Press Releases
Citigroup Agrees to Compromise on Mortgage Bankruptcy Law Change
January 9, 2009
Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) today releasedthe following statement in response to Citigroup's agreement to accepta change to bankruptcy law allowing judges to modify existing mortgageagreements during bankruptcy proceedings.
Citigroup Agrees to Compromise on Mortgage Bankruptcy Law Change
st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) today released the following statement in response to Citigroup’s agreement to accept a change to bankruptcy law allowing judges to modify existing mortgage agreements during bankruptcy proceedings.
U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) is proud to announce that the San Jose Conservation Corps & Charter School and YouthBuild San Jose will be receiving an $800,000 dollar grant from the United States Department of Labor. The funds will be used to educate and train high school dropouts and other at risk youth. The funds will support programs that help these young adults earn their high school diploma and receive paid job training in the varying construction fields.
U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) today issued the following statement on her vote to pass HR 7321, The Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act, which provides up to $15 billion in short-term bridge loans to domestic auto manufacturers:
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren is serving her seventh term in Congress representing most of the City of San Jose and Santa Clara County. She serves as Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. She also Chairs the House Administration Subcommittee on Elections and serves on the House Homeland Security Committee. Congresswoman Lofgren is Chair of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation consisting of 34 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) today urged all her constituents to visit the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) website and check for possible unclaimed tax refunds.
Tax payers should visits the IRS site at: http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=188083,00.html, to verify if they have unclaimed tax refunds.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) today issued the following statement in response to the passage of H.R. 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
Many have claimed that this bill is a bailout for Wall Street, in reality this is about protecting the entire American economy. Over the past week it’s become clear that we are facing an unprecedented freeze up of the world’s credit markets. These credit markets are the life blood of the global economy, without them economic activity slows to a crawl.
Bill Provides Tax Credit for Investments in Clean and Renewable Energy
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) today voted in favor of H.R. 7060, the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Tax Act, which encourages investments in clean energy by extending and expanding tax incentives for renewable energy. This bill will create and retain hundreds of thousands of “green collar” jobs, spur American innovation and business investment, cut taxes for millions of Americans, and close loopholes allowing U.S.
Lofgren Bill Would Block New Tax Increases on Cell Phone Service
Today, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) today hailed the Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law for holding a hearing on H.R. 5793, the Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2008, which she introduced earlier this year. Rep. Lofgren’s opening statement in support of the bill is below:
