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February 3, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on Elon Musk and the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle government institutions.


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January 27, 2025

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) joined Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and fellow Committee Democrats in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing concerns over the Trump Administration’s recent actions that undermine the State Department’s mission, its workforce, and U.S. global leadership.


January 23, 2025

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) beamed Wednesday morning that a “golden age” had arrived amid excitement about what Republicans could now deliver.

He brushed away questions about President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons for Jan. 6 rioters, saying “we’re not looking backwards, we’re looking forward.”

Less than four hours later Johnson announced a special committee that would reinvestigate events “preceding and following” the assault on the Capitol four years ago.


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October 18, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on the death of Hamas leader and terrorist Yahya Sinwar.


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October 7, 2024

LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the October 7th terrorist attacks in Israel.


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September 10, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), along with House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC), introduced legislation to further strengthen the State Department’s Subnational Diplomacy Unit (SDU), which supports city and state-level international diplomacy.


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August 1, 2024

LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the Biden Administration secured the release of four Americans unjustly held in Russia.


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June 20, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, on World Refugee Day, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were joined by 58 of their House colleagues and 22 of their Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution that reaffirms the United States’ commitment to supporting refugees and displaced persons across the world.


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May 29, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-CA) announced that language to prevent AI from autonomously launching nuclear weapons was included in the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that recently passed through the House Armed Services Committee.


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May 10, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) joined House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and Chinese Communist Party Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) to introduce the Taiwan Allies Fund Act.