Press Releases
July 13, 2011
Today, Rep. Zoe Lofgren announced that Mineta San Jose International Airport had secured a $7.49 million dollar federal grant from the United States Department of Transportation. The grant will fund continued improvements to the airport’s general aviation taxiway and provide connections from the west side of the airfield to the existing taxiway/runway network, allowing expanded general aviation uses, including air cargo and corporate aviation.
July 13, 2011
July 12, 2011
Today, Rep. Zoe Lofgren joined with dozens of her colleagues in asking President Obama to oppose any Medicaid cuts that would risk women’s health or restrict the ability of health care providers to treat women.
July 12, 2011
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Zoe Lofgren joined with dozens of her colleagues in asking President Obama to oppose any Medicaid cuts that would risk women’s health or restrict the ability of health care providers to treat women.
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July 8, 2011
Today, The California Democratic Congressional Delegation sent a letter to President Obama asking him to reject cuts to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program being proposed by Republican members of Congress. Proposed cuts would gravely affect the 40% of the state’s children and the nearly 2 million disabled and elderly individuals who rely on Medicaid and CHIP.
July 8, 2011
June 22, 2011
Today, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) welcomed Jessica Herrera, the 2011 Congressional Art Competition Winner for the 16th Congressional District, to Washington, DC for the unveiling of her painting in the Capitol complex. Ms. Herrera, a student at James Lick High School, travelled to Washington and joined hundreds of artists from across the country in the unveiling ceremony for Congressional Art Competition winners.
June 22, 2001
June 16, 2011
Rep. Zoe Lofgren and U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced legislation Wednesday to ensure U.S. protection for refugees and asylum seekers fleeing persecution in their home countries. The Senate bill is cosponsored by Senators Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.).
June 15, 2011
June 14, 2011
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) today introduced the Immigration Driving Entrepreneurship in America (IDEA) Act of 2011, which allows American companies to attract and retain highly-skilled foreign graduates of American universities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields.
June 14, 2011
June 1, 2011
Today, Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) and Mike Honda (D-Campbell) announced that the Upper Guadalupe River Flood Protection Project would be receiving $3.3 million in construction funds from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for construction in fiscal year 2011. The Upper Guadalupe River Flood Protection project’s goal is to protect 7,500 Santa Clara County homes and prevent an estimated $280 million of flood damage.
June 1, 2011
May 13, 2011
After receiving insufficient responses from the Obama Administration regarding the seizing of Internet domain names believed to be housing copyright infringing content without a court order – a massive shift in the way the U.S. had combated digital copyright infringement in the past – U.S Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) released the following statements:
Washington, D.C.
May 11, 2011
Today, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following statement commemorating the 17th anniversary of Vietnam Human Rights Day.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following statement commemorating the 17th anniversary of Vietnam Human Rights Day.
May 10, 2011
Today, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following statement in response to President Obama’s speech today in El Paso calling for a renewed effort on comprehensive immigration reform.
May 10, 2011
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following statement in response to President Obama’s speech today in El Paso calling for a renewed effort on comprehensive immigration reform.
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