Ted Lieu

“The U.S. cannot implement a cogent strategy on the world stage if no one is sure whether to take the President seriously.”

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

“In my experience, bad actors respond to threats of military action or sanctions.”

“Voters are smarter than Republicans think they are.”

“It occurred to me that my family had achieved the American Dream, from being poor to starting a business to giving me and my brother an amazing education. It's one reason I joined the Air Force, because I believed I can never give back to America what America has given to my family and me.”

“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.'”

“In a nation as dynamic and diverse as the United States, what makes us great is that our founding principles are rooted in the bedrock principle of freedom, including the right to free expression.”

“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.”

“Partisanship should have no role in the vital U.S.-Israel relationship.”

“The suspicion that immigrants are not to be trusted or are unpatriotic is not just wrong; it is un-American. And dangerous.”

“I mean, to call the press the enemy is dangerous and just remarkably bizarre.”

“It is clear to me that creating a pathway for decryption only for good guys is technologically stupid. You just can't do that.”

“It's hurting Democrats if you do really go profoundly negative in the primary. Most of them don't. They actually realize the most effective use of their money is to make sure they stand out in front of the voters and the voters understand their story.”

“Most of the discrimination I have encountered centered on the view that I am not a part of this great nation, even though I grew up in Ohio, graduated from law school in Washington, D.C., and received my commission in the U.S. Air Force in 1991.”

“If you want positive search results, do positive things. If you don't want negative search results, don't do negative things. To some of my colleagues across the aisle, if you're getting bad press articles and bad search results, don't blame Google or Facebook or Twitter. Consider blaming yourself.”

“Congress can pass reasonable gun safety legislation and save lives. We have a duty to the American people to do our job.”

“The United States represents hope, freedom and opportunities to those who are born here and to those who are not. Those values are part of the United States' fabric.”

“Democrats have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel since its founding.”

“When tragedy strikes, feeling helpless is understandable.”

“America is a nation founded by immigrants and built on the ideal that anyone can be an American if he or she believes in the principles and values of the Constitution.”