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July 29, 2022

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.


July 14, 2022

Did Supreme Court Justices lie in their confirmation hearings before Congress, and are they subject to impeachment or other redress for doing so? Although none of the Justices Donald Trump nominated would explicitly answer the question of whether they'd overturn Roe v.


July 13, 2022

In a jointly signed letter, Democratic representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ted Lieu have formally asked the Senate to decide whether Supreme Court justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh lied under oath during their confirmation hearings in 2017 and 2018, respectively.


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July 11, 2022

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.


June 29, 2022

EDITOR'S NOTE: California Congressman Ted Lieu has recently co-sponsored legislation drawing its inspiration from a New Deal program that supported writers during the Great Depression. Congressman Lieu took out time from his heavy schedule to discuss with this bill with LARB Legal Affairs Editor Don Franzen.


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June 24, 2022

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after both the House and Senate passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a commonsense, bipartisan gun safety package to reduce the threat of gun violence and save lives. The bill now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law.


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June 24, 2022

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.


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June 22, 2022

WASHINGTON – Congressmen Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) introduced a resolution expressing the House of Representatives' expectation of the Government of Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, to comply with the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocol.


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June 21, 2022

WASHINGTON – In honor of World Refugee Day on June 20, Representative Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and U.S.