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After local and state officials praised new U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Sunday afternoon, the stage was set for the congressman to have his official district swearing-in — but then the fire alarm went off at UCLA's Royce Hall.\
Upon having the packed crowd seated again, Lieu joked that he was told the audience had made record time leaving and re-entering the building in 12 minutes, and he had no problem waiting for a moment he is still relishing — the confluence of his American dream. After he was sworn-in by Judge Jacqueline Nguyen, Lieu reflected on his journey.
Saying a study of the Rim of the Valley Corridor's future is months overdue and stuck in "bureaucratic limbo," three local members of Congress are urging the National Park Service to release the report.
Reps. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), Judy Chu (D-Pasadena) and Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) used a recent letter to express their "strong concern over repeated and lengthy delays" in releasing the Rim of the Valley Corridor Special Resource Study and the failure of the park service "to meet its own deadlines."
A medical device called a duodenoscope that's been linked to recent deadly superbug infections across the country was also connected to a 2013 outbreak at a Wisconsin medical facility that infected five people, America Tonight has learned.
WASHINGTON, DC – This afternoon, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles announced that four patients have been infected with a dangerous superbug and that an additional 68 people may have been exposed. This discovery comes just two weeks after it was reported that a similar superbug at UCLA killed two people and infected seven others. Both outbreaks were caused by CRE bacteria that were transmitted by contaminated Olympus duodenoscopes. As a result, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D - CA|33) made the following statement:
"I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation, or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter."
So went the oath of office of Representative Ted Lieu at his Los Angeles swearing-in ceremony – but not before a fire alarm at UCLA's Royce Hall on Sunday, March 1, forced nearly 1,000 people out into the rain while firefighters investigated.
Directly after "God Bless America," the fire alarm went off and everyone was told to evacuate the building.
Ted Lieu: The United States and Israel have an unbreakable bond and we share common values and policy goals, including preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. I appreciated the Prime Minister's praise for the high level of cooperation between the United States and Israel and the support Israel has received from President Obama.
JJ: Prime Minister Netanyahu said that no deal is better than the currently proposed deal. Do you agree with that?
With every seat plus standing room filled in the House chamber on Capitol Hill on March 3, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's highly anticipated and much-debated speech on a potential nuclear deal between the United States and Iran did not reveal new information about the deal's content, nor did it indicate a clear path forward if the deal collapses.
Roll Call's Heard on the Hill blog has a short Q&A with U.S. Rep. Mark Takai. Excerpt:
Q. Do you have a favorite campaign story?
A: I have interesting stories here [in D.C.]. So there's 14 Asian-American and Pacific Islanders in Congress and — without fail — every day [Rep.] Ted Lieu [D-Calif.] gets called Mark Takai, and Mark Takai gets called either Mark Takano or Ted Lieu, but it's been a lot of fun because we all get together and do a recap of the day and who made that mistake.
The Food and Drug Administration, already under fire for its response to superbug outbreaks at U.S. hospitals, has tried and failed twice to get medical scope manufacturers to prove their controversial devices can be cleaned of deadly bacteria.
The embattled agency said Monday that it didn't request the information until spring 2014 — despite earlier warnings about tainted scopes — and that it has given device makers three chances to validate their cleaning protocols.
Those new disclosures drew immediate criticism from a federal lawmaker and some consumer advocates.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) held his district swearing-in ceremony Sunday at Royce Hall, where he called for comprehensive immigration reform, support for homeless veterans and action on climate change.
About 900 people, including government officials and residents of the district, gathered to watch Lieu take his oath of office.
Lieu represents the congressional district that includes UCLA and Westwood. He won an election to the House of Representatives in November, defeating Republican Elan Carr and replacing Henry Waxman, who represented the district for 40 years.