members’ legislation, the AI Fraud Deterrence Act, would impose harsher fines on those who use AI to commit wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud or money laundering.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), along with Reps. Nannette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Salud Carbajal (D-CA), urged the Biden-Harris Administration to take action to mitigate dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) contamination in the waters along southern California’s coast.
LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on the death of Hamas leader and terrorist Yahya Sinwar.
A Senate bill that would task the National Science Foundation with overseeing a multimillion-dollar competition on artificial intelligence innovations now has a House companion from the leaders of the chamber’s AI task force.
WASHINGTON – House Artificial Intelligence Task Force Co-Chair Congressman Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Chair Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-CA) recently introduced the bipartisan AI Grand Challenges Act, which would direct the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a program to administer prize competitions to incentivize artificial intelligence research and innovation.
LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the October 7th terrorist attacks in Israel.
It's been four years since scientists rediscovered hundreds of tons of DDT—a pesticide banned for its toxicity and risk to humans—dumped into the ocean just off the coast of Los Angeles. For at least 15 years, Montrose Chemical Corporation improperly disposed of DDT into the ocean. After multiple lawsuits, the company and other responsible parties settled for $140 million—a drop in the bucket compared to the destruction it caused.
LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council allocated $2.8 million in direct relief to residents in the Portuguese Bend land movement area.