Zoe Lofgren actually said...

"We turn away advanced degree graduates in STEM from our best universities. We turn away entrepreneurs who want to start businesses."

"Immigrants were responsible for one-quarter of all engineering and technology startups created in the United States between 1995 and 2005."

"We need to have the opportunity for entrepreneurs to start businesses, we need to capture the smart people who are geniuses, we need to pump up our economy."

"I have an increased sense of optimism that the Congress is going to come together and come up with sensible approaches that solve the whole challenge that we face in a way that works for America."