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June 26, 2019

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after his amendment supporting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Wildlife Detector Dog Program passed the House as a part of an appropriations package. The program is a part of a national effort to combat illegal wildlife trafficking.


June 26, 2019

WASHINGTON ― House progressives showed Speaker Nancy Pelosi they had the power to drag legislation further to the left. Now, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is showing them he has the power to make them irrelevant.

Issues: Immigration

June 25, 2019

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after the House passed an appropriations bill with an accompanying report that directs the Bureau of Justice Statistic (BJS) to collect information on pretrial detention. Rep.


June 25, 2019

WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in light of new polling data from VoteVets and Concerned Veterans for America.


June 25, 2019

Donald Trump recently called "impeachment" a "dirty, filthy, disgusting word," but his continued stonewalling of legitimate congressional oversight requests are moving more and more House Democrats to embrace that "filthy" concept. That was the very point made by Rep.


June 20, 2019

WASHINGTON – Today, on World Refugee Day, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed a resolution introduced by Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO), Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) , reaffirming U.S. commitment to the protection of refugees and displaced persons. Rep.


June 19, 2019

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced the passage of an Amendment he introduced to stop the Trump Administration from selling weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates without Congressional approval. Yesterday, Rep.


June 19, 2019

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced a provision he proposed banning the production of Low-Yield nuclear weapons passed the House today as a part of an appropriations package. The provision prohibits the research, development, production and deployment of low-yield nuclear warheads for submarine-launched ballistic missiles.


June 19, 2019

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced that three provisions he proposed on Lymphedema research and resources were included in H.R. 2740, the appropriations bill that passed the House today.

Issues: Local Issues

June 18, 2019

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) spoke on the floor in support of his Defense appropriations amendment to stop the Trump Administration from selling weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates without Congressional approval.