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Civil Rights and Social Justice

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February 8, 2022

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) shared a letter he sent with 39 bipartisan Members of Congress last week urging the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education to take concrete measures to address antisemitism on college campuses and universities.


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February 7, 2022

WASHINGTON – Today Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY) sent a letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig urging the IRS to halt its plan to employ facial recognition technology and consult with a wide variety of stakeholders before deciding on an alternative.


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January 14, 2022

LOS ANGELES - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after fliers containing antisemitic vitriol were found around elementary and middle schools in Santa Monica.


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January 12, 2022

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.


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January 6, 2022

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.


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January 5, 2022

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.


January 3, 2022
Opinion: Op-Eds

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.

Issues: Civil Rights and Social Justice Local Issues Veterans

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December 20, 2021

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.


December 14, 2021

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.