Press Releases
Media Contact: Christine Glunz, 202.225.3072
Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) issued the following statement today regarding the arrest of Ms. Susan Lindauer.
Media Contact: Christine Glunz, 202.225.3072
Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) issued the following statement on President Bush’s visit to Silicon Valley today:
“When President Bush came to Santa Clara County last spring, he told us that one million new jobs would be created by the year 2004. Now three years into the Bush presidency and months into 2004, California alone has lost 300,000 jobs since Bush took office with over one million unemployed statewide.
Media Contact: Christine Glunz, 202.225.3072
Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) today hailed passage of the United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2003, which passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 379 to 28. The legislation makes improvements for the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) by granting it permanent authority to collect and spend fees, which would limit future fee diversion to other government programs.
Media Contact: Christine Glunz, 202.225.3072
Washington, DC — Representatives Lofgren and Honda (D-San Jose) announced today that Santa Clara County Department of Public Health would receive over $2.6 million in HIV relief funding. The grants are designed to provide HIV/AIDS health care and support to those who have little to no health insurance.
California Could Be Shortchanged Over $20 Billion if Budget is Enacted
Media Contact: Christine Glunz, 202.225.3072
Washington, DC — All 33 members of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation sent a letter today urging Governor Schwarzenegger to join them as they work to get California its fair share of federal funding. The letter sent to the Governor is below:
Media Contact: Christine Glunz, 202.225.3072
Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) offered a substitute amendment today to the Unborn Victims of Violence Act that would deter and punish violent acts against pregnant women without interjecting a debate on abortion. The prepared statement of Congresswoman Lofgren is below:
Media Contact: Christine Glunz, 202.225.3072
Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) submitted the following statement to the Congressional Record on the Bush Administration’s relationship with Vietnam:
Despite Republican Resistance, House Passes Extension
Media Contact: Christine Glunz, 202.225.3072
Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) supported a bill today to extend federal unemployment benefits, which could bring much needed relief to millions of Americans and over three hundred thousand Californians, who will not otherwise receive additional aid. The amendment, offered by Rep. George Miller of California passed today in the U.S. House by a vote of 227-179.
Media Contact: Christine Glunz, 202.225.3072
Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) issued the following statement today in reaction to the release of the Bush administration’s 2005 budget:
Media Contact: Christine Glunz, 202.225.3072
Washington, DC — Every Democratic female Member of Congress signed a letter today addressed to House Speaker Dennis Hastert urging the Republican leadership not to play politics with S. 1920, a bill to provide bankruptcy relief for family farmers by adding the language from H.R. 975, a broad and controversial bankruptcy bill.
