Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, Congress Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that his guest for President Donald Trump’s Joint Address to Congress will be Shannon Whaley, Ph.D., Director of Research and Evaluation at PHFE WIC. PHFE WIC, a program of Heluna Health, is the largest nonprofit WIC nutrition network in the United States, serving more than 190,000 low-income individuals each month in Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.
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 on Elon Musk and the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle government institutions.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s efforts to freeze federal funding allocated to important public services nationwide.
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.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) joined U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), as well as 47 bipartisan members of the California Congressional delegation in urging President Biden to grant Governor Gavin Newsom’s request for a major disaster declaration in response to the devastating wildfires impacting the greater Los Angeles area.
LOS ANGELES – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on the ongoing wildfires in greater Los Angeles.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) was sworn in to his sixth term serving as the United States Representative for California’s 36th Congressional District. Upon being sworn in, Congressman Lieu issued the following statement.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) praised the House passage of the Federal Judiciary Stabilization Act, which will make 10 temporary federal judgeships permanent. One of those judgeships includes a position in southern California. This bipartisan bill introduced by Rep. Lieu and Congressman Lance Gooden (R-TX) will help mitigate issues courts across the country have had with high caseloads and federal judge shortages.