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WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement regarding the resignation of Michael Flynn.
"Let's be clear: Michael Flynn resigned because the press brought his egregious misconduct to the attention of the American people. Our Republic depends on the Freedom of the Press.
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Washington – Last week, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) sent a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Administration Committee—which is responsible for modernizing House internal management and operations— to offer recommendations to better protect the House of Representatives from threats in cyberspace.
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WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement welcoming the addition of Diana Parr, a senior Brookings fellow focusing on cyber security, to his Capitol Hill office.
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WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in response to yesterday's missile launch by North Korea.
While American Spies was written prior to Donald Trump winning the 2016 presidential election, it has become vital and relevant under the new Republican administration.
Speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Friday, President Trump said he plans to "look into" reports his national security adviser discussed U.S. sanctions with Russian officials before his inauguration.
It's been nearly two years since Nadia Levine fielded the frantic calls — the first one from her husband, the next from a coworker.
Panicked, Levine dialed both her children's schools as she scrolled down the front page of CNN.com on Feb. 18, 2015. A fire raged blocks away from the Torrance, California, home her family had moved into only a month before. On a business trip nearly 3,000 miles away in Connecticut, Levine scrambled to find numbers for neighbors who could check to see whether the house was still standing.
Congressional Democrats on Friday called for an investigation into whether White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn discussed U.S. sanctions in phone calls with Russia's ambassador while President Barack Obama was still in office, conversations that may have broken U.S. law aimed at barring private citizens from conducting diplomacy.
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Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) and Congressman Ruben Gallego (D | Arizona) – both of whom served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces – issued the following statement calling for President Trump to fire General Michael Flynn.
"General Michael Flynn sought to undermine the foreign policy of a sitting American President. And then he lied – repeatedly and egregiously – about his actions. Donald Trump should fire Michael Flynn immediately."
Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu of California is considering introducing a bill that would require a psychiatrist's presence at the White House. As the Huffington Post reports, a physician's presence has long been written into the law, but the POTUS' mental health largely evades discussion—blame stigma for that one. Arguably, installing a mental health professional near the president is a long overdue measure.