Civil Rights and Social Justice
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South Bay Rep. Ted Lieu was named assistant whip Tuesday for the House Democratic caucus, an organizational role aimed at helping mobilize the minority party.
Lieu, president of the freshman Democratic class in the last Congress, will assist Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, who has served in the post since 2002.
It's a scene that continues to unfold in Washington state: A helicopter hovers low over the trees, deep inside a park in the Cascade Mountains; a SWAT team dressed in Kevlar rappels from the chopper to the ground; other officers, federal agents and state environmental officials move toward the site on foot, alert for armed guards, booby traps and razor fencing.
The targets of these taxpayer-funded efforts aren't terrorism suspects or dangerous fugitives — they are marijuana plants.
California has a long-standing legal medical marijuana industry with a legal recreational industry on the way. It's therefore understandable that members of our state's congressional delegation have been asking tough questions about why the federal Drug Enforcement Administration devotes millions of dollars a year to uprooting cannabis plants in California.
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Washington – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement regarding the House Republican Majority's gutting of the independent House Ethics Committee by voting to include the Goodlatte amendment in their Rules package.
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Washington – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) shared the following information, recapping the legislative accomplishments during his freshman term. During the 114th Congress, language from seven pieces of legislation sponsored by Congressman Lieu was signed into law.
Revitalizing the West LA VA and Supporting Homeless Veterans
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles), a member of the House Committee on the Budget and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has issued a series of statements condemning President-elect Donald Trump's appointees:
Despite the rampant conspiracies that were shared widely during the presidential election and the subsequent uproar over fake news, disinform
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Washington – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement following U.S. intelligence professionals’ conclusion that Russia interfered in U.S. elections for the purposes of affecting the outcome.
The row house on Cecil Avenue was just like any other in the East Baltimore neighborhood where Rafiq Shaw lives. But one chilly day in December 2015, he had the bad luck to be walking by right as the police were getting ready for a raid.
"All out of the blue a bunch of police cars pulled up and grabbed me," Shaw said. "They threw me to the wall and put cuffs on me." The officers insisted he had come out of the house, which Shaw just as vehemently denied. "They thought I was someone else," he said. "That's what they thought the whole time. They called a name out that wasn't me."