Zoe Lofgren

The California high-speed rail project is the largest and most ambitious infrastructure project of our time.

So if you look at the data, it seems to me that in the year since the parole directive was implemented, ICE has only made parole determinations for maybe two-thirds of the people who were granted credible fear after arriving at a port of…

I think it is important that as we proceed that it be fact based, not anecdotally based.

We have some soul searching to do on how we treat legitimate asylum seekers in this country.

America is a beacon of hope for the rest of the world.

The creation of expedited removal... allows people apprehended at our ports, along the borders, and in some cases, in the interior, to be deported with little due process.

I would like to ask unanimous consent to put the Section 212(d)(5)(A) and Section 214(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act into the record, disproving all of the comments just made by my colleague from Texas.

I voted against the bill in committee. I voted against it on the floor, and I voted against it when it came out of conference.

It is a mandate prior to the credible fear determination, and I have heard no indication that that is not being adhered to.

the parole directive applies only to people who presented themselves at a port of entry.

I would like to note just a couple of legal points.

I want to get back to the reason why we have asylum in this country.

I believed then, as now, that the bill was a mean-spirited bill that would do drastic damage to immigrants and our immigration system.

I just want to thank both Representatives for their leadership on this issue.

I think we do share a deep commitment to ensuring that the contributions of women here in America are recognized.

it is important that, as with the most of the museums, that this be available on a free basis to the public, if at all possible.

nothing is impossible.

I thank Mr. Conyers and Chairman Goodlatte. I am glad we are here today addressing these issues of abusive lawsuits in the patent system. As has been mentioned by others, we do have a problem, it is widely agreed to, among patent assertion…

I appreciate the time. Earlier in the debate, I jumped ahead of myself and addressed the issue of pleadings and discovery costs during the Watt amendment about fee shifting. So I will focus on fee shifting now. The provision in the bill is…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, while Mr. Rohrabacher and I do not agree on the underlying bill, I do support his amendment. The Innovation Act would repeal section 145, the right of a patent applicant to appeal an…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chair, I am afraid I must oppose my colleague's amendment. I believe that the amendment would basically gut core elements of the Innovation Act protections for small business and leave small…

I don't think anyone opposes the idea of keeping track of when people enter and exit the country.

If this was a mandate that could have been easily fulfilled, it would have been fulfilled back in the 1990's when it was first implemented.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as my friend and colleague Representative Swalwell has pointed out, the government shutdown is causing serious damage to our country. The shutdown is putting Americans out of work and…

I want to congratulate those who have worked to try and find solutions.