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Lofgren Demands Answers to Overdue Oversight Requests Regarding DOE Award Terminations, Warns Secretary Wright of Consequences for Continued Evasion

(Washington, DC) – On Monday, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright demanding that he answer multiple months-overdue oversight requests from the Committee regarding DOE’s 2025 award terminations.

Lofgren and Obernolte Lead Introduction of American Leadership in Fusion Act

(Washington, DC) – Today, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Chairman of the Science Committee’s Subcommittee on Research and Technology, led the introduction of the bipartisan American Leadership in Fusion Act.

Lofgren, Cline, Tillis, Coons, Blackburn, and Schiff Lead Bipartisan Bill to Combat Foreign Digital Piracy

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) and Congressman Ben Cline (VA-06) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation focused on combating foreign digital piracy. The Deterring Extraterritorial Foreign Exploitation of Networks Damaging Intellectual Property (DEFEND IP) Act of 2026 is being led in the Senate by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chris Coons (D-DE), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Adam Schiff (D-CA).

Lofgren Secures $250k for Hartnell College’s Child Development Center

SALINAS, CA — On Tuesday, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) visited Hartnell College’s Child Development Center to deliver a $250,000 check as one of her 13 community projects she submitted for the Fiscal Year 2026 congressional appropriations cycle.

Ranking Member Lofgren Urges Removal of Wielicki as Leader of Climate Research Office

(Washington, DC) – Yesterday, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) sent a letter to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) Director, Michael Kratsios, urging him to remove Dr. Matthew Wielicki from his position as leader of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP).

Lofgren Announces Over $9.7 Million to Improve Jolon Road, Sole Corridor to Fort Hunter Liggett

JOLON, CA — Today, Representative Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) announced that the County of Monterey Department of Public Works, Facilities, and Parks has received a $9,784,000 federal grant to rehabilitate approximately 8.7 miles of Jolon Road (from the Mission Road south to Bradley Lockwood Road).

Ranking Member Lofgren's Opening Statement at Hearing on Biotechnology Innovation and Biosecurity

(Washington, DC) — Today, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is holding an Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee hearing titled,

Ranking Member Lofgren's Opening Statement at Hearing on Innovation in Disaster Prevention

(Washington, DC) — Today, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is holding a Full Committee hearing titled,

Ranking Member Lofgren Meets with AI Companies to Discuss Recent Loss of Control Events

(Washington, DC) – Today, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a bipartisan meeting with representatives from Hugging Face, METR, OpenAI, and Anthropic. During the roundtable, Members discussed recent loss-of-control incidents among different AI systems and how to prevent these events from happening in the future. The Members also considered different policy actions to build an AI governance strategy.

Ranking Member Lofgren Condemns Radical Changes to NSF Initiatives

(Washington, DC) — On Thursday, National Science Foundation (NSF) Acting Director Brian Stone released a statement titled “

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