Press Releases

Lofgren Applauds Department of Energy “Scientific Integrity” policy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) today applauded a new Department of Energy (DOE) "scientific integrity" policy announced this week by Secretary Ernest Moniz.

Lofgren seeks answers from Trump administration after reports of travelers turned away at U.S. border for religious and political views

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep.

Lofgren introduces bill to curb job outsourcing

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) introduced new legislation today to curb H-1B visa outsourcing abuse and to start the overhaul of a broken high-skilled immigration program.

Statement on Sec. Johnson letter detailing privacy rights of DACA applicants

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) issued the following statement today regarding U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson's letter to members of Congress about the personal information of DACA applicants:

Lofgren, Gutiérrez, Roybal-Allard applaud recommendation to move DHS away from use of private prisons

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) today issued the following statement regarding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Homeland Security Advisory Council's (HSAC) recent recommendation that DHS move away from the use of private prisons to detain immigrants.

Lofgren announces $10.5 million for Mineta Transportation Institute research, education, workforce development, and technology transfer programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Mineta National Transportation Research Consortium at San Jose State University was awarded $7 million in federal funding for transportation research, announced U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) today. The grant requires a fifty percent match by regional and state partners, in total a $10.5 million investment.

The grant, awarded by the U.S.

Conyers and Lofgren Statement on Nomination of Gen. John Kelly for Secretary of Homeland Security

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, issued the following statement regarding President-Elect Donald Trump's nomination of Marine Gen. John Kelly to lead the Department of Homeland Security

Over 50 House Democrats call on Obama Administration to completely dismantle discriminatory NSEERS registration system

Washington, DC – In the wake of reports about the Trump Administration's plans to create a special registration program for Muslims, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Representatives Luis V.

Democrats call on President Obama to Protect DREAMers with Pardon

Today, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-19), Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), and Congressman Luis V. Gutiérrez (IL-04) held a press conference at the U.S. Capitol to release a letter they have written to President Obama asking him to use the President's pardon authority to protect DREAMers – young people who were brought to the United States as children and signed up for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). The letter can be read here.

Lofgren calls on UC President Napolitano to stop outsourcing American IT jobs

SAN JOSE, C.A. – Today, in response to reports that the University of California San Francisco plans to lay-off one-third of its IT workforce in favor of H-1B employees, U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren wrote to UC President Janet Napolitano, calling on her to reverse her decision to outsource American IT jobs.