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Media Contact: Kyra Jennings, 202.225.3072, kyra.jennings@mail.house.gov

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) offered the following statement regarding the negative impact of the President Bush’s proposed FY 07 budget on women:

“As in previous years, President Bush has proposed a budget that would harm women and girls across the country.

Media Contact: Kyra Jennings, 202.225.3072, kyra.jennings@mail.house.gov

“Governing Is Not a Bike Ride in the Park”

Media Contact: Kyra Jennings, 202.225.3072, kyra.jennings@mail.house.gov

U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren tonight issued the following statement in reaction to President Bush’s State of the Union address:

Lofgren Asks Intelligence Subcommittee Chairman Rob Simmons to Investigate NSA Activity

Media Contact: Kyra Jennings, 202.225.3072, kyra.jennings@mail.house.gov

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) offered the following statement today on the House and Senate Democrats unveiling of their Honest Leadership, Open Government Act:

Media Contact: Kyra Jennings, 202.225.3072

Requests Report on DOD Monitoring Activities in 30 Days from Inspector General

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) today sent a letter to the Inspector General of the Department of Defense (DOD) calling for an immediate investigation into the recent allegations that the DOD developed and maintains a database of information on United States persons.

By Zoe Lofgren

This op-ed originally appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on Friday, December 23, 2005.

On Dec. 16, I learned from media accounts that the National Security Agency has been spying on American citizens and legal residents seemingly in violation of U.S. law. This surprised me, and most of my colleagues in Congress. What little we've been told by the Bush administration since the 16th about the claimed legal basis for this domestic spying is troubling.