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Calls for Time to Address Civil Rights and Privacy Concerns in Bill

Media Contact: Kyra Jennings, 202.225.3072

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) delivered the following statement today on the House floor in opposition to the Conference Report on Reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act:

[As prepared for delivery]
Media Contact: Kyra Jennings, 202.225.3072

Today, the Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority (VTA) announced that it is temporarily withdrawing the BART to Silicon Valley Project from preliminary engineering in the federal New Starts process. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) offered the following statement on VTA’s action and the future of this project:
Media Contact: Kyra Jennings, 202.225.3072

December 8, 2005

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) declined to sign the House and Senate Conference Report filed today regarding legislation to reauthorize the USA PATRIOT Act and offered the following statement:

Media Contact: Kyra Jennings, 202.225.3072


Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) offered the following statement regarding Congressman John Murtha’s statement and resolution about the Iraq war:

Media Contact: Kyra Jennings, 202.225.3072

This week, the House passed the Internment Camp Preservation Bill, H.R. 1492, establishing a grant program that allows private citizens, groups, and local, state and tribal governments to partner with the federal government to preserve the internment camps and related historical sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) co-sponsored this meaningful legislation and offered the following statement on the bill’s passage:

Redistricting Reform Act would Create Independent, Bi-partisan Commissions in Every State

Media Contact: Kyra Jennings, 202.225.3072

Redistricting Reform Act would Create Independent, Bi-partisan Commissions in Every State

Media Contact: Kyra Jennings, 202.225.3072
Media Contact: Kyra Jennings, 202.225.3072

In yesterday's special election, California voters struck down all of Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed initiatives. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose), chair of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation, offered the following statement on the election results:
Media Contact: Kyra Jennings, 202.225.3072

— The Congressional Caucus on Vietnam and the Congressional Human Rights Caucus today held a briefing examining the Vietnamese government’s oppression of religious beliefs and practices. Advocates for international religious freedom gave expert testimony on the current violations of religious freedom in Vietnam and offered mechanisms for improvement in the country. The follow remarks were given by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose), chair of the Congressional Caucus on Vietnam, to open the briefing:
Media Contact: Kyra Jennings, 202.225.3072

Earlier today, a spokeswoman for the California Republican Party said, “Unless President Bush is coming to California to hand over a check from the federal government to help us with the financial challenges we face, the visit seems ill timed."

Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) offered this response:
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