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LOS ANGELES – On Saturday, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced a new $5,000 per student basic needs scholarship to 50 college-going foster youth at Camp Ready, an event to welcome a new class of students to the Ready to Succeed program. Ready to Succeed is an innovative college and career accelerator organization with 200 foster youth and first-generation college student participants.
WASHINGTON – Today, California Aerospace Caucus Co-Chairs Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), and Ken Calvert (R-CA), along with Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-CA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the Space Infrastructure Act, bipartisan legislation to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate space systems, services and technology as a sector of critical infrastructure.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) led a group of Members in sending a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) calling for an investigation into Shell, ExxonMobil, and potentially other fossil fuel companies to determine whether their coordinated campaigns of climate change deception violated federal law.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), joined by 76 of his colleagues, sent a letter to the Chief Executive Officers of major U.S. airlines urging their companies to better inform passengers of eligibility and passport regulations for international travel. International air travel has spiked following the COVID-19 pandemic, with the State Department reporting record demand for passport applications and renewals.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Science Space and Technology Committee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Subcommittee on Research and Technology Ranking Member Haley Stevens (D-MI) sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young urging the Biden Administration to require federal agencies and vendors to follow the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) AI Risk Management Framework.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) spoke at a White House event announcing the launch of the U.S. Cybersecurity Labeling Program for Consumer Technology. Through this program, consumer products that meet specific cybersecurity requirements will be labeled with the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark shield, helping Americans easily identify household products that are safer and less vulnerable to cyber attacks.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) released the following statement after he voted no on the House’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (NDAA).
California Representative Ted Lieu thoroughly debunked the Republican talking point that the FBI has been weaponized against them by pointing out the obvious: The Trump administration was already packed with “criminals.”
Two leading congressional AI proponents, Rep. Ted Lieu, a California Democrat, and Rep. Ken Buck, a Colorado Republican, are working to boost the federal government’s ability to foster AI innovation through increased funding and competition while also reducing major risks associated with the technology.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision severely restricting the use of race-conscious admissions policies by colleges and universities.