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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement announcing that Venice Family Clinic, a leading community health center in Los Angeles, will receive a $3,748,135 grant through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Early Head Start Program. Early Head Start (EHS) programs provide child development and family support services to low-income families with infants and toddlers under the age of three, as well as pregnant women.
The City is one step closer to making the proposed Santa Monica Behavioral Health Center a reality after the recent approval of a federal spending package which includes $1.5 million earmarked for the project.
Congressman Ted Lieu secured this funding for the project – along with an additional $21.2 for other projects in his westside district – as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which was signed into law by President Biden on De. 29.
WASHINGTON — One way to get Congress to support regulating artificial intelligence is by using it to write a resolution calling for just that.
At least, that's what Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., hopes. He's introducing a nonbinding measure Thursday that would direct the House to take a look at artificial intelligence, a bill that was written entirely by the online AI chatbot ChatGPT.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) complained that the U.S. military didn't do enough to snatch the suspected Chinese spy balloon from the sky instead of shooting it down.
The Friendship Foundation has received a financial boost — courtesy of Rep. Ted Lieu.
Lieu presented the 16-year-old organization — which promotes friendship between youth who are neurodivergent and their peers who volunteer their time, among other initiatives — with a $1 million check on Thursday, Feb. 16, at Mira Costa High School.
Mira Costa was the site of the foundation's first Friendship Club.
Since then, Friendship Clubs have expanded to 52 schools in Los Angeles County, as well as Bakersfield, and the states of Alabama, Arizona and Georgia.
U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) presented a ceremonial $1 million check to the Friendship Foundation after securing government funding that will help the foundation expand its programs within schools across California's 36th Congressional District. The Friendship Foundation is an organization that pairs students with special needs and student volunteers to promote friendship, inclusivity and acceptance among young people.
I think I know why artificial intelligence is breaking our all-too-human brains. It's coming at us too fast. We don't understand what's happening inside the black boxes of A.I., and what we don't understand, we understandably fear. Ordinarily we count on lawmakers and regulators to look out for our interests, but they can't keep up with the rapid advances in A.I., either.
A few weeks into the 118th Congress, Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., introduced a resolution asking Congress to ensure that artificial intelligence be developed and deployed in a way that is "safe, ethical" and respectful of American rights and privacy.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after two separate shootings in Pico-Robertson where Jewish men were shot after leaving synagogues.
LOS ANGELES - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) presented a $1 million ceremonial check to the Friendship Foundation to expand social friendship clubs at K-12 schools, where students with special needs are paired with student volunteers to promote friendship, inclusivity and acceptance among young individuals. Congressman Lieu requested and secured $1,000,000 for the Foundation in the Fiscal Year 2023 government spending package.