118th Congress
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) released the following statement marking Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmembers Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Zach Nunn (R-IA), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Marcus Molinaro (R-NY) introduced the Federal Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Act, a bipartisan and bicameral bill to require U.S. federal agencies and vendors to follow the AI risk management guidelines put forth by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the Biden-Harris Administration announced that it had secured the release of ten Americans detained in Venezuela, including Eyvin Hernandez, a UCLA Law School graduate and longtime LA County Public Defender.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that in 2023, organizations and agencies within his district in Los Angeles County received more than $627 million in federal grants. The Office of Congressman Ted Lieu offers grant support services to Congressman Lieu’s constituents by fulfilling grant information requests and writing and submitting letters of support for grant applicants.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu issued the following statement after the House and Senate passed his bill, the Accountability in Assignment Restrictions and Reviews Act, as a part of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act. Congressman Lieu’s bill builds on his previous legislation passed in the FY22 NDAA that focused on creating an independent appeals process and more transparency around State Department employees who are subjected to assignment restrictions.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after voting against opening a MAGA Republican-led impeachment inquiry.
Conversion therapy—a practice aimed at changing someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity—has been widely discredited and is banned in 22 states and the District of Columbia. But more than 1,300 practitioners still offer conversion therapy in the U.S., according to a new report shared exclusively with TIME.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Senators Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) and Alex Padilla (D-California) introduced the Timely Review of SNAP Online Retailer Applications Act, which would speed up the application review process for online-only grocery retailers.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH), and Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) introduced Tyler’s Law, bipartisan legislation aimed at preventing fentanyl overdoses in the United States.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) introduced the Protecting Americans from Unauthorized Surveillance Act, which would require the involvement of third-party technical experts in every court-ordered decision to surveil a U.S. citizen. This bill would require the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Court to appoint a technical expert every time it evaluates a FISA application. Currently, the FISA Court relies on technical experts for cases that the court considers particularly complex. Rep.