Press Releases

Lofgren Announces $720,000 in Federal Funding to Assist Santa Clara County Families Living in Public Housing

"These important grants will help local families find the resources they need to meet their long-term financial and employment goals."

Lofgren Announces $1.4 Million in Federal Funding for the San Jose Police Department to Help Deliver Justice for Sexual Assault Survivors

"This grant will help the San Jose Police Department process its backlog of untested Sexual Assault Kits and help prevent a backlog from ever forming again."

Lofgren & Eshoo Reintroduce Sweeping Privacy Legislation

"The Online Privacy Act prevents the abusive collection and retention of personal information. If companies can’t collect data, they can’t use that data to manipulate Americans for profit."

Comprehensive Science Authorization Bill to Bolster Federal Agenda on Wildfires Passes Committee with Bipartisan Amendments

"I believe the amendments offered by my colleagues and adopted by the Committee have further strengthened the legislation."

Padilla, Lofgren, CA Reps Introduce Bills to Reform Federal Wildfire Disaster Response

"Congress must ensure all federal agencies and statutes are set up in ways that best support our communities as they prepare for and respond to deadly fires."

Western Science Committee Dems Introduce Comprehensive Authorization Bill to Improve U.S. Preparedness, Resilience & Response to Wildfires

"Congress must advance a whole-of-government approach to execute a coordinated and united federal agenda on wildfires that uses science-based and cost-effective measures to change the way we think about, plan for, and respond to wildfires."

Lofgren, Correa, CA Dems Urge DHS to Close Three ICE Detention Centers

Letter to Sec. Mayorkas highlights that the Yuba County Jail, Otay Mesa Detention Center & Adelanto Processing Center “have been operating in a substandard manner”

Lofgren, Johnson Introduce Bill to Designate Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status

"We can and must do better for the people of Cameroon."

Lofgren Announces Nearly $1.5 Million in COVID-19 Relief Funding to Expand Santa Clara County Community Health Centers

"The American Rescue Plan is helping us combat the pandemic and, specifically, ensuring support gets to communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19."

Lofgren Provision to Improve Firefighting Asset-Sharing Advances in the House

"DOD and the intelligence community have unique capabilities and assets we know can help better detect ignitions, track fire lines, and provide ongoing assessments of fires for the wildfire management and suppression community."