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Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) says that Mark Meadows, former Trump Chief of Staff, doesn't want to "go down in history" as a man held in contempt of Congress.
Watch interview HERE.
Harvard chemistry professor Charles Lieber went on federal trial in Boston Tuesday over whether he misled the U.S. Defense Department and others about his relationship with a Chinese university, testing the government's policing of U.S.-China collaborations after a similar case ended in an acquittal earlier this year.
Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA) discusses the House contempt vote on former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and the new details of his communications on January 6th.
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In the wake of Rep. Lauren Boebert's Islamophobic comments suggesting that Rep. Ilhan Omar was a suicide bomber, House Republicans spent much of a Thursday hearing mocking a bill put forth by the Muslim Minnesota congresswoman to combat Islamophobia worldwide.
Rep. Eric Swalwell and Rep. Ted Lieu join Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss what the frivolous lawsuit from Mark Meadows and the Trump team stonewalling the January 6 Committee means for its investigation and the trickle-down effect on the rule of law, as Rep. Swalwell says, "If people start to believe that law and order doesn't matter anymore, then as a democracy and as a country, we're lost."
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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the House passed the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. The NDAA includes provisions authored by Congressman Lieu that will help ensure greater oversight of our military operations by Congress.
Animal Wellness Action (AWA) and the Animal Wellness Foundation (AWF) applauded Members of Congress for pressing the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), the law enforcement arm of the service, to crack down against illegal animal fighting shipments that continue to be uncovered by AWA in their ongoing investigations. The lawmakers specifically call out the shipment of thousands of fighting birds shipped through the U.S. mail from cockfighters in the states to the U.S. territory of Guam.
As millions of Americans prepare to travel during the holiday season, several Democratic lawmakers are pushing for President Joe Biden to require passengers on domestic flights to either provide proof of vaccination or produce a negative COVID-19 test to prevent a "devastating winter surge" in cases.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-CA) announced the reintroduction of the Arms Sale Oversight Act, which would align House procedure for reviewing major arms sales with existing Senate procedure under the Arms Export Control Act. The bill makes it possible for any House member to force debate on the House floor in the event that the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) does not debate a contested arms sale.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Vice Chair Pete Aguilar (D-CA) held a leadership press conference where they highlighted House Democrats' work to bring President Biden's historic Build Back Better Agenda over the finish line. They were joined by DPCC Co-Chairs Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) and Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO).