Zoe Lofgren

just 3 years ago when the President took office, San Jose, California's unemployment rate was only 1.7 percent. At that time, our Nation had a projected $5.6 trillion 10-year surplus. Today, instead, we have an 8.5 percent unemployment…

I am aware that many of my constituents hope that I vote ``no'' on this supplemental appropriations bill. Many of my constituents are passionate in their opposition to the Iraqi invasion. Last fall, I voted against the resolution that…

there is one thing we all agree upon, we are grateful to our troops and their families. We respect the men and women in our Armed Forces, and we admire their patriotism and bravery. We all recognize that no matter what the policy…

Today thousands of Americans are out of work as a result of the slumping economy and corporate scandals. In my home district in Santa Clara County, unemployment is now over 8½ percent. But rather than help these workers, we are asked to…

a massive digital revolution is unfolding before our very eyes. Like most breakthroughs in the past, this revolution has provoked deep concern and suspicion within the entertainment industry. In response Congress enacted the Digital…

I urge a no vote on this bill. We have taken a consensus and we all agree that human cloning should be outlawed and warped it into a vehicle to impose one religious viewpoint on the scientists of this country. Not only is this wrong, but…

Mr. Chairman, I, like the authors of H.R. 534, believe that we should outlaw human cloning. If we wanted to pass a bill that only prohibits human cloning, it would sail through Congress on a voice vote. But this bill goes too far. It halts…

today I introduced the Digital Choice and Freedom Act of 2002. Copyright laws have always sought to strike a fair balance between copyright holders and society. Copyright protection encourages and rewards authors; but, as the Supreme Court…

this is a very sad day. I remember when I first met Patsy and saw Patsy. It was in 1970, and I was on the staff of then-Congressman Don Edwards, and I thought this was really somebody, this was really somebody; and I watched her and I…

on page 16 of the bill it reads ``partial-birth abortion,'' a term that does not exist in medicine, ``is never medically indicated to preserve the health of the mother.'' Mr. Speaker, all of us here came to Congress having done other…

I have been a member of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct now for 5 rac{1}{2} years, and in those 5 rac{1}{2} years, in every case, every member of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has tried to discharge their…

I was the ranking member on the investigative subcommittee serving with the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Hastings), examining the testimony and evidence presented during the trial. The subcommittee unanimously concluded that the evidence…

title IX was passed by the U.S. Congress on June 23, 1972, and signed by President Nixon on July 1, 1972. This important civil rights law prohibits discrimination in education programs and activities receiving Federal funds. And as we…

remember when Republicans told us we had so much money in the treasury that we would run out of debt to redeem? When their majority leader was worried about a surplus of the surplus? And when our President told us there was plenty of…

I think there is some misunderstandings among some of the speakers because the amendment before us does not repeal procurement law; it merely applies the procurement efficiency laws, the Clinger-Cohen Act, to the INS, and changes the…

I have an inquiry for my colleague, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Tom Davis). At section 3704(b)(2) of the proposed bill, it states that an employee of a private sector organization assigned to an agency is deemed an employee of the…

I yield myself 45 seconds to note that in the Providian case I mentioned where the district attorney in San Francisco pursued a remedy for the citizens, the public, the people in San Francisco, obtaining a $300 million benefit for…

Mr. Chairman, there is no doubt that there have been problems in the area of class action lawsuits. We have heard some reference to those problems here today, and certainly the Committee on the Judiciary heard testimony about some of the…

I have heard the comments that the provision in the bill is fine because it is diversity jurisdiction, and I just do not buy that argument. I will tell my colleagues why. Take a look at the provision that creates sort of class action…

we are all here today to honor our colleague and friend Nancy Pelosi. As a fellow Californian and a friend, it is hard for me to hide my delight at Nancy's election as Democratic Whip. For nearly fifteen years, Nancy has done a wonderful…

From the debate thus far on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), it is clear to me that the legislative process works best when Democrats and Republicans move forward together. Unfortunately, the effort to pass TPS this Congress is a poor…

it is time to pass a hate crimes bill. Some people confuse hate crimes with the idea that some victims are worthier than others. What that misses is the fact that when there is a hate crime there is more than one victim: the individual who…

having had a chance to review the bill before us, I find that I must support the measure. I will say this is not a perfect bill. It is not as thoughtful as the Committee on the Judiciary product, although there is much that we did work on…

I do have concerns about the measure before us; but before touching on those concerns, I would like to state here publicly the esteem I have for the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner), the chairman of the committee, as well as…

I think this is really a sad day for the House of Representatives and the legislative branch of government. Others will go through the details, but I would like to explain to the Members of the House, who were not a part of the Committee…