Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, in a bipartisan letter to President Obama, U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and members of the Congressional Caucus on Vietnam raised their concerns regarding serious health, environmental, and human rights issues in recent weeks.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, reacting to a Reuters news story that the Obama Administration will launch a new round of immigration raids targeting Central American women and children, Representatives Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) released a joint statement:
Washington, DC – In a letter to House Republican leadership released today, U.S. Representatives Bill Foster (D-Ill.) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) led more than 90 House Democrats in calling for an end to the Republican Select Panel to Investigate Planned Parenthood, highlighting the most recent partisan attack on scientists and researchers:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) issued the following statement today after attending the Supreme Court oral argument in the U.S. v Texas case over President Obama's November 2014 executive actions expanding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and establishing the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA):
"I attended the Supreme Court oral argument today in U.S. v Texas, a case which will decide the fate of millions of immigrant families in communities all across the nation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) issued the following statement today during markup in opposition to H.R. 4731, a Republican bill to attack refugees and the programs that serve them:
"This markup falls during a week that will end with the Republicans passing a partisan resolution condemning executive actions meant to bring some sense of sanity to our broken immigration system. And it comes amidst a Presidential nomination season rife with vile anti-immigrant rhetoric.
WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, 54 House Democrats, led by U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Luis V. Gutiérrez (D- Ill.), and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), introduced new legislation to protect children and other vulnerable groups in immigration proceedings by ensuring access to counsel, legal orientation programs, and case management services.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) issued the following statement regarding a federal judge's order for Apple to disable encryption on the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook:
"The order that Apple create a new operating system with a back door, using the 18th Century ‘All Writs Act,' is an astonishing overreach of authority by the Federal government.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) and Mike Honda (D-Silicon Valley) today submitted a regulatory comment on the notice of proposed rulemaking affecting high-skilled nonimmigrant workers, a centerpiece of the President's executive actions on employment-based immigration.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will review the Texas-led challenge (U.S. V. Texas, et al.) to the President's executive immigration actions --Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) and expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA):
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), and Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) issued the following statement regarding refugee screening and resettlement for El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala:
"The Administration's recently announced recognition that many Central Americans qualify as refugees under international law is an important and constructive step towards a comprehensive regional refugee solution to address violence in the Central American region.
