Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republicans delayed consideration of a privileged resolution offered by U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) on the House Floor today to request President Trump's tax return information. This tax information can determine whether the President is in violation of the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) announced low-interest federal disaster loans will be made available to Santa Clara County businesses and residents affected by severe storms and flooding that occurred between February 1-25.
The U.S. Small Business Administration is acting in response to a request received from California Governor Jerry Brown's director of the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, representative, Mark S. Ghilarducci, on March 17, 2017.
SAN JOSE, CA – Today, U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, issued the following statement after President Donald Trump signed a revised Muslim and refugee ban Executive Order. The Order bars the entry of nationals from six Muslim-majority countries and suspends U.S. refugee processing:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) led an amici curiae brief signed by 167 Members of Congress in support of plaintiffs suing President Trump in the Eastern District of New York over the recent Executive Order banning travel to the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries. The Members of Congress, 140 Members of the House of Representatives and 27 U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) today issued the following statement in response to a reported leaked memo detailing Trump Administration plans to mobilize the National Guard to forcibly deport undocumented immigrants:
WASHINGTON, DC – Following considerable public outcry in opposition to President Trump's executive orders on immigration, U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) this week introduced new legislation to rescind and defund Trump's interior enforcement and border wall executive orders.
The Protecting Our Border Communities Act (H.R. 920) and The Community Trust Act (H.R. 921) will render null and void President Trump's Executive orders issued on January 25, 2017 to construct a border wall and target all undocumented individuals for deportation, respectively.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 179House Democrats, led by U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) today introduced legislation to defund and rescind President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from Muslim countries and suspending the refugee program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following introduction of the SOLVE Act, a bill to defund and rescind President Donald Trump's Muslim ban executive order, U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) asked for unanimous consent for the House of Representatives to consider her legislation.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D- Calif.), Senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, issued the following statement today after President Trump announced executive actions:
"I will undertake a legal analysis of President Trump's executive order today, and will issue a comprehensive review soon. However, it is clear that the effects of today's orders will be discriminatory and isolationist. They are un-American, driven by xenophobia, and will damage our nation's standing around the world.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, today issued the following statement today after President Trump signed orders to build an taxpayer-funded wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and block federal resources to sanctuary cities:
"I am undertaking a thorough analysis of President Trump's executive orders on immigration today, and will be issuing a more comprehensive review soon.
