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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 6, 2017
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WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in honor of Labor Day, which will be celebrated on Monday, September 4, 2017.
Since Inauguration Day, anti-Trump resistors nationwide have turned to California as a laboratory for a new liberal democracy. What they don't realize is that, years ago, somebody broke into our lab and ransacked the equipment, leaving behind one beaker and a microscope with the eyepiece missing.
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WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) sent a letter to the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), urging one of the largest public pension funds in the country to take immediate action to remedy serious legal and ethical issues regarding indirect payments to the Trump Organization.
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in light of House passage of Representative Brat's (R-VA) amendment (#21) to the national security "minibus" spending bill—the Department of Defense Appropriations Act—for Fiscal Year 2018. Amendment #21 prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from spending money on any study that causes significant pain or distress to dogs. Mr. Lieu is a cosponsor of the Brat Amendment.