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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) issued the following statement today during a House Judiciary Committee markup of H.R. 495, a Republican bill to remove basic child welfare protections for unaccompanied children which will result in an increase in child trafficking, child persecution and child abuse.

Statement of Rep. Zoe Lofgren

Markup of: H.R. 495, the "Protection of Children Act of 2017"

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

WASHINGTON (THURSDAY, June 1, 2017) – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), and Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) on Thursday pressed the president of Kushner Companies for answers on the company's use of EB-5 visas and its continued ties to Jared Kushner, President Trump's top advisor and son-in-law. At a time when Mr.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, issued the following statement today during a full committee markup of H.R. 2431, the Trump Mass Deportation Act – a harsh, anti-immigrant, enforcement-only proposal that would criminalize all undocumented immigrants, undermine public safety, harm the American people and waste millions of dollars:

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) today called for the arrest and prosecution of individuals who brutally beat protestors outside the Turkish ambassador's residence on Tuesday night and the revocation of diplomatic visas granted to members of Erdo?an's security detail who participated in the attack:

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) issued the following statement this afternoon after House Republicans' Trumpcare bill to take health coverage away from 24 million Americans passed the House:

"Today Republicans jammed through a bill that's very wrong. It's a $600 billion tax cut for the wealthiest Americans which throws millions of people off their health care insurance. It raises costs and lowers care which is why patient groups including cancer survivors oppose it."

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D- Calif.) introduced the ZZZ's to A's Act today to examine the relationship between school start times and adolescent health, well-being and performance.