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WASHINGTON - Today, Representatives Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) and Ruben Gallego (D I Arizona), both military veterans, wrote to Defense Secretary James Mattis urging him to "impress upon President Trump that holding a military parade in our nation's capital would be a frivolous, unnecessary exercise that could harm America's image." The letter follows reports that the Pentagon is planning a parade showcasing American military hardware at Trump's urging.
In the letter, Mr. Lieu and Mr. Gallego write:
The racist insult against Dreamers by President Donald Trump's chief of staff was so toxic Tuesday that Fox News Channel ignored it in prime time while CNN and MSNBC played it up in heavy rotation.
The Trump enforcer, General John Kelly, told The Washington Post on a recording that some eligible residents did not file for DACA immigration status because they were "too lazy to get off their asses."
White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly on Tuesday suggested that some young immigrants eligible for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program failed to apply for the legal protections because they were too afraid — or "too lazy to get off their asses."
Kelly's portrayal of young immigrants as "lazy" infuriated advocates, Democratic lawmakers and "dreamers" themselves. Critics called the statement "ignorant," "discriminatory" and "cruel." There are many barriers to applying to DACA, advocates say, including fear, cost and misinformation. But laziness?
LOS ANGELES – On Saturday, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) joined local lawmakers and environmental groups to express their opposition to offshore drilling in the Pacific Ocean. The event, which was hosted at the Santa Monica Pier by Sen. Ben Allen, featured a broad coalition of local leaders committed to keeping coastal ecosystems safe. Federal officials in attendance included Congresswomen Nanette Diaz Barragan (D-CA) and Maxine Waters (D-CA).
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D - Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the White House approved releasing the House GOP's "Nunes memo" without the companion Democratic memo. Rep. Lieu sits on the House Judiciary committee, which has oversight over the FBI, the Department of Justice and the authorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Rep.
I went into the State of the Union address trying to keep an open mind. President Donald Trump spent the first year of his presidency spewing hateful ideas and promoting policies harmful to our democratic institutions and Americans. Still, I had hoped the president would take steps to unify our increasingly fractured nation. Unfortunately, that didn't happen.
Congressmen Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, and Justin Amash, R-Mich., have reintroduced legislation to block the use of civil asset forfeiture funds to support the Drug Enforcement Agency's marijuana eradication program.
The Stop Civil Asset Forfeiture Funding for Marijuana Suppression Act is a laudable proposal to limit the federal government's capacity to ramp up enforcement of what should be dealt with at the state level while also calling attention to the problem of civil asset forfeiture.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D - Los Angeles County) issued the following statement ahead of the State of the Union. The President is expected to address infrastructure in his speech.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D - Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after it was reported that the Trump Administration may not be implementing new sanctions on Russia as required by a bill passed by Congress in 2017..
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) of the House Judiciary Committee said the classified memo Republicans say indicates anti-Trump bias at the Department of Justice is "worse than a nothing burger."
"It's worse than a nothing burger, it's like having nothing mustard," Lieu told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "There is factual inaccuracies, it's misleading. If they're going to release that memo, then they have to release the Democratic memo so that the public has a full view of actually what happened."