Press Releases
Today Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose), released the following statement commemorating Black April Day, traditionally observed by the Vietnamese American community on April 30th, referring to the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, as the day the South Vietnamese government fell to the North Vietnamese communist regime:
A bipartisan group of eight Members from the U.S. House of Representatives released the following statement today regarding their efforts for comprehensive reform of the U.S. immigration system:
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) introduced companion legislation in the Senate and House of Representatives Thursday that would improve the Nation's immigration laws to ensure the longstanding American tradition of protecting refugees and asylum seekers fleeing persecution in their home countries.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) released the following statement today on the 2013 James Madison Award honoree, the late Internet activist Aaron Swartz. Rep. Lofgren, who was unable to attend the ceremony, was honored last year with the 2012 James Madison Award for her efforts against the Stop Online Piracy Act, and for her efforts to increase public access to federal research: