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Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) joins Meet the Press NOW to condemn the forcible removal of his colleague Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) after disrupting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles.
WASHINGTON – Today, House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) joined House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene for a press conference. During the press conference, Congressman Lieu denounced looters and violence exacerbated by President Trump federalizing the National Guard and deploying Marines to Los Angeles.
Read the transcript of Congressman Lieu’s opening remarks:
Michael Gold
The sprawling legislation carrying President Trump’s domestic agenda squeaked through the House with one vote to spare, but some Republicans now say they didn’t realize what they voted for.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Green, wearing a dark dress, stands before a microphone at a metal lectern. To her right is an American flag.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene at a town hall meeting in April. She is one of several lawmakers who learned after voting for the president’s policy bill that it contained measures they oppose.Credit...Nicole Craine for The New York Times
Mike Lillis
A top House Democrat is needling Republicans who helped pass President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” through the lower chamber last month but have since voiced regrets upon learning of certain provisions they didn’t know were included in the 1,037-page package.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after House Republicans passed the Big, Ugly Bill that gave tax breaks to billionaires at the expense of everyday Americans.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on the passing of Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA).
Meet the Press
House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) joins Meet the Press NOW to defend his party's strategy to oppose Republicans' proposed budget bill and to block President Trump's agenda.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Congressman Maxwell Frost (D-FL), and Congressman Deborah Ross (D-NC) reintroduced the Reproductive Data Privacy and Protection Act. This legislation would prevent law enforcement from improperly surveilling women receiving reproductive health care, including preventing access to health messaging apps, period trackers, and geolocation data.
Cassie Semyon
When President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday that he wanted to tax foreign made films, it caught California Democrats off guard.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Congressman Donald Beyer (D-VA) and Congressman Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) reintroduced the Protecting Data at the Border Act, which would require law enforcement to obtain a warrant before searching an American’s laptop and phone at a port of entry.