Ted Lieu

I cannot support your National Unity Government and I will oppose efforts for the United States to support the National Unity Government until you commit to having at least a representative from the Rohingya people.

So let me--let me just tell you the problem there.

If the allegations are true, and Representative Gaetz did in fact, either pay for sex with a minor or entice a minor for sex, under federal law, that is a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years.

Like all Americans, Congressman Matt Gaetz is entitled to the presumption of innocence. But he is not entitled to sit on the House Judiciary Committee. That is an honor and a privilege.

I believe every Republican member of Congress should be asked why they still support having Matt Gaetz on the House Judiciary Committee.

Ted Lieu called for Gaetz to be removed from the House Judiciary Committee until the investigation is complete, saying he’s facing a Justice Department investigation.

During that entire bizarre interview, Congressman Matt Gaetz does not deny the existence of a federal investigation against him that is looking at whether or not he had sexual relations with a 17-year-old girl.

There is a very serious federal investigation opened under the Trump administration.

If you are a Republican who supports the radical Georgia voter suppression law, don't ever lecture anyone on freedom ever again.

When Republicans enact voter suppression laws, they are canceling the voices of many voters.

Congress should act, not only to encourage adequate funding for State defendant systems, but also should look at an independent and adequately funded federal defender system.

The cash bail system has penalized poverty.

I have introduced the Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act, along with Chair Nadler.

Do you believe that freedom and liberty should ever be linked to how much money you have in a bank account?

This is about having the deliberate and conscious commitment to improving the diversity on the bench.

The fact that it is 73 percent White and male means decisions were being made on the race of applicant, and that is simply a fact.

The message sent is that lawyers and judges and law professors that look like me are somehow not qualified to be on the U.S. Supreme Court, and that is just wrong.

To somehow suggest that the only reason it is White and male is because those people are the most exceptionally qualified is a lie.

When you have a Federal judiciary that is 73 percent White and male, far above that actual population of White males, and then you say the reason is because of merit, you are sending the message that minorities are less qualified.

We are not perfect, but we are moving towards that more perfect union.

There has actually been a long history of discrimination against Asian-Americans. In the past when America felt threatened, sometimes you would have discrimination gets at the groups.

I just call on my Republican legislators to please stop using ethnic identifiers in describing a virus. I am not a virus, so stop using these ethnic identifiers because you`re harming the Asian-American community.

You can say whatever you want on the First Amendment. You can say racist stupid stuff if you want. But I’m asking you to please stop using racist terms like Kung Flu, Wuhan virus, or other ethnic identifiers describing this virus. I am not…

At the hearing today, the expert witnesses testified that their research shows there is a clear link between rhetoric and hate crimes. And when you have the former President of the United States saying racist phrases like Kung Flu, you can…

Anti-Asian hate did not begin with the COVID-19 pandemic and will not end when the pandemic is over.