Press Releases

Lofgren Secures Over $54 Million for Pajaro River Flood Protection As El Niño Is Expected to Strengthen

WATSONVILLE, CA — Today, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) delivered a $54,830,000 check for the Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project, one of her 13 community projects she submitted for the Fiscal Year 2026 congressional appropriations cycle.

Ranking Member Lofgren Demands Answers on Over a Billion of Withheld FY26 Funds at NSF

(Washington, DC) – This week, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) sent a letter to Brian Stone, Chief of Staff at the National Science Foundation, demanding answers on the status of over one billion dollars of unspent congressionally appropriated funds.

Rep. Lofgren, Mayor Mahan Celebrate $3.16 Million Grant for San José Stormwater Treatment

SAN JOSÉ, CA — Today, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) announced that the City of San José received a $3,160,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the San Francisco Bay Area Water Quality Improvement Fund.

Lofgren Statement on the Passing of Dolores Huerta

SAN JOSE, CA — Today, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) released the following statement after the passing of Dolores Huerta, civil rights icon and co-founder of the United Farm Workers:

House Democratic Committee Leaders Request Frontier AI Companies Report Misalignment & Safety Incidents to Congress Within 48 Hours

(Washington, DC) – House Democratic Committee leaders with jurisdiction over artificial intelligence wrote to five of the nation’s leading frontier AI companies today requesting information and ongoing reporting to Congress about AI model misalignment and safety incidents within 48 hours of incident detection.

Lofgren Announces $1 Million+ Federal Grant for Groundbreaking Vision Research Based in Gilroy

GILROY, CA — Today, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) announced that XR Navigation, Inc., based in Gilroy, has received a $1,010,897 federal grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Reps. Lofgren, Whitesides Introduce Bill to Protect Elections from Intimidation Tactics and Inference

WASHINGTON D.C. – On Friday, Reps. Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) and George Whitesides (CA-27) introduced the Stop Harassment and Intimidations in Elections through Legal Defenses (SHIELD) Our Elections Act, legislation designed to empower state attorney generals and voters to protect against illegal election interference from federal officials, extend the statute of limitations for federal election crimes, and prevent unlawful ballot seizures.

Bay Area Congressional Democrats Conduct Unannounced Oversight Visit to SFO Airport Detention Facility

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Today, Representatives Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Kevin Mullin (CA-15), Jared Huffman (CA-02), and Aisha Wahab (CA-14) made an unannounced visit to inspect the detention facility being operated by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).

Ranking Members Lofgren and Amo Demand Answers After GAO Report Reveals Trump-Inflicted Damage to America’s Future Weather Satellites

(Washington, DC) – Today, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Gabe Amo (D-RI) sent a letter to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Neil Jacobs regarding NOAA’s GeoXO satellite program.

Lofgren Demands Answers to Outstanding Oversight Requests, Warns EPA that Lack of Cooperation is Unacceptable

(Washington, DC) - On Tuesday, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin demanding that he comply with outstanding congressional oversight requests from the Committee.