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March 5, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D- Calif.) introduced legislation yesterday aimed to determine the relationship between school start times and adolescent health, well-being and performance.
Issues:Education
March 4, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) introduced legislation today to preserve the structural foundation of the Internet, bolster Internet commerce, and protect the free expression and privacy of all Internet users.

March 3, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee is debating a bill today that – if passed – would "devastate the American agricultural economy, resulting in closed farms, a less-secure America, and the mass off-shoring of millions of U.S. jobs," said U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
February 26, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) issued the following statement after the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) passed new rules to protect net neutrality and an open internet:

"Today's FCC vote is a victory for a free and open internet. More than four million public comments received by the FCC left no doubt the public supports strong net neutrality rules. Today it is apparent the Commission listened to the overwhelming grassroots public sentiment.

February 25, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a House Judiciary Committee Hearing today, U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) warned of the potential consequences of a Republican-led Department of Homeland Security shutdown, and laid out the clear constitutional and statutory authority of President Obama's Immigrant Accountability Executive Actions.

Issues:Immigration
February 17, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives John Conyers, Jr.(D-Mich.), Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Committee, and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Ranking Member on the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, delivered the following statement today after a federal district court issued a preliminary injunction against Department of Homeland Security immigration directives issued in November 2014.
Issues:Immigration
February 4, 2015
The Secure Data Act will protect Americans’ privacy and data security by prohibiting surveillance agencies from requiring or compelling surveillance “backdoors” in products and services.
February 4, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) issued the following statement today after Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler proposed new rules to govern broadband service:

"The record breaking number of comments received by the FCC left no doubt that the public supports strong net neutrality rules. I'm pleased Commissioner Wheeler has recognized that public sentiment today and put forward a good plan to use Title II authority to implement and enforce open internet protections.

February 3, 2015
Legislation will shed light on the breadth of overreaching government surveillance programs
February 2, 2015
Lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation today updating a decades old communications privacy law to better shield Internet users and wireless subscribers from overly broad government surveillance programs.
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