Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) issued the below statement today following passage of the USA FREEDOM Act (H.R. 2048) in the House, and called on additional reforms to end warrantless bulk collection of U.S. persons' data and communications:
"The USA FREEDOM Act makes meaningful reforms to a few of our nation's surveillance programs. I applaud the bill's authors who worked to make sure these improvements were included.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) released a new bipartisan letter to President Obama today warning that the Trans-Pacific Partnership should not advance without significant, binding, enforceable advances in human rights and international labor standards.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Democratic lawmakers led by U.S. Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Julia Brownley (D-Calif.), Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), and Donna F. Edwards (D-Md.) introduced new legislation today to end partisan gerrymandering and reform the nation's patchwork redistricting system.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, lamented today's Judiciary subcommittee hearing on birthright citizenship as a fruitless and politically motivated effort to revisit an ugly chapter in our Nation's history.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Lawmakers will introduce bipartisan legislation today to allow consumers to permanently unlock their cellphones, tablets, and other electronic communications devices in order to switch carriers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security,issued the following statement today in response to an Inspector General report concerning Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas:
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) and a bipartisan coalition of members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives today introduced the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act, a bill to improve public access to federally-funded research.
The FASTR Act's introduction coincides with "Sunshine Week," a movement to highlight the need for transparency and openness from the federal government.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Republican bill passed by the House Judiciary Committee today will turn millions of undocumented immigrants into criminals overnight, make communities less safe, and lead to increased racial profiling and discrimination, said U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren(D-Calif.), the Judiciary Committee Immigration and Border Security Subcomittee's Senior Democrat.
SAN JOSE, CA – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) today announced a community forum and press conference on March 20th to update immigrants and the San Jose community about President Obama's executive actions on immigration, and to prepare families to apply for relief from deportation pending the availability of applications this year.
