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LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after California voters passed Proposition 50, which requires temporary use of new congressional district maps through 2030. The passage means California will use new, legislatively drawn congressional district maps starting in 2026.
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.
LOS ANGELES – Yesterday, Congressman Ted W. Lieu met with leaders from Meals on Wheels West to discuss the impact of federal funding cuts to anti-hunger programs and to speak with Meals on Wheels volunteers and beneficiaries.
Dear neighbor,
It is now the third week of the Republican government shutdown. I joined my fellow House Democrats back in D.C. to work on behalf of the American people, fight to lower costs, and save healthcare.
Where were Republicans? On vacation.
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.