Press Releases

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Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose)today called on President Bush and the Republican leadership in Congress to take action on job creation in the coming year. The Department of Labor announced new national unemployment data for December finding that only 1,000 jobs have been created during the busy holiday month.

Members of the Delegation Strongly Urge Secretary Rumsfeld to Use Fair Criteria

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Washington, DC — Fifty-two members of the bipartisan California Congressional Delegation sent a letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld today, urging him to ensure fairness, thoroughness and accuracy in the upcoming round of base closures and realignments for 2005. The suggested criteria includes:

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Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose)today called on Republicans in Congress to extend unemployment benefits before adjourning for the year. The current extended unemployment benefits program is scheduled to expire just two days after Christmas when Congress is not in session, denying benefits to nearly 90,000 workers every week thereafter, totaling almost 2.2 million Americans over six months. o:p>

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Washington, DC — It is rare when we read an editorial in the Mercury News and find ourselves in such strong disagreement. However, the Nov. 20 editorial advocates in favor of the prescription drug bill that we all oppose.

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Washington, DC — Today, U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) issued the following statement regarding passage in U.S. House of Representatives of the bill to regulate Spam (S. 877).

Final Energy Bill Includes Lofgren’s FUTURE Act to Speed Development of Fusion Energy

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Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose)today praised the passage of provisions from her previous bill, the Fueling the USA Through Unlimited Reliable Energy (FUTURE) Act of 2003 (H.R. 1282), into the final energy conference report (H.R. 6), which passed last night. o:p>

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Washington, DC — Representative Lofgren hails passage of H.Res. 427, a resolution introduced by the members of the Congressional Caucus on Vietnam (CCV), which acknowledges the leadership of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam and the urgent need for religious freedom and related human rights in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Silicon Valley Legislators Work Together to Obtain $18.5 Million for Santa Clara Watershed

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