Press Releases
emRep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) today joined with the Bay Area Sikh community to condemn last week's brutal attack on the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and to call for national unity and reflection against the hatred and fear which now seems to have motivated the tragedy.
"The attack on the Sikh Temple is a tragedy which has caused our country to pause, and as President Obama said, do some deep national 'soul-searching.' My heart and sympathies goes out to the families and friends of the victims of this senseless attack.
emRep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) today released a bipartisan letter signed by 100 Members of Congress to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu, calling upon the Secretary to address DOE and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) management issues they believe could hinder U.S. research on fusion at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
emReps. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose), Anna G. Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) and Mike Honda (D-Campbell) today announced $6.8 million in federal funding will go towards transportation projects in the Silicon Valley area for railway safety and highway construction. The grants, from the U.S. Department of Transportation, were awarded in the amounts of $5.2 million to the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) and $1.6 million to Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA).
emToday 32 Members of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation, led by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), released the following statement in response to Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Ed DeMarco's decision to prevent Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac from offering mortgage principal write-down relief for underwater homeowners:
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:
