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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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Jul 24, 2019

It is outrageous that Americans who have a Vietnamese background are now becoming frightened to go back to their country of their ancestors.

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Jul 23, 2019

substantial evidence indicates that the President's effort to have Sessions limit the scope of the special counsel's investigation to future election interference was intended to prevent further investigative scrutiny of the President's…

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Jul 23, 2019

I believe a reasonable person could conclude that at least three crimes of obstruction of justice by the President occurred.

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Jul 23, 2019

Substantial evidence indicates that the President's effort to have Sessions limit the scope of the special counsel's investigation to future election interference was intended to prevent further investigative scrutiny of the President's…

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Jul 23, 2019

I believe public sentiment is absolutely a big factor, but so are other factors, including what the Constitution says evidence shows.

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Jul 23, 2019

if the American people watch these hearings, that's the only conclusion they could come up with that the president of the United States committed multiple felonies.

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Jul 23, 2019

I believe a reasonable person looking at these facts could conclude that all three elements of the crime of obstruction of justice have been met.

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Jul 23, 2019

I think he may have walked it back because he understood that what that means is we got a felon in the White House.

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Jul 23, 2019

The fact that the orders by the President were not carried out, that is not a defense to obstruction of justice.

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Jul 23, 2019

Based on the evidence that we have heard today, I believe a reasonable person could conclude that at least three crimes of obstruction of justice by the President occurred.

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Jul 23, 2019

We know that additional Democratic members of Congress today said that they support opening an impeachment inquiry.

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Jul 23, 2019

the only conclusion they conclude is that the Russians systematically and sweepingly interfered in our 2016 elections, the Trump campaign embraced that interference and then the president committed acts of obstruction of justice to stop…

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Jul 17, 2019

If a consumer would buy a toy on an e-commerce platform, would they know where it is coming from? Do they have any idea?

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Jul 17, 2019

I have always thought protecting intellectual property is one of the most important things that legislatures can do.

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Jul 17, 2019

So let's say an e-commerce platform is selling a hovercraft that is counterfeit, and they have been told it is counterfeit, they know it is counterfeit, and then a family buys it, house burns down. Is that e-commerce platform liable for…

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Jul 16, 2019

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania found over 11,000 non-citizens on their voter rolls.

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Jul 16, 2019

If we are really serious about combating foreign influence on our elections, we must get serious about the issue of illegal voting.

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Jul 16, 2019

California recently admitted to various voter registration errors that resulted in 24,500 individuals being registered improperly.

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Jul 12, 2019

When I was in the California state legislature, I had the honor of working with then-Speaker Bass on her leadership team on criminal justice reform.

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Jul 12, 2019

So I figured out that, wait a minute, if the trades saved my life, then I can do the same thing in my community.

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Jul 12, 2019

To me it is really sort of an emotional management course cloaked as acting, but it seems quite transformative.

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Jul 12, 2019

Thank you all for sharing your stories and the great work that you have done.

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Jul 12, 2019

Many times, things in politics seem impossible until it happens.

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Jul 12, 2019

There is one specific area that I worked on. It is arts in corrections, and for some prisoners going through programs related to art or through acting seems to have a transformative effect on them.

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Jul 12, 2019

It says that in the first week after release, prisoners have a 12 times higher chance of dying in that very first week.

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