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LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced that the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) would be receiving a $1.24 billion grant award from funds allocated in the American Rescue Plan (ARP). This ARP transit grant program assists transit agencies around the country by enabling them to operate and employ critical transit workers as communities manage the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
LOS ANGELES – Yesterday, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) joined Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and other elected officials to tour the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. During the tour, the group discussed the processing of goods through the ports, impacts on the supply chain and the important work being done to address infrastructure needs at our ports. In remarks following the tour, Congressman Lieu emphasized they ways in which the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will benefit communities in and around Los Angeles.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in recognition of the one-year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection.
WASHINGTON – Today, Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles) reintroduced the Climate Solutions Act. Congressman Lieu, co-author of California's landmark Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, ran for Congress to help tackle climate change. Today, he reintroduced a bold, progressive plan to cut carbon pollution and invest in America's green energy industry.
For so many of us, the conclusion of 2021 was bittersweet. It was a difficult year with numerous challenges, but we've made incredible strides on managing the COVID-19 pandemic, including rolling out miraculous vaccines to millions of Americans and preventing thousands of deaths in the process. In Congress, we've been able to accomplish a lot – including historic investments in infrastructure and American workers through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the American Rescue plan.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) sent a letter along with 13 of his colleagues urging the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to support using coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) to help diagnose heart disease. CCTA is a noninvasive imaging procedure that detects coronary artery disease and quantifies the narrowing of arteries among patients with chest pain.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) says that Mark Meadows, former Trump Chief of Staff, doesn't want to "go down in history" as a man held in contempt of Congress.
Watch interview HERE.
Harvard chemistry professor Charles Lieber went on federal trial in Boston Tuesday over whether he misled the U.S. Defense Department and others about his relationship with a Chinese university, testing the government's policing of U.S.-China collaborations after a similar case ended in an acquittal earlier this year.
Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA) discusses the House contempt vote on former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and the new details of his communications on January 6th.
Watch the interview HERE.
In the wake of Rep. Lauren Boebert's Islamophobic comments suggesting that Rep. Ilhan Omar was a suicide bomber, House Republicans spent much of a Thursday hearing mocking a bill put forth by the Muslim Minnesota congresswoman to combat Islamophobia worldwide.