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WASHINGTON – This Pride Month, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act, legislation that bans so-called “conversion therapy.” The fraudulent practice seeks to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity based on bunk science and has been recognized by a national community of professionals in education, social work, health, and counseling as a dangerous and useless practice.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) re-launched the bipartisan Congressional Songwriters Caucus. The caucus will focus on advancing policies that support independent songwriters and intellectual property protections. Congressmembers Lieu and Cline will serve as co-chairs.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Ted W. Lieu’s office is excited to announce that we will be hosting a Congressional App Challenge (CAC), an app competition for students in middle and high school. The CAC accepts computer programs (or apps) written in any programming language, for any platform (desktop/PC, web, mobile, raspberry Pi, etc.).
A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House and Senate wants Congress to set up a blue ribbon commission to study artificial intelligence, with an eye to developing regulations or government oversight of the technology.
The push is led by Rep. Ted Lieu — a California Democrat who boasts an undergraduate degree in computer science — as well as Reps. Ted Buck, R-Colo., and Anna Eschoo, D-Calif. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, plans to introduce a companion bill in the Senate.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are backing creating a federal commission to develop a strategy for regulating artificial intelligence, the latest addition to a growing crop of legislative proposals tackling new AI tools like ChatGPT.
Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Ken Buck (R-Colo.) on Tuesday are introducing a bill that would require Congress and the White House to appoint 20 people across government, industry, civil society and the computer science field to an AI commission.
A bipartisan House bill introduced Tuesday would create a commission to review, recommend and establish regulations for artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
The 20-member commission would be made up of 10 members appointed by each party and tasked with reviewing the government’s current approach to AI oversight, recommending new structures to put in place, and establishing a risk-based approach to regulating the industry.
WASHINGTON – On World Refugee Day, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were joined by 50 of their House colleagues, 19 of their Senate colleagues, and 15 leading refugee advocacy organizations in introducing a resolution reaffirming the United States' commitment to promote the welfare of refugees and displaced persons worldwide – including children – as they flee conflict, persecution, and torture.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Congressman Ken Buck (R-CO), and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) introduced the National AI Commission Act, bipartisan and bicameral legislation to create a national commission to focus on the question of regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI).
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement commemorating Juneteenth. President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law in 2021, making the day a federal holiday. Juneteenth marks the anniversary of the emancipation of the last enslaved Black Americans in the United States.
WASHINGTON – This week, Representatives Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) urged the President to provide Ukraine with advanced drones to support its fight against Russia. In a letter, the Air Force veterans highlighted how these weapons systems would help Ukraine gain a competitive advantage on the battlefield. Previously, Reps. Lieu and Houlahan had urged the Administration to provide air assets such as A-10s and F-16s to the Ukrainian military, which the United States has since committed to doing.