Veterans
LOS ANGELES – Ahead of Veterans Day, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) hosted his annual community forum honoring local veterans in Los Angeles County. The Congressman, an Air Force veteran, invited veterans to share stories that capture the joys and sacrifices of their service.
Millions of people across the United States who rely on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to put food on the table are facing uncertainty as President Donald Trump has said he is withholding emergency funding until the government shutdown ends. Although two federal judges ruled that freezing SNAP payments is unlawful, Trump said he would withhold all SNAP payments until the shutdown concluded, in turn violating the court orders.
Dear neighbor,
We’re in week two of a Republican government shutdown and Republicans have once again cancelled votes and extended their vacations.
This is unacceptable. House Democrats continue to show up for work, fight for the American people, and demand Republicans work with us to prevent health insurance premiums from doubling for millions of Americans.
To make matters worse, Republicans are now threatening to withhold pay from military personnel, who are supposed to be paid next week.
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 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.
House Democrats have organized an official caucus of military veterans — who are Democrats.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 8340, the Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act. This bill, which Congressman Lieu cosponsored, would amend in statute the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s definition of annual income to ensure that disability benefits do not count against a veteran’s eligibility for housing.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement commending the Department of Housing and Urban Development for changing HUD-Department of Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program policies to ensure that veterans who receive disability payments would not be excluded from the program.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32) called for the Department of Housing and Urban Development to change its policy on counting service-connected disability benefits as income so that homeless disabled veterans can access housing.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that in 2023, organizations and agencies within his district in Los Angeles County received more than $627 million in federal grants. The Office of Congressman Ted Lieu offers grant support services to Congressman Lieu’s constituents by fulfilling grant information requests and writing and submitting letters of support for grant applicants.