Press Releases
emReps. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose), Anna G. Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) and Mike Honda (D-Campbell) announced today that the Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) will receive $3.75 million in funding for new buses through a U.S. Department of Transportation grant. The grant, awarded competitively, will offer the VTA significant funding to replace or expand their fleet of 450 buses and vehicles throughout their 326 square mile service area.
emReps. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) and Mike Honda (D-Campbell) announced today that the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport will receive up to $7 million in construction funding for runway related improvements through a U.S. Department of Transportation grant. The grant will fund the fifth phase of an ongoing $55 million construction project begun in 2009 improving the airport's general aviation taxiway running parallel to Runway 11/29.
emReps. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose), Anna G. Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) and Mike Honda (D-Campbell) announced today that Goodwill Industries of Santa Clara County, Inc., has been awarded a $419,948.00 grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for housing programs assisting homeless veterans. The grant, which will help support fifty-two participating households, is part of the Supportive Services for Veterans Families (SSVF) program improving housing stability for very low-income veterans and their families.
emRep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) hailed the news that one of four new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office satellite locations will be located in San Jose, CA. The official decision is expected to be announced by the U.S. Commerce Department on Monday, July 2, 2012. A long time advocate to bring the patent office expansion to Silicon Valley and California, as recently as last week Rep. Lofgren publically pressed Patent Office officials to locate an office in San Jose.
emRep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) cast her vote today to keep interest rates low on student loans. Rep. Lofgren, who led a rally against doubling student loan rates in May at San Jose State University, credited the students, families and officials across the nation who spoke out against Republican attempts to quietly let current rates double for stopping the hike.
emReps. Jim Costa (D-Fresno), Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose), and Laura Richardson, Co-Chairs of the CA High-Speed Rail Caucus, released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted 239 to 185 to pass Rep. Jeff Denham's (R-CA) amendment preventing funding for California's High Speed Rail project:
emToday Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act:
emToday, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) welcomed Gabriel Sul, the 2012 Congressional Art Competition Winner for the 16th Congressional District, to Washington, DC for the unveiling of his picture in the U.S. Capitol complex. Mr. Sul, a student at Mt. Pleasant High School, travelled to Washington where he joined hundreds of student artists from across the country in the unveiling ceremony for Congressional Art Competition winners.
emRep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) released the following statement after House Resolution 683, the Resolution of Regret for the Chinese Exclusion Act, was passed by the House of Representatives today:
emToday Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), the leading and most senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, released the following statement in support of the Secretary of Homeland Security's announcement to use the Department's prosecutorial discretion on a case-by-case basis to offer "deferred action" to undocumented youth who were brought to the U.S. as children and can contribute to our nation through higher education or military service:
