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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
Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) and Anna G. Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) released the following joint statement today regarding Congress and the potential authorization of U.S. military action in Syria:
We are pleased that President Obama will seek Congressional authorization before engaging in any military hostilities against Syria.
That authorization is legally and constitutionally required — the President cannot legally act alone without the U.S. Congress. This construct is part of the genius of our nation's democratic system and our Constitutional checks and balances.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) released the following statement today after President Obama's remarks at the White House that he is still actively considering hostilities against Syria.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) released the following statement today regarding reports that President Obama may be considering a military response after allegations that the Syrian government used chemical weapons on its citizens:
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) released the following statement today paying tribute to life of Cindy Avitia, a former Congressional assistant in her San Jose, Calif., office who was killed in a car accident on August 22, 2013. Avitia, an immigration attorney and advocate for justice, most recently served on the board of directors for Alpha Public Schools:
"It is with profound sadness that I and my office learned the news of the passing of our former colleague and friend Cindy Avitia. All of us who knew and worked with Cindy are shocked and devastated by her passing.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose, Calif.) issued the following statement on the ongoing Time Warner Cable-CBS contract dispute that has resulted in the television blackout of millions of people in markets across the country:
"When contract disputes between cable and content providers arise, it is often customers who bear the brunt of the effects. In a trend that is becoming all too common, the recent blackout between Time Warner Cable and CBS has left millions of customers without access to the programming they were promised.
Today twenty-eight Members of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation (CDCD), led by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco); Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose), the Chair of the CDCD; and Mike Honda (D-San Jose), released the following letter to California Governor Edmund "Jerry" Brown expressing their support for A.B. 4, the Transparency and Responsibility in Using State Tools Act ("TRUST Act"), and urged him to sign the bill. The following is the full text of the letter:
August 12, 2013
Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and a bipartisan coalition of leading Congressional voices calling to rein in overreaching surveillance programs have introduced legislation today that would enable companies to shed light on the number of surveillance orders they receive and how many of their users are affected by those demands for information.
