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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has confirmed a report by The Associated Press that some of the service members who were mobilized to Washington, D.C., last month in response to civil unrest over the killing of George Floyd were issued bayonets. Defense documents obtained by the AP show some were not trained in riot response.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the House passed the Moving Forward Act, a sweeping $1.5 trillion plan to rebuild American infrastructure and support American families. The legislation includes critical investments to improve our roads and transit systems; create millions of jobs; and put the United States on a path toward a clean energy future.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in support of the Select Committee on Climate Change's Congressional Action Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. The plan would put the country on a path to net-zero carbon pollution by 2050.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) sent a letter the Secretary Pompeo expressing their concern over reports that Russia paid bounties to militants to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) introduced a bill to enable Congress to independently enforce subpoenas and other Congressional actions by directly levying penalties against those refusing to comply.
"We've seen unprecedented and illegal obstruction by the Trump administration to Congress," Ted Lieu said.
House Democrats increasingly frustrated by the Trump administration for defying subpoenas are proposing legislation that would ratchet up their power to punish executive branch officials who reject their requests.
The big revelations of the moment — the reports that Russia may have paid bounties for the killing of U.S.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in honor of World Refugee Day 2020.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program must continue after the Trump Administration tried to eliminate the program that allows some people brought to the United States illegally as children to remain in the U.S. lawfully.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in honor of Juneteenth. Congressman Lieu joined Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee in calling for Juneteenth to become a Federal Holiday.