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June 21, 2010
Recently, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced the International Adoption Harmonization Act of 2010 which allows an adopted child to legally immigrate so long as the adoption is completed and the petition is filed before the child turns 18. The current age limit is 16. The bill would also restore an international adoption exemption that was inadvertently eliminated when the U.S. joined the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoptions.
June 17, 2010
Today, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) welcomed Jesus Zuniga, the 2010 Congressional Art Competition Winner for the 16th Congressional District, to Washington, DC for the unveiling of his painting in the Capitol complex. Mr. Zuniga, a graduating senior at San Jose’s Downtown College Prep, travelled to Washington to participate in the unveiling ceremony for all Congressional Art Competition winners.
June 17, 2010
May 20, 2010
Today, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) announced the winner of the 2010 “An Artistic Discovery” Congressional Art Competition for the 16th Congressional District of California. “Stressing Out”, painted by Jesus Zuniga a senior at San Jose’s Downtown College Prep, was selected and will be displayed as part of a year-long national exhibition in the United States Capitol. Mr. Zuniga will join Rep. Lofgren in Washington this June for the official unveiling of his painting.
May 19, 2010
Today, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) released the following statement supporting the introduction of H.R. 5322 the Patent and Trademark Office Funding Stabilization Act, by Representatives John Conyers, Jr. and Lamar Smith.
May 13, 2010
Today, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) released the following statement on the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, H.R. 5116.
May 11, 2010
Today, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) released the following statement in commemoration of Vietnam Human Rights Day.
April 26, 2010
Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4543, introduced by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), naming the Post Office at 4285 Payne Avenue in San Jose, California, the "Anthony J. Cortese Post Office Building."
April 1, 2010
On March 21, 2010, the House of Representatives passed a health insurance reform bill that helps extend quality, affordable health care to all Americans and helps contain our nation’s skyrocketing health care costs. The factsheets linked here provide simply, straightforward answers to your questions about health insurance reforms impacts on you.
March 21, 2010
Today, the House of Representatives passed a comprehensive health insurance reform measure. Below is Rep. Lofgren’s statement on her vote to pass this historic legislation:
March 9, 2010
Today, the House of Representatives passed House Resolution 935, introduced by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), congratulating Drs. John E. Warnock and Charles M. Geschke of Adobe Systems, Dr. Esther Sans Takeuchi, Dr. Forrest M. Bird, and IBM Corporation as the recipients of the 2008 National Medal of Technology and Innovation.