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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), cochair of the California Aerospace Caucus, issued the following statement celebrating the release of the first images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope, the most complex and powerful of its kind, was designed and developed by Northrop Grumman.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) urged Senate Leadership to state on the record whether they believe that Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch lied under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee during their confirmation hearings.
SANTA MONICA, CA — Santa Monica is about to receive a hefty injection of funds following Gov. Gavin Newsom's signing of a historic $308 billion state budget. The city has secured $16 million for three local projects.
The money will fund new city crosswalks, medians, landscaping, lighting access to safe temporary housing and more through projects led by Assemblymember Richard Bloom.
America's partners around the world must have a serious case of whiplash. The past 20 years have seen U.S. foreign policy ricochet from unilateralism to "leading from behind," from the isolationism of America First to an attempt to restore our diplomacy and global partnerships all at once. Foreign policy priorities always shift when the White House changes hands, but these swings are now more pronounced and jeopardize the credibility of U.S. commitments abroad.
U.S. Reps. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Ken Calvert (R-CA), co-chairs of the California Aerospace Caucus, sent a letter to U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall III last week, urging for the permanent relocation of the U.S. Space Force (USSF) upcoming Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) headquarters to either Los Angeles Air Force Base or the Vandenburg Space Force Base.
July 6, 2022 -- The City of Santa Monica will receive $16.3 million in State funding for three projects, with another $1.5 million from the Federal Government likely to follow.
The State funding -- part of the $308 billion budget signed by Governor Gavin Newsom last week -- includes $10 million to help modernize the City yards and $4.8 million to improve a stretch of Lincoln Boulevard.
Another $1.5 million is earmarked to help fund the Santa Monica Behavioral Health Center project that will initially focus on the homeless.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that the nearly $1.4 million in federal funding he requested for two community projects in Venice has been included in the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill that will be brought up for a vote in the House in the coming weeks. First, Congressman Lieu requested $500,000 to fully furnish and equip the Venice Family Clinic to ensure it can continue to provide high-quality care to its patients. Second, Rep. Lieu requested around $900,000 for the Purpose Lab Employment Project at the St.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that the $2.5 million in federal funding he requested for two community projects in Santa Monica has been included in the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill that will be brought up for a vote in the House in the coming weeks. First, Congressman Lieu requested $1.5 million for the Santa Monica Behavioral Health Center, which provides around-the-clock behavioral health care for the community and for people experiencing homelessness. Second, Rep.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that the $2.5 million in federal funding he requested for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in Los Angeles has been included in the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill that will be brought up for a vote in the House in the coming weeks. The funding will help build the largest wildlife crossing in the world, which will protect mountain lions and other wildlife from highway traffic and increase public safety.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that the $2 million in federal funding he requested for a University of California (UCLA) climate research project has been included in the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill that will be brought up for a vote in the House in the coming weeks. The project focuses on removing carbon dioxide from the ocean to help reduce carbon in the atmosphere and fight climate change.