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Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) announced today that San Jose State University (SJSU) has been awarded a substantial grant totaling $622,316 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) benefitting students pursuing degrees in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Rep. Lofgren noted the grant will be distributed over a four-year period as scholarships to help motivated, deserving students continue towards advanced degrees and careers in STEM fields.

Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, delivered the following statement during a hearing entitled "Addressing the Immigration Status of Illegal Immigrants Brought to the United States as Children":

Following a meeting today at the White House, Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D- CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), and Scott Peters (D-CA) said they had received a commitment from President Obama to address human rights concerns with Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang during an upcoming meeting of the two leaders. The lawmakers welcomed the President's assurances, and said he told them that the human rights issues they raised were a priority for his upcoming meeting with Sang.

Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) and Mike Honda (D-Campbell) announced today that the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport will receive more than $3 million in federal funding for runway related construction and improvements through a U.S. Department of Transportation grant. The grant funds the sixth phase of an ongoing $55 million construction project begun in 2009 improving the airport's general aviation taxiway running parallel to Runway 11/29.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), as part of a bipartisan coalition of sixteen Members of Congress, filed an amicus brief with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), urging the court to release its secret opinions interpreting Section 215 of the Patriot Act. Recent leaks to the media revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) has conducted a massive surveillance program on all domestic telephone users over the last seven years.

Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose), Mike Honda (D-San Jose) and Anna G. Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) introduced the Patents And Trademarks Encourage New Technology (PATENT) Jobs Act today to exempt the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) from the debilitating cuts imposed by budget sequestration (bill text). Even though the USPTO is funded solely by patent user fees, the sequester requires cuts of nearly $150 million in the agency's funding.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose), the Chair of the California Congressional Delegation (CDCD), is spearheading an effort with 26 of her colleagues in the delegation to designate McDonnell Hall in San Jose, Calif., as a National Historic Landmark because of the significant role it played in the life of civil rights leader Cesar Chavez.

Today Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D- CA), chair of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation, released the following statement reacting to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on California's Proposition 8. The 2008 ballot measure limited marriage to a man and a woman. The Supreme Court today vacated a previous Ninth Circuit Court ruling, which in turn upheld the lower court's ruling declaring Prop 8 unconstitutional: