32 Facts About Ted Lieu

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Ted W Lieu is an American attorney, politician and retired military officer who has represented California's 36th congressional district in the US House of Representatives since 2023.

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Ted Lieu represented the 33rd congressional district from 2015 to 2023.

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Ted Lieu represented the 28th district in the California State Senate from 2011 to 2014, after being elected to fill the seat of deceased Senator Jenny Oropeza.

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Ted Lieu has been vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023.

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In 1991, Ted Lieu earned a Bachelor of Science in computer science and Bachelor of Arts in political science from Stanford University.

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At law school, Ted Lieu was the editor-in-chief of the Georgetown Law Journal, and received four American Jurisprudence awards.

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On March 5,2002, Lieu was elected to the Torrance City Council alongside Mike Mauno and Pat McIntyre.

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Ted Lieu served until his election to the state assembly, and was succeeded by Rod Guyton via appointment.

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Ted Lieu won a September 13,2005, special election to fill the 53rd Assembly district following the death of incumbent Mike Gordon.

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Ted Lieu was a member of the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee, Assembly Judiciary Committee and Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee.

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Ted Lieu was chair of the Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus and chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Aerospace.

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Ted Lieu is a strong supporter of expansion of public transit in West Los Angeles, LAX, and the South Bay.

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Ted Lieu coauthored a successful bill to bypass environmental quality regulations to build a football stadium in Los Angeles.

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Ted Lieu sought the Democratic nomination in the 2010 California Attorney General election.

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Ted Lieu won a February 15,2011, special election to fill the 28th Senate district following the death of incumbent Jenny Oropeza.

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Ted Lieu defeated four Republicans, one Democrat, and two independents.

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On January 30,2014, Lieu voted in favor of California Senate Constitutional Amendment 5.

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Ted Lieu introduced the Climate Solutions Act in the 114th Congress, which aimed to model national energy goals and climate emissions reduction targets after the state of California.

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Ted Lieu was voted Democratic Freshman Class President of the House by his colleagues, succeeding Joaquin Castro.

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Ted Lieu serves on two influential committees in Congress: the House Judiciary Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

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Ted Lieu received praise from the online privacy community when he introduced bipartisan legislation to prevent states from forcing companies to weaken encryption for law enforcement purposes.

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On July 22 it was announced that Ted Lieu would speak at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, along with three other California House Democrats.

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On November 6,2017, while the House of Representatives chambers was holding a moment of silence was held for the 26 victims of a church shooting in Texas, Lieu filmed and posted a video message calling for gun law reform.

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In December 2019, an attorney for congressman Devin Nunes sent a letter to Ted Lieu threatening to sue over Ted Lieu's comments about Nunes's relationship with Ukrainian-born American businessman Lev Parnas.

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In October 2020, Lieu co-signed a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that condemned Azerbaijan's offensive operations against the Armenian-populated enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, denounced Turkey's role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and called for an immediate ceasefire.

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On January 12,2021, Ted Lieu was named an impeachment manager for the second impeachment of President Trump.

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From 2016 to 2018, Ted Lieu made four donations totaling $51,046 from his campaign account to his alma mater, Stanford University.

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Ted Lieu has been publicly raising concerns over US support for Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.

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In 2015, Ted Lieu called for a Justice Department investigation into the arrests of several Chinese-American scientists for espionage.

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Ted Lieu criticized Wray's response as "irresponsible generalizations" implying that all Chinese students and scholars were spies.

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On June 22,2018, Ted Lieu played an audio clip of children taken from their parents under the Trump administration family separation policy crying and calling for their parents.

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Ted Lieu continues to use his Twitter account to express his political views.