Committee Work
The House Oversight Committee is preparing to subpoena the Justice Department for its files related to the sex trafficking investigation into the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, after three Republicans broke with their party to join Democrats to vote on the matter.
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives continue to spar over the release of additional files related to the federal investigation into deceased financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Democrats are showing they’re ready to get dirty and hit President Trump where it hurts by stoking the Jeffrey Epstein controversy that’s severed his MAGA movement.
The strategy strays from the official line coming from top Democrats such as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), who say they want their midterm campaign message to center on Medicaid cuts and other kitchen-table policies contained in Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
But the focus on Epstein has also been remarkably successful, energizing the Democratic grassroots and aggravating tensions within the GOP.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after voting against Donald Trump's Big Ugly Bill, H.R. 1. The bill passed the House 218-214 and will now be signed into law. In California, more than 2.3 million people will lose health insurance and 368,000 could lose access to food assistance because of this bill.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) joins Meet the Press NOW to condemn the forcible removal of his colleague Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) after disrupting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles.
The sprawling legislation carrying President Trump’s domestic agenda squeaked through the House with one vote to spare, but some Republicans now say they didn’t realize what they voted for.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Green, wearing a dark dress, stands before a microphone at a metal lectern. To her right is an American flag.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene at a town hall meeting in April. She is one of several lawmakers who learned after voting for the president’s policy bill that it contained measures they oppose.Credit...Nicole Craine for The New York Times
U.S. Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA) is urging House Republicans to bring up a vote on whether or not President Donald Trump should accept a luxury jet from the government of Qatar.
Trump has said he “would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer” and explained: “I could be a stupid person and say, ‘no, we don’t want a free, very expensive airplane.’”
House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) joins Meet the Press NOW to defend his party's strategy to oppose Republicans' proposed budget bill and to block President Trump's agenda.
The Trump administration, including prominent figures like Defense Secretary Hegseth and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, is downplaying the severity of the fallout from the Signal group chat incident. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) calls for Hegseth's resignation or firing, discusses DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's visit to El Salvador, and more.