Zoe Lofgren

the reports of the death of our Nation's voting system were greatly exaggerated.

Any time the Federal Government tries to interfere with what should be a State-administered process, we run the risk of imposing a one-size-fits-all solution to a unique problem.

People don't realize that the witnesses who come here are volunteers.

I am interested in the issue of overseas voting, including our military.

I don't think these are alternatives. We ought to be getting our military to be more aggressive in interfacing so that our men and women in uniform are able to vote.

there has been bipartisan agreement that this election contest relating to the First Congressional District of Hawaii is completely frivolous.

This bill was approved by the House last year. It is an important measure that Mr. Lungren and I have worked on very satisfactorily.

I will be brief since I am required to go to the Speaker's Office in 2 minutes.

The personal stories are hard to tell.

I have remained neutral on this legislation, in part, because I think while there is merit to the arguments made on both sides of the question...

It seems that in every possible way the smallest, newest and most innovative entities are the ones most disadvantaged by our current copyright laws.

I want to raise one issue today, and I don't expect that you will necessarily know the answer...

I mean, they are at a point where the very existence of civil society and government at Mexico is at risk.

I think as a priority for our Department--I mean, ICE has jurisdiction also over that.

This is a very important hearing.

This change in bankruptcy law is an important element of halting the collapse of the housing market.

We are mindful that the Constitution itself, in Article 1, Section 8, provides for the bankruptcy laws of the United States.

I think the country is really very much in their debt for that leadership.

I honestly don't know what they've been doing over there.

So you can't list every, you know, miniature golf site in America. What you need to do is the spine of the American economy, and the lifeblood of America that is vulnerable to attack...

I also wanted to mention and agree with the gentleman from Virginia in terms of the phishing issue. I will admit that one of the brightest people I know, my daughter, was caught up actually in a phishing scheme. Very smart people can get…

I rises today not only as a member of the Committee on the Judiciary but as chair of the California Democratic Delegation to say we need more judges, but we do not need to split the Ninth Circuit. It is important to know that California's…

today I extend my ``deepest sympathies to the thousands of innocent victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, their families, friends, and loved ones.'' There is no doubt that I honor ``the heroic actions and the sacrifice of…

this trade agreement that we are considering today contains provisions that essentially mimic the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a law that is currently being litigated and whose scope is as yet unclear. The DMCA, while intended to…

we here in America are fortunate indeed for our history and our law. We have a written Constitution that protects our liberties, and we have a system of checks and balances that makes sure that we do not fall prey to totalitarianism. 201…