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CONGRESSMAN LIEU RAISES MORE THAN $600,000 FOR 8 CALIFORNIA HOUSE CANDIDATES  IN 24 HOURS Los Angeles, CA – Today, Congressman Ted Lieu announced that the California Candidates Victory Fund has raised more than $600,000 in less than 24 hours. Lieu created the joint committee to support the eight most flippable House races in California. The funds were raised through two back-to-back events in Lieu's district.     “This is truly the most important midterm election in our lifetime. We must be successful this November in order to put an essential check on the corruption of the Trump Administration, to restore our health care system, and to increase wages”  said Lieu .     “The amazing support we have received speaks to how deeply many Americans feel about what is happening in our country. I want to thank Lindsey Buckingham, Dayna Bochco, Billy Ray, Joyce Rey, and many others who supported the Victory Fund. The path to restoring sani...

REP LIEU STATEMENT ON TRUMP, PUTIN SUMMIT IN HELSINKI July 16, 2018 Press Release WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after President Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland. "What Trump did today was utterly shameful, and a slap in the face to the professionals in the Department of Justice and our intelligence community. Today we watched a U.S. President offer total deference to a hostile foreign power while attacking U.S. institutions. By refusing to admit that Russia attacked our Democracy, or that Russia did anything wrong whatsoever, Trump is disturbingly regurgitating the Kremlin's talking points. Having served on active duty, I feel nauseous thinking about Trump's statements. Despite how desensitized we’ve become to Trump’s remarkably un-presidential actions, today should stand out as obscene. What happens next will determine whether we allow our President to cede American id...

Are you fired up by the #TrumpShutdown ? Are you continually shocked by the chaos, meanness and unstable nature of the @realDonaldTrump Administration? If so, go march tomorrow. Let the world see you roar. Understand the power you have to shape public sentiment. pic.twitter.com/fnpAnWgsYH — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 20, 2018

This is essentially what Mao Zedong said in China when he attacked elites & started the cultural revolution. How did that work out? https://t.co/ucyhuExXg3 — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 30, 2017 Some of us boycotted the relatively small inauguration of @realDonaldTrump . Just reminding everyone that we were right. https://t.co/qPRP3k9qlp — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 30, 2017