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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY), and Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) introduced the Facial Recognition Act of 2022 to place strong limits and prohibitions on law enforcement use of facial recognition technology (FRT). FRT is a powerful surveillance tool used by law enforcement agencies, but a lack of greater transparency and reasonable limits on its use threatens Americans' civil liberties.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the House passed the Presidential Election Reform Act (PERA). The bipartisan legislation reforms the Electoral Count Act to ensure that Congress counts the votes of a presidential election as required by the Constitution.
LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after tiny homes located on the West Los Angeles VA Campus caught fire Thursday evening.
Shortly after the U.S. Department of Justice released an incriminating photo on Tuesday evening that showed classified documents sprawled across the floor inside former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Democratic lawmakers began to express worry.
According to The Daily Beast, the photo released on Tuesday, August 30 showed that "some of the documents were labeled 'TOP SECRET.' Others were just 'SECRET.'"
LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Anti-Semitism Task Force, called on the FBI to launch a formal investigation into thehateful flyers that were distributed to homes in Brentwood and Pacific Palisades this past weekend. In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Rep.
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches the six-month mark, pressure is mounting on the Biden administration to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism. The move enjoys bipartisan backing in Congress and is seen by supporters as a proportionate response to mounting evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. However, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has expressed his reluctance to confirm the designation, while Moscow has warned that any such step would represent a diplomatic "point of no return" in relations between Russia and the United States.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the House passed the Inflation Reduction Act. The Inflation Reduction Act is a historic victory for America's families and for protecting our planet by taking aim at reducing the deficit through taxes on the largest corporations and lowering health-care costs on prescription drugs. At the same time, it is the most expansive legislation to combat climate change that Congress has passed.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) shared the news that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award a $330,432 Enhanced Mobility Innovation (EMI) Grant to the City of Santa Monica's public bus system, Big Blue Bus. The EMI program at DOT advances a vision of mobility for all through safe, reliable, equitable, and accessible transportation services.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) is leading a bipartisan group of Members in sending letters to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) highlighting the ways in which proteins made using plants, animal cell cultivation, or fermentation (together, "alternative proteins") may be a powerful tool in combatting both hunger and climate change around the world.
California Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu told Raw Story on Friday that "extreme MAGA Republicans are batsh*t crazy."
Lieu, who was sworn in to the California legislature in the fall of 2005 and elected to Congress in 2014, was asked to reflect on how much things had changed during his political career.
"A huge amount has changed," he told Raw Story.