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WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D – Los Angeles County) introduced the Prevent Evictions Act to address the eviction crisis by supporting cost-effective solutions to keep families in their homes. The bill is the companion legislation to a U.S.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) sent a letter to inspector General Mike Horowitz calling for an investigation into the Justice Department and BOP's inadequate and discriminatory response to the Covid-19 outbreaks at our prisons. This letter comes after former Trump campaign staffer Paul Manafort was put allowed to be moved to home confinement while countless inmates have not been allowed similar precautions in light of the pandemic.
In the letter, the Members write:
Donald Trump abruptly halted a press conference on Monday after being challenged by an Asian American reporter whom he told: "Don't ask me. Ask China."
With the stars and stripes at his back, Trump held his first press briefing since 27 April in the White House rose garden, flanked by testing equipment and swabs and signs that proclaimed: "America leads the world in testing."
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) joined Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), in sending a letter to House and Senate leadership calling for provisions from the Price Gouging Prevention Act to be included in the next COVID-19 stimulus package.
US elected officials and civil rights leaders are encouraging the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities to speak out against acts of racism happening during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Stop AAPI Hate, an online site that tracks coronavirus-related racist acts, more than 1,600 incidents have been reported across the country in the last two and a half months. Among the cases, two-thirds were verbal attacks, and more than 10 percent were physical attacks.
A 58-year-old man became the sixth Terminal Island inmate to test positive for COVID-19 and then die as the prison continues to get pummled by the virus.
Eduardo Robles-Holguin originally had been convicted of illegally reentering the United States and died in a hospital on Monday, May 4.
He reported symptoms to the medical staff, tested positive for the disease and, on April 25, was placed on a ventilator at a hospital, officials said.
WASHINGTON — Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) and Nanette Barragan (D-San Pedro) on April 30 sent a letter to the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons calling for the release or home confinement of all inmates at Terminal Island, a federal prison facility in San Pedro.
The letter to Michael Carvajal, which was copied to Attorney General William Barr, comes following reports that more than half of all inmates have tested positive for COVID-19. It reads as follows:
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) sent a letter to Congressional leadership calling for nonprofits to be included as eligible beneficiaries of the Paycheck Protection Program.
In the letter, Mr. Lieu writes: