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Rep. Zoe Lofgren joined together today with Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Reps. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) and Mike Honda (D-San Jose) to celebrate the selection of San Jose's City Hall building as the permanent location for the Silicon Valley satellite patent office. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) announcement comes after a search for a permanent office space was put on hold in July due to federal budget sequestration.
Twenty-four Members of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation (CDCD), Chaired by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19), the Chair of the delegation, released the following letter today to California Health and Human Services Secretary Diana Dooley and Covered California Executive Director Peter Lee urging them to implement President Obama's administrative fix that gives consumers the option to renew their 2013 health plans in 2014, without change. The following is the full text of the letter:
November 14, 2013
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose, Calif.) was awarded with a lifetime achievement award from the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG). The SVLG honored Rep. Lofgren and her colleague Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) with the lifetime achievement award during the organization's largest public policy gathering in Silicon Valley. Dr. Ed Moses, who served for over fifteen years as the director of the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, introduced Rep. Lofgren who delivered the following remarks in accepting the award.
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) today joined House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Chairman Howard Coble (R-NC) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) in introducing a bill to address the ever increasing problem of abusive patent litigation. The bipartisan Innovation Act (H.R. 3309) builds on the reforms that were made last Congress in the America Invents Act and addresses certain abusive practices taking place in our Courts.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose, Calif.) released the following statement following a vote by the House of Representatives on a bipartisan bill to reopen the federal government and raise the nation's debt ceiling:
"It's been a long 16 days, especially for those Americans directly impacted by the shutdown. From day one the solution was simple: allow Democrats and Republicans to work together to achieve consensus and pass a bipartisan bill to reopen the government and to prevent default on the nation's debts.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose, Calif.) released the following statement today on the shutdown of the U.S. Federal government resulting from the inability of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to pass a funding bill to keep the government operating in the new the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 2013:
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose, Calif.) announced today that two San Jose based community development organizations will receive federal grant funding totaling nearly $2.7 million for small business development and affordable housing. The two grants, each valued at $1.347 million, are being awarded by the U.S. Treasury Department's Community Development Financial Institution's (CDFI) fund to the Opportunity Fund and the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following statement today on the decision by her House Republican colleagues to depart from the bipartisan House immigration working group commonly referred to as the Group of Seven:
"The dance of legislation is intricate and unpredictable. For the last four-and-a-half years a bipartisan group of representatives met, at first in anonymity, and later openly, to attempt to craft a bipartisan immigration reform bill.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) released the following bipartisan letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry regarding the upcoming election for Director General at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
September 19, 2013
The Honorable John Kerry
Secretary, U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC 20520
Dear Secretary Kerry,
We write to express our deep concern regarding the upcoming election for Director General at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Following a conference call held earlier today with Members of the U.S. House Democratic Caucus, Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) and Anna G. Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) released the following letter to Ambassador Susan Rice, the President's National Security Advisor, regarding the potential authorization of U.S. military action in Syria.
The two lawmakers previously asked the White House to provide more information to Congress following the President's statement on August 31, 2013.
CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES
Washington, DC 20515
September 2, 2013
