Zoe Lofgren

I'm proud to be the lead Democratic sponsor of this bill, and I thank both Mr. Weber and the Chairman for recognizing me.

I think the comments the gentleman has made show what a difference a Member of Congress can make in the lives of his or her constituents. One of the things I will say as Sam leaves is that we have joint swearing-in sessions around the…

I had a number of other Members who had planned to be here but, because of the hour, there is a conflicting event, so they will be adding their voices to the Record. Let me just close by saying that our delegation--really, all the Congress…

Mike Honda will also be going home. I have had the honor of knowing Mike Honda for many decades. As a matter of fact, I think I first met Mike when he was serving on the planning commission of the city of San Jose, appointed by then-Mayor…

Our colleague Loretta Sanchez is a true trailblazer. Beginning with her election in 1996, where in then- Republican Orange County, she had an upset victory against former Representative Bob Dornan. She defeated Representative Dornan by…

Lois Capps is also retiring. Lois was sworn in on March 17, 1998. But I remember the day that her late husband, Walter Capps, passed away unexpectedly. She and Walter were on their way to the Capitol, and Walter passed away. We had an…

I will start with my near neighbor, who has served since 1993. He came in in a special election, and that is Congressman Sam Farr. He has honorably represented the central coast of California for more than 40 years and here in Congress for…

I am honored to be here this evening to talk about the remarkable records of five individuals who are retiring from the Congress. I have had the honor of chairing the California Democratic delegation for many years; and these five…

Finally, I want to mention our friend Janice Hahn, who took office just, I think, this week as a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Janice was elected to Congress in 2011 and immediately made strong contributions to her…

It is ironic that my Republican colleagues today argue against local policies in favor of a top-down mandate from Washington.

I just think this is a trumped-up type of thing. Having worked on many impeachments in the past, this doesn't even pass the smell test.

One of our candidates for President has failed to provide transparency on his financial situation by releasing his tax returns

I want to explore how we can improve our scientific integrity policy at the agency.

So much has been said about Mark today, I can't repeat it all. But as I have been looking at this picture, I just find it hard to accept that he is gone. You know, we meet each other here in the House. There are 435 people. We don't know…

This is the first time the Russians have actually so boldly attacked a Western democracy.

The Russians have attacked--have engaged in a cyber attack on the DNC and the DCCC.

I like to think if the Russians had attacked the Republican National Committee the Democrats would be as outraged as Republicans...

I do think that to downplay the role that the Russians have had in this is a huge mistake...

As with the prior bills, the Office of Law Revision Counsel has drafted this. The chairman has certainly explained what it does. It makes no change to the law, but it does do this. It highlights the value of voting rights laws by creating…

It is easy to criticize, harder to build.

California is going to have a lot of growth. It needs to be accommodated.

The capacity to connect the Central Valley and Silicon Valley is going to help Silicon Valley survive.

I think this hearing has been enormously helpful, not only hearing from the witnesses but hearing from my colleagues about some of the things of concern to them.

People are used to paying for what they get.

Here in the House, the majority decides the schedule. Right now, that is the Republicans. We have met for 74 days, and now we are leaving until after Labor Day. It is unbelievable. What haven't we done? We have not closed the loophole to…