LIEU, Ted

LIEU, Ted
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1969–

Concise Biography

LIEU, Ted, a Representative from California; born in Taipei, Taiwan, March 29, 1969; graduated from St. Ignatius High School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1987; B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1991; B.S., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1991; J.D., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1994; United States Air Force, 1995-1999; United States Air Force Reserve, 2000-2021; judicial clerk, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; lawyer, private practice; member of the Torrance, Calif., city council, 2002-2005; member of the California state assembly, 2005-2010; unsuccessful candidate for election for California state attorney general in 2010; member of the California state senate, 2011-2014; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-present); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 2021 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States.

View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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Bibliography / Further Reading

"Ted Lieu" in Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress, 1900-2017. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of the Historian and the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Publishing Office, 2018.

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Committee Assignments

Committee Name & Date Congresses Congresses
Budget
[1974-Present]
93rd Congress-Present
114th (2015–2017)
114th (2015–2017)
Oversight and Government Reform
[2007-2019; 2025-Present]
110th Congress-115th Congress; 119th Congress-Present
(See also the following standing committees: Expenditures in the Executive Departments; Government Operations; Government Reform and Oversight; Government Reform; Oversight; Oversight and Reform; and Oversight and Accountability)
114th (2015–2017)
114th (2015–2017)
Foreign Affairs
[1822-1975; 1979-1995; 2007-Present]
17th through 93rd Congresses; 96th through 103rd Congresses; 110th Congress-Present
(See also the following standing committee: International Relations)
115th (2017–2019) – 119th (2025–2027)
115th (2017–2019) –
119th (2025–2027)
Judiciary
[1813-Present]
13th Congress-Present
115th (2017–2019) – 119th (2025–2027)
115th (2017–2019) –
119th (2025–2027)
Science, Space, and Technology
[1987–1995; 2011–Present]
100th through 103rd Congresses; 112th Congress–Present
(See also the following standing committees: Science and Astronautics; Science and Technology; Science)
118th (2023–2025)
118th (2023–2025)
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