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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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Sep 19, 2019

There are currently over 4 million people in the family immigration backlog waiting to reunite with their loved ones.

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Sep 18, 2019

it is time to bring our troops home.

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Sep 18, 2019

Intentionally targeting civilians is a war crime. It is also a war crime if it is a disproportionate use of force.

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Sep 18, 2019

In fact, what ends up happening is because we keep killing civilians and other folks in Afghanistan, it makes terrorist recruiting that much easier.

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Sep 18, 2019

We have had bipartisan failure in Afghanistan for over 18 years across administrations. The Trump Administration is continuing that failure.

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Sep 18, 2019

intentionally targeting civilians is a war crime.

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Sep 18, 2019

Donald Trump ran on a campaign of getting the U.S. out of endless wars, of getting us out of dumb wars in the Middle East. He has failed to deliver on that promise.

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Sep 17, 2019

The FBI's counterterrorism investigation included in part the Carter Page FISA warrants.

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Sep 17, 2019

So to me, that is just too much information for the Government to have.

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Sep 17, 2019

It is baffling to me that the Administration announced that it had shuttered the program and then, in the very same breath, asked Congress to extend it permanently.

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Sep 17, 2019

That entire investigation helped lead to the Mueller Special Counsel investigation.

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Sep 17, 2019

We should be thanking the FBI, not trashing them for getting this information out to the American people.

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Sep 17, 2019

I am unlikely to support its reauthorization.

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Sep 17, 2019

My personal view is that this CDR Program, also known as the meta data program, to me it does violate the privacy.

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Sep 16, 2019

Volume I of the Mueller report, found that the Russians attacked American elections in a sweeping and systematic manner.

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Sep 16, 2019

Do not question my love of our country. I'm not going to question yours. We're all Americans.

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Jul 24, 2019

I agree with it. It reflects accepted scientific fact.

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Jul 24, 2019

The AAP says that separating children from their parents contradicts everything we stand for as pediatricians, protecting and promoting children's health.

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Jul 24, 2019

I join with my colleagues in supporting Chris Smith, Representative Smith's Vietnam Human Rights Act which invokes sanctions per the Magnitsky Act.

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Jul 24, 2019

Sophie is not a criminal or a national security threat to the United States as a 3-year-old. Correct?

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Jul 24, 2019

This bill will protect individuals from being defrauded by conversion therapists and falls clearly within the subcommittee's mission to protect consumers.

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Jul 24, 2019

When a for-profit mental health professional comes and says, I am going to charge you money to get rid of a disease that does not exist, that is called fraud.

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Jul 24, 2019

Today, I am here to urge you to consider my legislation H.R. 3570, the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act, which aims to prevent for-profit conversion therapy.

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Jul 24, 2019

Do you know any 3-year-olds that are criminal or national security threats to the United States?

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Jul 24, 2019

There is simply no disease known as being gay. It's simply being human.

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