Zoe Lofgren

I had urged that this Department of Defense spending bill be brought up without including the controversial missile defense program. It was my belief that we, as a Congress, would be best served by taking up a bill that most of us could…

I intend to vote for this resolution. Nearly every Member of Congress this week has said this: on Tuesday, September 11, our country was brutally attacked. It was an act of war. It demands response. Under our Constitution, the President of…

I heartily support the matter before us today and join with my colleagues in urging its swift passage. Here on Thursday in the Capitol, we are busy at work doing the things that need to be done for our Nation. We are meeting with the…

Yesterday America experienced tragedy. With the collapse of the World Trade Center and the penetration of the Pentagon by hijacked aircraft, thousands of Americans lost their lives. We all mourn, and we are all resolved to take new steps…

I rise in strong support of 2833, the Viet Nam Human Rights Act, a resolution to promote democracy and freedom in Vietnam. Madam Speaker, last weekend many of us were celebrating Labor Day with our constituents and families honoring our…

I oppose House Joint Resolution 51, and I urge my colleagues to vote against this resolution. I am fortunate to represent Santa Clara county, an area in California with a vibrant Vietnamese-American population. Quite a few of my…

it has been quite a week here in the House of Representatives. On Tuesday, we made it a felony for scientists to cure disease with stem cells; Wednesday, we gave $36 billion in tax goodies to big oil, gas and others, and allowed drilling…

this bill bans human cloning. Almost all of us agree with that. The problem is, the bill does much more. It makes cutting-edge science a crime. It would make somatic cell nuclear transfer a felony. An egg is stripped of its 23 chromosomes…

This bill bans all use of cloning technology including those for research where a child cannot and will not be created. Therefore, this legislation puts at risk critical biomedical research that is vital to finding the cures for disease…

the scientific research exception is meaningless. It allows for research, except that which is not specifically prohibited. If Members read section 301 of the bill, it prohibits somatic cell nuclear transfer, so any kind of representation…

it is worth reading the bill that is before us today. If we do read the bill, as I have and the other members of the Committee on the Judiciary, we will see that the bill outlaws somatic cell nuclear transfer. It makes it a felony with a…

I include for the Record two articles that outline the research by Johns Hopkins University about the cure of paralysis that was reported last week at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in New Orleans. Team Uses Primate's…

I want to highlight the bill's science funding. Because this is the bill that funds six different agencies, funding requests for veterans and the homeless are pitted against science programs and space exploration. Unfortunately, this is an…

if we take time to review the details of this bill, we will see it is bad for America. The premise that religious people cannot help solve America's social problems is simply wrong. I spent 14 years in local government. We worked with…

I rise to oppose H.J. Res. 50, the measure denying China Normal Trade Relations. Just last year, we approved historic legislation (HR 4444) providing for Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for China conditional on China's accession to…

I think all of us have had this experience walking into the Capitol, especially at night when we are in session, and we see our beautiful American flag flying over the Capitol of the freest country in the world, and it is so moving it is…

I hope this body can come together on this very sensible plan that we have discussed today to protect birth control, yes, birth control, in the international aid program. We know that the Republican party is opposed to choice, but what is…

I think it is clear, and we need to be honest about it, that the debate and the underlying bill is about choice and it is about Roe v. Wade. That is why the National Right to Life Committee has vigorously lobbied for H.R. 503 and why the…

I would just note that the gentleman's analysis, I thought, was both confused and confusing. The bill is well-drafted. The reason why there is no carve-out for abortion is that so far abortion is not a crime in America. The bill is based…

I hope that both pro-choice and anti-choice Members of this body will vote for the Lofgren-Conyers substitute. It provides stronger penalties and greater protections in the case of assault on a pregnant woman. I note, and this is…

I have received a lot of advice from my constituents about H.R. 3, President Bush's tax cut proposal. Mostly my constituents have told me not to vote for this plan, although some have urged support. I have listened carefully and read every…

I urge that we vote against this misguided effort to include provisions of so-called reform of the Bankruptcy Act that would impose an indiscriminate means test that will be injurious to women, to the payment of childcare; and not only is…

I think that the issue of H-1Bs is more complicated than training programs; 98 percent of the H-1B visa holders have at least a bachelor's degree, half of them have a master's degree or Ph.D., so I am very much for the job training…

this is a very good bill that should become law. I am a little bit surprised that we are standing here tonight. We did not realize that the bill would be brought up this evening and actually when I learned that it would be, I was standing…

I rise in strong support of extending the religious worker visa program. I applaud my colleagues for recognizing the importance of this provision to religious communities across America. My only reservation to the passage of this bill is…