Ted Lieu Quotes

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Ted Lieu

Profession : Politician

Birth : March 29, 1969

The marriage equality ruling establishes for the American public where the majority already are - which is that love is love and discriminating against a human being based on love is idiotic.

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Deeper investment in green energy technology will create millions of high-paying American jobs that cannot be outsourced, rebuilding our nation's manufacturing economy, starting with wind turbines and solar panels stamped 'Made in America.'

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Our nation's military is effective because it is nonpartisan, relies heavily on science and technology, and takes the world as it is, not as it wishes it to be.

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Sometimes, I use humor because I believe in revealing truth in a way that other forms cannot.

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As an officer in the U.S. Air Force, one day I may be called to give my life for my country.

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As you get a changing of the guard in Washington D.C., with different people from different sectors, you'll start to break through the gridlock.

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If we turn our back on the world's most vulnerable people, we're eschewing the values our country was founded on.

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The United States was built on the idea that we could create a free country that would serve as a haven for those fleeing persecution.

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There is little you can do to stop a tornado, a hurricane, or a cancer diagnosis from changing your life in an instant.

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Democracy is messy.

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When tragedy strikes, feeling helpless is understandable.

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Our military leaders have studied the climate change issue and now believe that mitigating climate change is an urgent national security issue.

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I served on active duty in the U.S. Air Force and currently serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Yet I still experience people telling me to 'go back' to China or North Korea or Japan. Like many immigrants, I have learned to brush off this racist insult.

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We must act to reduce the increasingly dangerous and destructive levels of carbon pollution that account for practically all of global climate change.

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The entertainment industry is one of the areas where we have a competitive advantage over other nations.

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Californians want to have clean air, clean water - not like the Trump Administration is trying to do with its rollback of environmental regulations, like the reversal of the Clean Power Plan.

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The Bill of Rights is a remarkable document because it weaves into the fabric of our democracy the idea that government has a responsibility to protect individual liberty.

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Americans understand that rising drug prices, wage stagnation and inadequate infrastructure affect everyone, regardless of race.

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Diversity - both in ideas and people - has always been one of the country's greatest assets.

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I served on active duty and know that active duty personnel have basically zero interaction with the VA.

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