During Wednesday's House Democratic Leadership press briefing, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) discussed the current state of the government and Democrats' plans for campaigning into 2026.
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00:00So now I want to turn it over to our incredible vice chair from the great state of California, Ted Liu.
00:09Thank you, Susan.
00:11Good afternoon.
00:13Chairman Aguilar and I are excited about this year's Issues Conference,
00:17and let me start by thanking Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Webb Clark, and Chairman Aguilar
00:22for their strong leadership in unifying the Democratic Caucus against the Republican CR.
00:29That was a strong show of force yesterday by House Democrats.
00:33Donald Trump last week came to Congress, and he lied to the American people.
00:38He promised a golden age.
00:40Instead, we're entering a Trump slump.
00:43We see that prices have increased, especially aid prices.
00:47We see the stock market is down across nearly 2,500 points since Trump took office,
00:53and consumer sentiment is down.
00:55And this is because of his chaotic policies such as indiscriminate tariffs
00:59and then his weakness and indecisiveness and flip-flopping on those tariffs
01:04that is causing a lot of chaos in the markets.
01:07He's also doing harmful things like cutting scientists and inspectors who work on bird flu.
01:13He's cutting funding for scientists who are working on diseases such as ALS, Alzheimer's, and cancer.
01:20And the American people are noticing.
01:22In January, Democrats flipped a state Senate seat in Iowa that Trump had won by 21 points.
01:29And just this week, in another special election in Iowa for a House delegate seat,
01:35our candidate overperformed by 24 points.
01:39And with our field general, Susan DelBene, we are going to flip the House next year,
01:44and I look forward to working with this entire leadership team in doing so.