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May 4, 2017

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WashingtonToday, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement celebrating May 4th as the "National Day of Reason" – a day celebrating the application of reason and logic in the affairs of humankind. On April 6, 2017, Congressman Lieu introduced H.Res. 263 designating today as the "National Day of Reason."


May 3, 2017

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Washington - U.S. Representatives Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), Bill Flores (R-Texas), and Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) have formed and will serve as co-chairs of Congressional Caucus on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality Technologies for the 115th Congress. The co-chairs released the following joint statement regarding formation of the caucus:


May 3, 2017

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WashingtonToday, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement regarding the news that hackers have used the SS7 vulnerability in the global mobile network to drain bank customer accounts.


May 3, 2017

The Supreme Court declined to take up a challenge to California's conversion therapy ban this week, effectively upholding the law that prohibits licensed counselors such as social workers and therapists from offering therapy aimed at changing a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity, a practice that's been widely discredited as ineffective and harmful.


May 2, 2017

It appears the United States government is finally doing right by its citizens. On Monday, The U.S. Supreme Court left intact California's 2012 law banning "gay conversion" therapy.

The measure, which will remain in place, bans licensed doctors, psychologists, family therapists, and social workers from administering any therapy that attempts to change a person's sexual orientation or identity.


May 1, 2017

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WashingtonToday, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement regarding the news that controversial Trump Administration staffer Sebastian Gorka will be leaving his post at the White House.

"Remember that time Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton had someone with deep ties to the anti-Semitic far-right serve on their senior staff? You can't? Neither can I."


May 1, 2017

Long before his depiction in Broadway's most popular musical, Alexander Hamilton was a noted defender of the free press, advocating for journalists' right to tell the truth without facing legal retribution from the nation's most powerful men.


May 1, 2017

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WashingtonToday, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement following the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of a challenge to the constitutionality of the state of California's law banning so-called "gay conversion therapy." Mr. Lieu authored the CA ban on conversion therapy in 2012.


May 1, 2017

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WashingtonToday, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement regarding the disturbing and provocative moves recently made by the Trump Administration regarding North Korea.