Zoe Lofgren

Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. It was good to hear Mr. Chaffetz's questions because I have a similar set of questions.

I am really sort of in a pro-freedom place on this. The use of copyright to preclude people from using the phone that they bought with their own good money is just inappropriate.

It is not the Congress' role to tell people the business model they should use.

Once someone buys something, they should own it.

We've had, since that time, tremendous increases in enforcement.

It is my privilege to introduce Pastor Mark Turner of South Valley Community Church in Gilroy, California, as our guest who delivered this morning's opening prayer. Over a decade ago, Pastor Turner left his career to answer a higher…

Dr. Land said one sign says 'no trespassing,' and the other sign says 'help wanted.'

I think that we are moving in a direction to do all of the aspects that we need to do: securing the border, enforcing in the interior, remedying the system.

We have 5,000 permanent resident visas a year for so-called unskilled.

We can improve our system so it meets the needs of the American economy and American families, but we also can do more on enforcement.

the American people support E-Verify. A 2011 Rasmussen poll found that 82% of likely voters think businesses should be required to use the federal government's E-Verify system to determine if a potential employee is in the country legally.

So, clearly, a 500,000 cap for all existing farmworkers, all additional farmworkers, plus new industries that are not currently in the program would be eaten up just in a snap.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and also Chairman Goodlatte, for holding this hearing on Mr. Goodlatte's Agricultural Guestworker Act.

It seems to me that there is no reason, when there is an agreement that has already been reached.

The AWC has consistently advocated for a separate legal status for experienced agricultural workers that are currently working in the U.S. and have been for a period of time.

This is a very important part of what will be comprehensive immigration reform.

I think it will be the 36th, 37th time. And so Democrats defend it and Republicans attack it.

The agreement that everybody signed on to... is designed to provide a system that works for both growers and farmworkers.

This situation is untenable for both farmers and farmworkers, who together provide an invaluable service to our citizens, our economy, our country.

They deserve a system that works. We all do.

I would like to ask unanimous consent to include in the record of this hearing the list of the 71 farm organizations that have signed off on the agreement with the farmworkers' union.

The prosecutorial power of the Government should not be used in such a way that it impairs a reporter's responsibility to cover as broadly as possible controversial public issues.

Could you explain again, or maybe you can't.

Startups are crucial sources of new jobs, but patent demands hinder their ability to hire.

Does it make sense to make litigants go to both venues?