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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after Donald Trump and House Republicans shut down the federal government.
“Americans are already crushed under the stress of inflation and a weak economy. Now add to that the biggest increase in health insurance costs in 15 years. And where are Republicans? On vacation. Republicans chose to shut the government down instead of saving health care for Americans and voting to release the Epstein files.
House Democratic leaders let loose on Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, hammering the Defense secretary over new directives to the nation’s generals urging an end to “woke” policies at the Pentagon and a return to “male standards” on the battlefield.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled to allow the Trump Administration to continue carrying out immigration raids in California.
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Congressman Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) called into the Julie Mason Show on SiriusXM. They discussed everything from the bipartisan discharge petition to release the full Epstein files, to Trump's deployment of the military to American cities.
LOS ANGELES – On Saturday, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D - Los Angeles County) hosted his Annual Multi-District Service Academy Day at Da Vinci Schools. Attendees heard speakers from the United States Air Force Academy, United States Military Academy, United States Naval Academy, United States Coast Guard Academy and the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
Gay California U.S. Rep. Mark Takano, chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, Rep. Ted Lieu of California, and Oregon U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, all Democrats, led 187 lawmakers on Monday in submitting a friend of the court, or amicus brief, to the U.S. Supreme Court in Chiles v.
LOS ANGELES - Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in response to unprecedented attacks on UCLA by the Trump Administration.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) joined House Democrats in honoring the 90th anniversary of Social Security. As the Trump Administration continues to gut the Social Security Administration (SSA), Congressman Lieu is advocating for seniors, disabled Americans, and families who have lost loved ones that depend on Social Security.
Congressman Ted Lieu held a telephone town hall July 30 with three top health officials from his 36th District about what will happen now that “The Big Beautiful Bill Act” has become law. It was signed by President Trump July 4. Lieu opposed it.
The health officials on the call were Dr. Anish Mahajan, chief deputy director of L.A. County Department of Public Health; Dr. Mitesh Popat, CEO of Venice Family Clinic; and Dr. Andrea Turner, CEO of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. The event took place on a House Democrats’ “Medicaid and Medicare Matters Day of Action.”
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday evening, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) hosted a telephone town hall with Dr. Anish Mahajan, Chief Deputy Director at LA County Department of Public Health; Dr. Mitesh Popat, CEO of Venice Family Clinic; and Dr. Andrea Turner, CEO of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.