Civil Rights and Social Justice
LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in observance of Labor Day.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's broad decision giving President Trump immunity from prosecution on all official acts. Congressman Lieu previously served as an Impeachment Manager for the second impeachment of Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the United States Supreme Court unanimously voted to reject a challenge to the abortion pill mifepristone.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he submitted 15 requests for Community Project Funding to the House Committee on Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2025.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in relation to recent violent incidents on college campuses.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Congressman Kevin Mullin (D-CA), and Congressman Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) announced the introduction of the Prevent Homelessness Act, a bill that provides increased funding to prevent renters and homeowners from losing their homes.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-CA) and Congressmembers Deborah Ross (D-NC), Hillary Scholten (D-MI) and Maxwell Frost (D-FL) introduced the Reproductive Data Privacy and Protection Act. The legislation would protect reproductive health care from law enforcement’s use of surveillance technologies.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Congressman Andy Kim (D-NJ) introduced legislation to help determine whether the Department of State is denying security clearances solely because of an individual’s racial, cultural or ethnic background.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that he secured over $1 million in federal funding for local housing and homelessness projects across Los Angeles County. The Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bill was signed into law by President Biden on Saturday, March 9, 2024. These important projects will expand community access to affordable housing and supportive services to help reduce homelessness in LA County.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (D-NC) introduced the Empowering Mass Participation to Offset the Wealthy's Electoral Role (EMPOWER) Act, legislation to modernize the presidential public financing system to help publicly funded candidates compete. The bill is the House companion to Senate legislation introduced by Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM).