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Media Contact: Christine Glunz, 202.225.3072
Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose)today called on Republicans in Congress to extend unemployment benefits before adjourning for the year. The current extended unemployment benefits program is scheduled to expire just two days after Christmas when Congress is not in session, denying benefits to nearly 90,000 workers every week thereafter, totaling almost 2.2 million Americans over six months. o:p>
Media Contact: Christine Glunz, 202.225.3072
Washington, DC — It is rare when we read an editorial in the Mercury News and find ourselves in such strong disagreement. However, the Nov. 20 editorial advocates in favor of the prescription drug bill that we all oppose.
Media Contact: Christine Glunz, 202.225.3072
Washington, DC — Today, U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) issued the following statement regarding passage in U.S. House of Representatives of the bill to regulate Spam (S. 877).
Final Energy Bill Includes Lofgren’s FUTURE Act to Speed Development of Fusion Energy
Media Contact: Christine Glunz, 202.225.3072
Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose)today praised the passage of provisions from her previous bill, the Fueling the USA Through Unlimited Reliable Energy (FUTURE) Act of 2003 (H.R. 1282), into the final energy conference report (H.R. 6), which passed last night. o:p>
Media Contact: Christine Glunz, 202.225.3072
Washington, DC — Representative Lofgren hails passage of H.Res. 427, a resolution introduced by the members of the Congressional Caucus on Vietnam (CCV), which acknowledges the leadership of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam and the urgent need for religious freedom and related human rights in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Silicon Valley Legislators Work Together to Obtain $18.5 Million for Santa Clara Watershed
Media Contact: Christine Glunz, 202.225.3072
Media Contact: Christine Glunz, 202.225.3072
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, with every member of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation as an original co-sponsor, introduced the California FIRE Act (Funding for Immediate Relief of wildfire Emergencies Act) today, to provide immediate disaster relief to the victims of the California fires without linking it to the $87 billion Iraq supplemental budget request. o:p>
Media Contact: Christine Glunz, 202.225.3072
Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) introduced the Amerasian Naturalization Act of 2003 (H.R. 3360) to ensure that children born to American servicemen and Vietnamese women in Vietnam during the Vietnam War (Amerasians) are accorded U.S. citizenship just like the offspring of other American fathers.
