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In a huge step forward for LGBTQ rights, Democrats in Congress have just introduced a bill that would ban conversion therapy across the nation.
Called the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017, and introduced by Representative Ted Lieu (D-Ca.), Senator Patty Murray (D-Wa.), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), the bill would label conversion therapy treatments as fraud with the Federal Trade Commission, bringing an end to most anti-LGBTQ therapy programs across the country.
Trying to change someone's sexual orientation could soon become a thing of the past — not to mention illegal.
This week, Democratic lawmakers introduced the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017, which would allow the Federal Trade Commission to classify practitioners of conversion therapy, a therapy meant to change a person's sexual orientation, as fraudulent.
Democratic lawmakers this week introduced a bill that would ban the practice of "conversion therapy," treatments that historically have targeted the LGBT community and claim to be able to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) blasted President Trump's proposed tax reform policy on Monday, calling it "voodoo economics on steroids" that's as credible as the existence of "magic, unicorns, or Batman."
The Trump administration prepared Wednesday to release a tax reform plan that calls for big corporate rate cuts and an increase in standard deductions, a pricey package that could face an uphill climb in Congress.
"This is going to be the biggest tax cut and the largest tax reform in the history of our country and we are committed to seeing this through," Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said during a morning forum sponsored by The Hill.
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Washington – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement regarding President Trump's proposed tax plan.
"I can explain in one word why the Trump tax plan and Trumpcare are both disasters: math. No matter how hard the President and Republicans spin it, 2 + 2 will never equal 5."
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Washington – Today, Congressman Lieu and 68 Members of Congress introduced the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 to stop so-called "conversion therapy." Conversion therapy falsely purports to change an individual's sexual orientation. It is wholly ineffective and causes serious harm to those subjected to it.
A bill to ban conversion therapy died last year in Congress. On Tuesday, they'll file it again.
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Los Angeles – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement regarding Yom Hashoah Ve Hagevurah – the Day of the Holocaust and the Heroism:
"Today, we mark Yom Hashoah Ve Hagevurah—the Day of the Holocaust and the Heroism. We remember the darkest chapter of our history to instill its lessons on the next generation and honor those who resisted the Nazis' mission of hate.
The congressman representing UCLA and much of West Los Angeles held a town hall Thursday where he used satire, video clips and celebrities to keep the discussion light.
About 400 people packed the Santa Monica High School theater and greeted Rep. Ted Lieu with a standing ovation.
Lieu has garnered national attention in the months following the inauguration because of his vocal criticism of President Donald Trump's administration, both online and through media interviews.