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Ted Lieu

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Ted Lieu is an American attorney and politician currently serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 33rd congressional district, a position he has held since January 6, 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Lieu has focused on issues such as civil rights, environmental protection, and technology policy during his time in office. He is known for his outspoken views on immigration and law enforcement, often advocating for reforms that prioritize community safety and civil liberties.

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Mar 17, 2021

Nothing could be more dangerous than going down that road.

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Mar 17, 2021

I'm asking you to please stop using racist terms like Kung Flu or Wuhan virus other ethnic identifiers in describing this virus.

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Mar 17, 2021

I have got a bill that I introduced that posthumously awarded Congressional Gold Medal to Li Wenliang for coming out and exposing what the Chinese Communist Government has done to hide the virus.

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Mar 17, 2021

The pandemic did exacerbate latent anti-Asian prejudices that have a long and ugly history in America.

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Mar 17, 2021

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

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Mar 17, 2021

Asian Americans have now experienced a surge in hate crimes, hate incidents, and discrimination since the start of the pandemic.

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Mar 17, 2021

When former President Donald Trump uses racist dog whistles that are, clearly, interpreted as an effort to blame one community...

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Mar 17, 2021

I want to make clear that all Asian Americans who are understandably feeling hurt and afraid right now and wondering whether anyone else in America cares, that Congress sees you, we stand with you, and we will do everything in our power to…

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Mar 17, 2021

Find those who perpetrated what happened in Atlanta. Find those who engage in hate of all forms and punish the absolute hell out of them, but don't go around policing thought.

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Mar 10, 2021

if we keep doing the same thing over and over again, and expect a different result, that does come close to the definition of insanity.

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Mar 10, 2021

I support Chair Nadler's efforts to legalize marijuana. I believe that cannabis is no more dangerous than alcohol.

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Feb 24, 2021

If Republicans wanted to unify our country and reduce the risk of further political violence, all they have to say is one simple, truthful sentence: The election was not stolen.

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Feb 24, 2021

They`re trying to avoid the conduct of the domestic terrorists that stormed the Capitol on January 6, as well as other domestic terror incidents.

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Feb 24, 2021

It`s not just that they fear their former president. It`s that they fear their base.

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Feb 23, 2021

I want to commend Ranking Member Issa for agreeing that we need to increase the number of judges at the appellate and district court level.

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Feb 23, 2021

They think he is their lord. Groups that support him, they actually refer to him as god-emperor of the United States.

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Feb 23, 2021

I condemn all political violence. I am pleased that my Republican colleagues can say that same sentence, but their words ring hollow if they can't say this following simple, truthful statement, the election was not stolen.

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Feb 17, 2021

The issue today isn't really about how lower courts or appellate courts happen to look at injunctions and how the Supreme Court looks at injunctions.

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Feb 15, 2021

I think we can get to the bottom of all of these facts. And they`re also going to find, by the way, that Donald Trump incited an insurrection.

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Feb 15, 2021

I think it`d be hard to try to convince the American people that they should vote for him one more time, even though he incited a violent attack on our nation`s Capitol.

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Feb 15, 2021

What was remarkable about Senator McConnell`s speech was not only that he sounded like a House impeachment manager for the first half and then contorted himself to explain why he voted to acquit.

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Feb 15, 2021

In most contexts, 57 to 43 is a blowout. This was not close. An overwhelming majority of both the House and the Senate concluded that Donald Trump incited an insurrection.

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Feb 15, 2021

We showed Donald Trump has incited an insurrection, they just hung their vote on a willful misreading of their constitution.

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Feb 11, 2021

He does not say the one sentence that matters. He does not say the one sentence that would stop future political violence, the election was not stolen.

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Feb 11, 2021

But it doesn`t take a prosecutor to understand that President Trump was not showing remorse. He was showing defiance. You know, I`m not afraid of Donald Trump running again in four years. I`m afraid he`s going to run again and lose…

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